Senior Cloud Architect

Summary

Join Smile Digital Health, a leading innovator in health data management solutions, and contribute to #BetterGlobalHealth. As a Cloud Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for developing and implementing a multi-tenant Cloud strategy for their Managed Services offering. This role involves designing cloud reference architectures, documenting architectural principles, and ensuring compliance through security solutions. You will also collaborate with security and operations teams, develop cost tracking processes, and drive proof-of-concept research. This position requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud solutions architecture and security, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and deep expertise in hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and GCP. Smile Digital Health offers a remote work environment, flexible time away from work, competitive salary and benefits, RRSP/TFSA/401K contributions, life and disability insurance, an employee assistance program, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Solutions Architect and securing cloud solutions (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems engineering or another IT-related program
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in identifying security issues, risks, and developing risk mitigation plans to meet audit requirements, with a good understanding of cloud security threats
• Deep experience with hyperscalers (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, etc), interconnect/colo players
• Solid experience with application architectures and effective understanding on how to move and/or refactor in the cloud
• Experience communicating complex technical product and service architectures and their market potential at both the C-suite level and the deep technical expert level
• Deep understanding of cloud best practices and formal certification in one of the big 3 cloud technologies (Azure Security Certification)
• Extensive experience in securing operating systems, firewalls, networks, systems, databases and application architectures
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks along with their best practices and their impact on design considerations (HIPAA, ISO, HITRUST, etc)
• Experience with antivirus, IDS/IPS, WAFs, NSG, Express route, Application Firewalls
• Proficient in networking and security
• Advanced expertise of common cloud services (Databases, Containers, Compute, Storage, Serverless etc.)
• Experience in performance management of database engines (MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch)
• Experience working with Identity protocols (PIM, OAuth/OpenID)
• Experience working with Threat modeling
• Experience with data centers architecture with a strong knowledge of components such as, routing (protocols – ISIS, OSPF, BGP, PIM, MPLS, SND/Openflow) switching (technologies – TRILL, LACP, STP) , firewall, IPS, Server & server virtualizations (VMware, KVM, storage (Fiber Channel, ISCSI, NFS), Internet connectivity and IT business drivers

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and manage a multi-tenant Cloud strategy for our Managed Services offering
• Develop cloud reference architectures for various deployment topologies
• Document architectural guiding principles and standardize specifications for the managed services offering
• Assess, design, implement, automate, and document security solutions and processes to meet compliance requirements
• Partner with our Security Operations teams to help define and implement best practices around Cloud security
• Work with key stakeholders to develop baseline cloud, container, and application security standards
• Develop cost/utilization tracking and attribution processes for all Cloud Service Providers
• Develop and maintain documentation for cloud security systems and procedures
• Drive proof of concepts and proof of technology research while evaluating, selecting, and integrating best-of-breed/innovative technologies
• Generate detailed documentation including conceptual design, logical design, physical design, bill of materials, as-built diagrams, knowledge transfer materials, FAQs, and transition to operations needs
• Work as a subject matter expert to deliver projects from initiation to successful implementation
• Lead C-Level / Executive briefing presentations, covering roadmap direction, technology consideration and fit with client needs in the context of business and IT objectives
• Evangelize Cloud technology vision and strategy, solutions and best practices with senior management and other groups within the company
• Provide multi-cloud thought leadership
• Collaborate with the Operations team to remove technical roadblocks and provide guiding principles for operational efficiency
• Accountable for ensuring that all working hours are accurately reported in Netsuite on a daily or weekly basis, that the majority of (if not all) hours are tracked as billable and that the project management tool in Netsuite is properly and fully utilized
• Tracking and reporting of billable hours is a critical aspect of project management and delivery to our customers and this is a major area of accountability

Preferred Qualifications

• Should be highly responsive and have a customer-first mindset
• Highly self-motivated and detail oriented with ability to prioritize and track multiple projects in parallel
• Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment
• Act as trusted advisor, with exceptional technical vision, knowledge and judgment in the multi-cloud, hybrid-IT space
• Creative problem solving and innovation skills
• Capability to lead and mentor others
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong interpersonal networking abilities within immediate organization and with external customers

Benefits

• Remote Work Environment
• Flexible Time Away From Work Policy including PTO, Personal and Sick Days
• Competitive Salary and Health/Medical Benefits
• RRSP/TFSA/401K Employee Contribution
• Life and Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• FHIR Study Program and Skillsoft Learning
• Super HAPI Fun Club