Position Overview
Forecast are looking for a talented Cloud Architect to join our Data Infrastructure team in Wrocław; however you will have a global remit. The role is reporting to the Director of Poland and the Global Head of Engineering and will operate both as a client facing consulting role and supporting internal product development. You will play a strategic role in designing, building and maintaining cloud capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of cloud computing and technology systems, as well as experience designing and transferring applications to the cloud. You should have a positive attitude and excellent communication skills to effectively share your knowledge.
We are interested to hear from people with the right attitude for the job; naturally entrepreneurial people that feed on the energy of a talented and growing team. You will need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills.
Key Candidate Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in computer science, mathematics or similar
- Cloud Certification: AWS or GCP or Azure
- 3+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
- Solution Experience: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics, open source, containerisation, microservices, cloud IoT (preferred)
- General knowledge of software engineering concepts and best practices (e.g. SRE)
- Product design and development experience preferred
- Competent in security and compliance
- Experience of on-premise deployment/hybrid
- Knowledge of Cloud fundamentals – Design Patterns, Cost Optimisation, Shared Security, Monitoring
- Experience building serverless solutions
- Experience in Microservices design and best practice
- Financial services experience desirable
- Strong communication and presenting skills
- English proficiency essential