Manager, Architecture

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**Overview**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide technical expertise and leadership in architecture and engineering for cloud and on-premise environments, including system design, solution development, technology evaluation, implementation, support and maintenance to ensure it’s efficiency, reliability and security on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Alibaba Cloud.
- Design, review, develop, implement and manage cloud-based and on-premise infrastructure and systems, including compute, storage, and networking while ensuring scalability, reliability, security and performance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot, identify and address technical challenges and provide recommendations for resolutions in performance, security and availability issues
- Conduct technical reviews and evaluations of existing and emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to recommend the best fit for the organization’s needs.
- Participate in technology, vendor and architecture reviews to evaluate and approve technology solutions to ensure compliance with legal and organizational standards
- Provide technical guidance, and be the technical escalation points for outsourced service providers or junior team members, promoting best practices related to architecture and engineering
- Participate in the development, enforcement and implementation of technical standards, guidelines and best practices for security, compliance and data protection, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption and network security
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and management tasks using Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation with GitHub as its central code repository
- Collaborate with network engineering and operations team to design and implement a secure and scalable network architecture, including virtual private networks (VPNs), virtual private clouds (VPCs) and subnets.
- Develop and maintain support documentations to ensure it’s always up-to-date. Conducts regular knowledge transfer activities with internal team and external partners
- Track, manage and conduct performance tuning and capacity planning for on-premise and Cloud-based systems to ensure optimal performance and cost efficiency
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies, and provide recommendations for incorporating them into the organization’s technology stack
- Be contactable for critical incidents and outages, as needed

**Requirements**:

- Proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based infrastructure (AWS / Alibaba Cloud / Azure), virtualization technologies (Citrix, VMware, Nutanix), networking technologies, and physical infrastructure hardware (servers, routers, switches, firewalls, circuits)
- Proven experience as a Technical Specialist or similar role, with strong expertise in architecture and engineering principles for both on-premise and Cloud hosting environments
- Strong technical skills in architecture and engineering, including system design, solution, development, and technology evaluations.
- Experience in designing, developing, implementing and maintaining complex architectural solutions that align with business requirements, technology strategies
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages, frameworks and technologies commonly used in architecture and engineering
- Solid understanding of cloud computing, microservices architecture, containerization, and other modern architectural patterns and technologies, as well as traditional on-premise architectures
- Strong scripting or programming skills in languages, such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Python, PowerShell, or Bash with GitHub as its central code repository
- Experience with Information Security and cloud monitoring tools (LogicMonitor, CloudWatch, AliCloud Security Center)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
- Excellent communication and in