Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Who We Are

At HIKE2, we empower a distinct set of industries—law firms, financial services, insurance companies, business service providers, and high-tech SaaS companies—to command a competitive edge through technology. Our expertise is centered on delivering cutting-edge Cloud Solutions, AI, Advisory Services, and Data and Analytics programs. These offerings are specifically tailored to address the complex and evolving challenges faced by our clients in these sectors.

Central to our vision is a thriving organizational culture where people come together, grow professionally, delight customers, and have fun.

At HIKE2 you will have the opportunity to create a personalized career journey and learn from established experts. HIKE2 employs the brightest, most passionate people in the industry. We invest in our people through mentorship and professional development opportunities.

What We Offer

HIKE2 is committed to providing our team members with a benefits wellness package designed to give them the flexibility they need to ensure a healthy life/work balance. Benefit include but aren’t limited to:

· Robust Medical, Prescription, Vision, Dental programs including a HSA option

· Flexible PTO plus 10 paid holidays

· 401K program with company match and immediate vesting

· Employee recognition program

· Charitable Donation to a Charity of your choice annually on your birthday

· Employee Referral Bonus

· Shared workspaces in our Pittsburgh, PA and Denver, CO hubs with opportunities throughout the year to join together as a team

· Career Growth that is meaningful and personalized to you

· Flexible work options

· Paid National Parks Pass 

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Cloud Architect, you will be involved in the design, implementation and management of technology-based business solutions based on Cloud Services to improve our clients’ delivery approach.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing new and existing cloud services and create solutions that meet stakeholder requirements and standards

• Owning the end-to-end delivery of solutions which will include developing, testing and releasing Infrastructure as Code

• Help our clients modernize their architecture and core technologies

• Contributing to the refinement of technical requirements

• Designing and implementing secure, scalable, and innovative solutions to meet client's requirements

• Creating and updating applicable technical documentation

• Coaching and mentoring other team members

• Consult on best engineering practices, quality standards and principles

• Build full-stack automated quality - IaC, deployment, and monitoring and Promote best practices for building and operating highly reliable systems, to our clients

• You will be analyzing and implementing configuration changes and assisting in the design of cloud related solutions to meet both functional and technical requirements

  
  

  EOE / Minorities / Females / Veteran Disabled
  

  We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and commitment at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. Employment policies and decisions on employment and promotion are based on merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. The decisions and criteria governing the employment relationship with all employees are made in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state, or local statutes.

  
  

• Extensive working knowledge of Cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure

• Excellent communication skills verbal & written in English. To be able to communicate with IT teams and departments, end users and customers

• Vast experience in developing associated business cases and plans which are detailed, actionable and aligned with industry best practices

• Ability to solve complex technical problems and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision

• Experience supporting career & knowledge development for engineers early in their career

• Ability to support project team to prioritize activities and provide deliverables as planned

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Industry vendor certifications are desired (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP or CNCF/Kubernetes certifications); although not essential if you have demonstrable experience

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining solutions in GCP or AWS or Azure

• Excellent knowledge of CI/CD concepts and tools such as Azure DevOps / GitLab

• Strong background in Linux/UNIX administration (e.g. RedHat/CentOS 7/Alpine Linux)

• Experience with configuration management tools like Puppet and Ansible

• Developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Azure Bicep or Terraform

• Familiar with containers (Openshift, Kubernetes, Docker etc.)

• Knowledge of one or more scripting languages (bash, Powershell, Python)

• Knowledge of cloud monitoring and alerting services and capabilities.

• An understanding of cost optimization in cloud environments

• Knowledge of cloud security

U. S. Citizenship

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require now or in the future sponsorship by the employer for a visa.