Cloud Architect

Requisition Number: 28307

When you work for AmeriGas, you become a part of something BIG! Founded in 1959, AmeriGas is the nation’s premier propane company, serving over 1.5 million residential, commercial, industrial and motor fuel propane customers. Together, over 6,500 dedicated professionals will deliver over 1 billion gallons of propane from 1,800+ distribution points across the United States.

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Job Summary:

The Cloud Services Architect role will participate in defining and developing functional end-to-end business solutions, architectural compliance, and technical implementations as it relates to cloud services delivery that brings Amerigas businesses forward. This position will need to have strong experience in Cloud services technologies within platforms such as Amazon (AWS), Azure, Google and others (as necessary).

The Cloud Architect is a key role within the Amerigas Infrastructure group to enable business journey to leverage cloud and develop a hybrid cloud / bimodal operating model. In this role the Cloud Architect engages closely with business, IT customers along with and external partners/vendors and other business units to develop and execute innovative and competitive solutions and specific project deliverables. This position will be expected to operate at any point within a project / Operational, from proposal review/assessments through to the delivery or transformation.

Key Characteristics:

- Ability to create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaption process.

- Formulate and execute on defined cloud technology vision and direction

- Continuously refine processes to improve quality that are measurable

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Regularly evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and software in support of business growth, demand or enhancements

- Develop and organize cloud systems, resources, subscriptions, etc. in sustaining current and future platforms

- Work closely with other IT groups (i.e. IT security to monitor the company's cloud privacy)

- Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.

- Offer guidance in infrastructure movement techniques including bulk application transfers into the cloud.

- Identify top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the business.

- Effectively manage and assign projects as necessary while lending support to the team.

- Actively troubleshoot issues during testing and remediating prior to production launch.

- Test system integrity, implemented designs, application developments and other processes related to infrastructure, making improvements as needed.

- Automate our operational processes as needed, with accuracy and in compliance with our security requirements.

- Assist in establishing DevOps team best practices.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- Expert knowledge and certifications in either AWS and/or Microsoft Azure

- Understanding of Hybrid Cloud solutions and experienced in integrating public cloud into traditional hosting/delivery models

- Experience with executing quick technical feasibility and proposed development for moving identified workloads to Azure/AWS

- Building and recommending a migration approach to lift and shift the workloads to Azure /AWS

- Identity and Network integration experience with AWS Direct Connect or Azure Express route integration and network design (LAN/WAN/Firewalls)

- Thorough background on general infrastructure components.

Education & Experience Required:

- 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) (Minimum Required)

- Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture certification

- 5-7 Years of experience in IT working with cloud platforms that directly aligns with the responsibilities for this position. (Required)

- Designed, integrated and deployed complex cloud solutions.

- Strong Cloud architecture expertise

AmeriGas Propane, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected class in its practices.

AmeriGas is a Drug Free Workplace. Candidates must be willing to submit to a pre-employment drug screen and a criminal background check. Successful applicants shall be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen as a condition of employment, and if hired, shall be subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with AmeriGas policies. As a federal contractor that engages in safety-sensitive work, AmeriGas cannot permit employees in certain positions to use medical marijuana, even if prescribed by an authorized physician. Similarly, applicants for such positions who are actively using medical marijuana may be denied hire on that basis.