Cloud Infrastructure Architect at Crossover for Work

Crossover for Work is redefining the way people work. Brick and mortar offices are history. The future of our global workforce will be built from teams collaborating from every corner of the world. We have embarked on an expedition to find and engage with that talent. Crossover has developed a unique method of finding, curating, and managing remote contractors. Our platform connects customers to the world’s best talent for both technical and non-technical employment. But we don’t just find the best, we also provide the tools, training, and relationship building support to ensure success for long term growth.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Location: Nigeria
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job Descriptions

• Are you one of the top Software Architects in the world? Were you an early adopter of cloud infrastructure and AWS? Do enjoy solving the incredibly complex problems that no one else has been able to complete? Do you love to automate everything that needs to be done more than once? Are you 10x more productive than the typical developer? Are you interested in earning $100,000 USD while being able to work from any location that is comfortable to you? Eager to join a development network of the most talented remote workers in the world? If so, this role is for you.
• Through Crossover, you’ll earn the most competitive wages on the market, collaborate with the most skilled teams in your field, and work for the most elite companies in the world. Sound too good to be true? Take a closer look...

Job Summary

• Through Crossover, you will play a critical role in designing and executing cloud-based architectures. This can range from fresh design/build work in cloud-based environments like AWS and GCE, or adapting large existing infrastructures to an AWS deployment model.
• You will be responsible for developing solutions to complex architectural problems, designing and delivering real enterprise-class software products to customers and being a hands-on peer leader of top development resources.
• As the owner for the architecture and technical delivery of multi-million dollar revenue per year enterprise software products, you will effectively work as the CTO of the engagement with a startup mindset, wearing multiple hats from lead architect and developer on the most complex elements of the product to technical team leader to solution evangelist ensuring that the customers are blown away by the technical differentiation and quality of the product.
• Just as an example, one project includes migrating a large, scaleable infrastructure consuming over 1,500 machines globally and storing over 5 petabytes of information into AWS. This role would include architecture changes, phased project planning, and ultimately execution of the migration into the AWS cloud. Wow, great real-world project right?

Key Responsibilities

• Developing product expertise in a short time frame for the product/industry. We call this "becoming an expert"
• Architecting new systems or adapting existing systems to run best in a cloud-based architectural environment (proper use of VMs, proper assumptions about VM failures, queue-based architectures, services-oriented architectures, etc)
• Owning the execution and implementation of migration strategies (this will include deployment/provisioning using DevOps tools, data migration, testing, cutover/failover of systems, configuration of monitoring and other production management systems)
• Leading small teams of Software Engineers through the technical delivery process (performing requirements reviews, architectural reviews, and code reviews)
• Manage accountability of team members, with pinpoint focus on quality; Personally accountable for resolution of the most technically challenging issues

Required Experience and Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
• Expertise in Amazon Web Services. In particular infrastructure services like AWS Elastic Beanstalk & CloudFormation
• Expertise in DevOps tools like Puppet or Chef
• At least 8 years of experience in senior hands-on Java programming
• Proficient in modern architecture stacks, SOA, relational DBs, stateless API, etc
• Excellent understanding of current enterprise software technologies and development practices/tools, including virtual environments, source control, remote development, issue tracking, build and test automation, and networking management
• A true “roll up the sleeves and get it done” working approach; demonstrated success as a problem solver, operating as a result-oriented, self-starter
• Comfort “working virtually” with teammates and customers around the world. We do a lot of Skype and video conferencing.

Remuneration
$50/hour

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• To qualify, please provide a Resume/CV demonstrating the required experience and skills.
• From there, to help us find the top 1% of talent, there will be a series of interviews and online skills examinations.
• We realize these are challenging and can require a decent amount of time - so we thank you in advance for your efforts.