Cloud Architect

Carfax, Inc.Columbia, MO

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Remote

Hybrid remote

Benefits

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation

401k Matching/Retirement Savings

Job Description

Join Team CARFAX as a Cloud Architect.

Team CARFAX is looking for hands-on, system-level thinkers who understand the many tradeoffs of technology choices, engage with distributed teams and help architect and design cloud-based platforms and data migration strategies to be leveraged across many departmental development teams.

The Tech Culture at CARFAX:

Having a creative and innovative environment where our developers can collaborate, learn and grow is something CARFAX is passionate about. We have an entire floor dedicated to our techies, designed specifically to enable teams to dream big and produce the best. Along with creating and maintaining awesome software you'll also be able to participate in our annual Hack-a-thon or take a break by kicking back and playing the latest game on x-box when you need to re-boot the mind. Oh, and do you happen to have a dog? CARFAX is dog-friendly and no day goes by where you don't have the chance to visit with one of the visiting pups. We even provide the dog beds, bowls and of course, toys!

At CARFAX, we believe in the power of teamwork and value in-person interactions so that we can collaborate and thrive together. This position will require 3 days per week in our Columbia, MO office subject to change with future business needs.

What you'll be doing:

Providing technical leadership to the data ingest development teams
Analyze system requirements and workflow analysis, prepare design and architectural specifications
Assist in the architectural design of migrating from legacy systems
Ensure uniform enterprise-wide application design standards are maintained
Participate in design decisions, including new technology research and prototyping
Collaborate closely with other AWS engineers and architects, cloud engineers, support teams and other stakeholders
Innovate new ideas to evolve our applications, data storage and processes
Continuously analyze and evaluate our systems, products and process for potential improvements
Communicate across development teams to understand pain points and places where improvements can be beneficial
Educate business stakeholders and product development teams on the proper use of AWS products and services

You'll need to:

Communicate- Be vocal! We believe in the wisdom of crowds and your input is needed and valued!
Have a Self-Driven attitude - ability to quickly come up to speed with different technologies on an ongoing basis
Exhibit technical acumen- Be flexible! We love to change it up by using different technologies and need you to be open to new and different technologies!
Love to learn! To get the greatest solutions we need to continually explore what's new and be willing to dive in and learn.

What we're looking for:

8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3 years of that designing & architecting web applications
Experience in architecting and migrating big data to AWS cost effectively, securely and reliably
Knowledge or hands-on experience in MongoDB, Hadoop and AWS databases- RDS/Aurora, DocumentDB and DynamoDB
Expertise in security best practices for data at rest and in transit in AWS, cloud security best practices and a DevSecOps mindset.
Hands-on experience with AWS product offerings (e.g. EC2, VPCs, Lambda, API Gateway, etc.) and IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
AWS Solution Architect- Professional certification is strongly preferred
Hands-on experience migrating legacy, non-cloud applications and date to AWS including AWS data migration tooling, products and services.
Hands-on experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines leveraging a tool such as Jenkins or GitLab - be a firm believer in "automate everything"
Knowledgeable of ETL and ELT architecture and patterns and best practices for large-scale performance.
Knowledge of AWS pricing and cost estimations
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills.
Experience building web applications across diverse technologies (Java, Javascript, golang, etc.)
Understand and advise teams in the design of common software and data architectural patterns
Ability to facilitate technical discussions, PoC technical solutions and plan a technology roadmap
Extensive experience in aligning application development with business needs
Have a broad set of technology skills ingrained into DevSecOps
Enthusiastic and motivated to apply AI to development and operations
Operational experience - ready to own the uptime and quality of systems
Documentation and teaching mindset- Help others!

What's in it for you:

Competitive compensation, benefits and generous time-off policies
4-Day summer work weeks and a winter holiday break
401(k)/DCPP matching
Annual bonus program
Casual, dog-friendly, and innovative office spaces
For a comprehensive list of benefits, please visit our website: https://jobs.jobvite.com/carfax/p/benefits

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This job at Carfax, Inc. is located in Columbia, MO, according to the details provided by the employer. Some roles may also include multiple work locations depending on the requirement.

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Carfax, Inc. lists this role as a Full-time position.

What experience level is required for this role at Carfax, Inc.?

Carfax, Inc. is looking for a candidate with "Senior-level" experience level.

What benefits are offered by Carfax, Inc. for this role?

Carfax, Inc. offers following benefits: Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation, and 401k Matching/Retirement Savings for this position. Actual benefits may vary depending on the employer's policies and employment terms.

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