C.T.Co Ltd. is a Europe-oriented IT solutions and services provider, based in Riga, Latvia (EU) with a track records of delivering enterprise solutions to top global clients for more than 20 years. C.T.Co employs over 600 people in Riga.

Cloud Architect who is capable to do hands-on work, has good understanding of DevSecOps culture and is ready to take responsibility for the development of the cloud solutions while guiding other teammates.

General:

• 5+ years of experience in IT;
• Previous experience in consulting and working with international customers is considered an advantage;
• Experience with project delivery methodologies such as Agile Scrum or Kanban.

Cloud Solutions:

• Awareness and experience in competitive Cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Redshift, etc.;
• At least 2 years of experience designing cloud-based solutions; 
• Successful track record of delivering cloud-based enterprise solutions in public clouds is considered an advantage; 
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture best practices and design patterns; 
• Knowledge of network topologies and firewalls; 
• Reliability practices in the cloud (guaranteed delivery, high availability/clustering, backup and disaster recovery, monitoring); 
• Security practices in the cloud (network perimeter defense, access control, data protection, IAM).

DevSecOps: 

• Experience with automation tools like ARM Templates, Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet or Ansible; 
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Gitlab, Jenkins, etc.; 
• Development or scripting experience such as bash, Powershell, etc.; 
• Experience with common build tools (like maven, gradle, npm, yarn, etc.); 
• Knowledge and experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Databases:

• Any experience with RDMBS, NoSQL, Cloud PaaS solutions, etc.

Set of soft skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; 
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills; 
• Diagramming skills using notations like BPMN, UML, C4, etc; 
• Ability to lead a team, organize work and delivery process; 
• Fluent English; 
• Good understanding of Latvian and Russian.

• Drive the design and architecture of complex cloud systems and infrastructure; 
• Provide technical expertise in the areas of Public Cloud services;
• Partner with other architects, developers, and engineers to facilitate the deployment of cloud services, automation, and continuous delivery pipelines;
• Gather key requirements and architecture/design constraints from projects' stakeholders and create respective documents;
• Plan architecture-related work, professionally present these plans and regularly update stakeholders regarding the progress; 
• Analyze technical and operational efficiency of existing solutions and provide respective analysis reports and proposals; 
• Assess the quality of existing implementation (architecture/design/coding) and provide respective reports; 
• Participate in prototypes building during projects' start-up (including technology research and evaluation, if necessary) and document prototyping results and respective technical proposal; 
• Support applications' development from technical perspective in construction and transition phases;
• Present all aforementioned work to internal and customers' stakeholders.
  
  

• Advantage of working in a large, stable and reliable company, which managed to keep a dynamic and friendly work environment;
• Experience in international projects for first-rate global companies;
• Attractive salary and compensation package (advanced health insurance, flexible cell phone compensation, etc.);
• Company sponsored professional trainings and certifications;
• Active/passive participation in professional international conferences;
• Career growth and opportunities for development;
• Regular company and team building events;
• Opportunity to work remotely.

Sludinājumu latviešu valodā var apskatīt šeit:

https://ctco.lv/careers/vacancies/cloud-architect/