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Cloud Solutions Architect - Hybrid or Remote Eligible – UC Santa Barbara

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Department Marketing Statement
There is a reason UCSB has been named the Best Place to Work by our local media for several years running. Whether our employees are on our stunning campus, or working remotely or hybrid, they value the flexibility, stability and rich benefits we offer. UC Santa Barbara is recognized for excellence across broad fields of study. Information Technology Services (ITS), the Campus' central IT unit, partners with the Campus community to efficiently deliver IT infrastructure and enterprise application services to faculty, students, staff, and affiliates. Join us in supporting the technology making world class research possible!

Responsibilities

• Under the general direction of the Linux & Virtualization Engineering Manager, enhance and optimize the enterprise infrastructure, including storage, networks, and systems supporting digital programs, research, and related areas.
• Provide technical expertise, architectural leadership, and knowledge of best practices; ensure critical applications are designed and optimized for appropriate availability and disaster recovery.
• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, infrastructure as code (IaC) use, application build pipelines, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet technical and functional/non-functional requirements; provide technical expertise in diagnosing and resolving cloud-related issues with escalation as needed.
• Plan tactically around current and future cloud technologies; participate on campus teams to advance cloud vision and strategy across campus groups.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to UCSB Library for cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS and future providers, networking, provisioning, security, and management.
• Assist in developing solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public, and hybrid cloud models (IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• 4-6 years of experience in architecting software solutions for a relevant technology or implementing AWS solutions.
• 4-6 years of experience with integrating complex, diverse implementations of business functions to build scalable systems.
• 4-6 years of experience with infrastructure as code (DevOps techniques, templating, configuration management, automated build pipelines).
• 4-6 years of experience with Linux and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect (or similar) upon hire.
• Knowledge of cloud capabilities with hands-on experience in one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Understanding of complex IT systems, full-stack environments, virtual networking, and storage.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud storage, compute, networking for academic research and libraries.
• Experience in information technology services for research universities, particularly libraries and research collaboration.
• Ability to understand business needs and how systems support them; self-motivated and able to work independently or in a team.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and written technical documentation skills; ability to work with diverse teams.

Special Conditions Of Employment

• Satisfactory conviction history background check
• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment

Equal Opportunity Statement

UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status under state or federal law.

Additional Information

For full consideration, please include a resume and a cover letter as part of your application. Application status can be checked via the Candidate Gateway.