CDW · 18 hours ago
Solution Architect I - Cloud
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid LevelCDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions. As a Solutions Architect, Cloud, you will work with Mission Cloud’s customers to develop strategic solutions leveraging the AWS portfolio and provide professional services to aligned accounts.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecurityGraphic DesignHardwareInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Consult with multiple clients simultaneously to understand business and technical needs
Be a trusted advisor to assigned clients; help align customer expectations with best practices
Develop strategic roadmaps and project plans based on customer goals
Work with clients and Project Managers to set expectations, drive alignment, and coordinate timelines
Identify areas for cost savings through options such as autoscaling, right-sizing, and elimination of waste within the customer’s AWS environments
Identify security gaps and develop best practice recommendations to help strengthen client security posture
Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership
Translate customer requirements into LOE estimates, design documents and keep project tracking boards up to date
Provide guidance to Cloud Engineers as they implement customer roadmaps
Quality check engineering work; ensure top quality work and customer satisfaction
Train customers in management and maintenance of new or upgraded environments
Support Presales Cloud Solutions Architects in proposal design and positioning
Document time spent on customer activities; record activities daily in Jira with weekly timecard submissions in Mavenlink
Mentor Cloud Engineers
Qualification
Required
Experience working in a customer-facing consulting role
Experience developing project roadmaps, LOE estimates, and design documents
Ability to lead customer facing projects, assigning work to teams, and quality checking engineering work
Ability to translate technical requirements to a non-technical audience
Ability to present solutions to customers, overcoming objectives, and creating consensus
Ability to deploy AWS infrastructure using IAC tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Ability to build CI pipelines and automation (build, test, performance)
Ability to design and build containerization solutions (infrastructure, pipelines, automation) using docker (dockerfiles, ECS, ECS Fargate) or kubernetes (manifests, helm and deployment tooling, KOPS, EKS, EKS, or Fargate)
Understanding of AWS security controls, network boundary controls and related toolsets
Knowledge of AWS's Well-Architected Framework
Ability to work with one or more scripting languages
Occasional off-hours support, depending on client's need
AWS Professional-level Certification *(required within 6 months of employment)*
Company
CDW
At CDW, we know how to make technology work so people can do great things.
Founded in 1984
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$58.74M2015-08-01Post Ipo Equity· $58.74M
2013-06-27IPO
2008-07-31Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Christine Leahy
President & CEO
Sanjay Sood
Chief Technology Officer
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