Cloud Solutions Architect

The Opportunity:
The Solution Architect will lead the adoption of cloud computing principles and public cloud services, designing secure, scalable, resilient, and efficient infrastructure solutions that align with Fisher standards and security requirements. You will mentor technical teams, establish the best practices for cloud solution deployment and management, and help develop sustainable infrastructure architecture. You will report to the AVP - Infrastructure Platforms and Systems.

The Day-to-Day:

• Design, engineer and lead the architecture and implementation of cloud solutions with appropriate technologies and capabilities to meet our requirements
• Understand in-depth the cloud technology trends, the latest new ideas, options and solutions available on how to evolve the capabilities and use within the firm to address the evolving operating model
• Investigate and monitor the current-state cloud usage solutions in use to identify gaps, limitations and come up with the required solutions and remediations
• Implement cloud platform services that are scalable, available, fault-tolerant, with multi-region deployment models
• Lead creation of cloud-focused standards, building blocks and patterns to ensure deployed solutions are secure, scalable, and resilient
• Work with other enterprise architects, application architects and security architects to provide a solid and secure IaaS and PaaS platform in Azure
• Ensure cloud solutions are implemented and delivered with best practices, appropriate controls and documentation
• Lead and provide expertise on cloud solutions and knowledge transfer and mentoring other team members
• Design, develop, and manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized application environment

Your Qualifications:

• 10 years designing and building complex enterprise scale software applications or platforms
• 5 years of experience designing solutions in Cloud (Minimum 3 years in Azure)
• Expertise in core cloud technologies (compute, storage, networking, databases), multi-cloud deployments, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless, and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
• 5 years of experience serving as technical lead for software architecture design
• 5 years of experience defining architectural tradeoffs and communicating architectural decisions to all stakeholders
• 3 years of experience building scalable and reliable solutions
• Strong knowledge of networking and multi-tenant architecture, with proven ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues
• Knowledge of Azure AI and exposure to Artificial Intelligence technologies, frameworks, or solutions
• Server lifecycle management and configuration management using tools such as Ansible preferred
• Hands-on experience building infrastructure and solutions that support AI/ML workloads preferred
• Ability to effectively communicate complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Azure Architect certification preferred
• Bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or related field

Why Fisher Investments:
We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
• This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

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