Remote Senior Principal Cloud Architect

Summary

Join Zuora as a Cloud Architect to lead the design and implementation of resilient, scalable, performant, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. This critical technical leadership role will own the cloud infrastructure architecture to support the billing, revenue, and payment operations of some of the world's largest global companies.

Requirements

• 10+ years of designing and implementing applications, platforms, and systems in one or more cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• You are highly skilled at building relationships with engineering teams and leading teams through architectural changes from inception to production implementation
• Strong technical skills including experience with modern SaaS based architectures
• Track record of designing and building resilient, performant, & scalable distributed systems
• You have deep experience with the core AWS offerings and wide experience with other AWS services
• Drive, with an ability to learn quickly and make independent decisions
• Tons of great ideas, the ability to bring them to life, and a love for solving hard problems
• Exceptional presentation, verbal and written communication skills
• Degree in Computer Science or a closely related field of study preferred

Responsibilities

• Architectural Leadership: Technical leadership of cross functional teams of platform, application, and cloud engineers in the design and delivery of integrated end to end solutions
• Cloud Architecture Design: Lead the design and implementation of resilient, scalable, performant, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures
• Cloud Strategy & Roadmap: Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders to define the cloud strategy and roadmap, aligning with business goals and objectives
• Security & Compliance: Ensure cloud architectures adhere to security best practices and compliance requirements
• Cloud Optimization: Analyze and optimize existing cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, scale, and cost-efficiency. Implement monitoring, alerting, and auto-remediation strategies
• Cloud Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools for cloud resource provisioning, management, and monitoring using tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Corporate bonus program and performance rewards
• Company equity
• Retirement programs
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Generous, flexible time off
• Paid holidays
• ���Wellness’ days
• Company wide end of year break
• 6 months fully paid parental leave
• Learning & Development stipend
• Opportunities to volunteer and give back, including charitable donation match
• Free resources and support for your mental wellbeing