Lead Cloud Architect
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Louisville, KY
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or engineering and support of enterprise data-caching technologies.
- Hands-on experience engineering and supporting enterprise caching platforms, including Azure Managed Redis (AMR), Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), Redis Enterprise, or similar distributed cach
- Strong experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based development practices.
- Experience developing automation and operational tooling using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
- Experience providing Level 3 production support, participating in on-call rotations, and resolving complex distributed system issues.
- Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills.
- Solid understanding of data caching, cloud networking, security, high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery architectures.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, upgrading, and troubleshooting Azure Managed Redis (AMR), Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), or Redis Enterprise environments.
- Experience designing and operating multi-cloud solutions across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and cloud-native technologies.
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational automation solutions.
- Azure and/or Google Cloud certifications.
- Experience supporting mission-critical platforms with demanding availability, scalability, and performance requirements.
Full description
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We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Data Caching Platform Engineer with deep expertise in distributed caching technologies, automation, and software development. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Managed Redis (AMR), Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), Terraform, and cloud-native platform engineering, along with experience supporting Redis Enterprise in on-premises environments.
This role is responsible for designing, developing, automating, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale data-caching platforms across cloud and on-premises environments. The successful candidate will combine strong engineering skills with operational excellence to deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient caching services that support critical business applications.
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Key Responsibilities
- Design, engineer, automate, and support enterprise data-caching platforms, including Azure Managed Redis (AMR), Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), and Redis Enterprise across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation solutions, and deployment frameworks using Terraform and modern scripting languages.
- Provide Level 3 engineering support for production platforms, including participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation, troubleshooting complex incidents, and leading root cause analysis efforts.
- Drive platform reliability, performance, scalability, security, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management activities.
- Partner with application, cloud, security, and operations teams to establish platform standards and deliver highly available, resilient solutions.
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or engineering and support of enterprise data-caching technologies.
- Hands-on experience engineering and supporting enterprise caching platforms, including Azure Managed Redis (AMR), Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), Redis Enterprise, or similar distributed caching technologies.
- Strong experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based development practices.
- Experience developing automation and operational tooling using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
- Experience providing Level 3 production support, participating in on-call rotations, and resolving complex distributed system issues.
- Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills.