AWS Cloud Architect, Manager

A career in Cloud Architecture will provide you with the opportunity to bring our clients a competitive advantage through delivering architecture solutions, governance and alignment during the delivery process and ensure alignment to the overall project objectives and technology strategy. As part of our Cloud Architecture team, you'll focus on the architecture of data centers, including the design and implementation of network architecture and information storage to optimize innovation and program delivery for our clients.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

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  Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills outside of comfort zone.
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  Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty.
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  Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.
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  Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
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  Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
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  Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
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  Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalisation, and how they impact the firm and our clients.
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  Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
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  Focus on building trusted relationships.
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  Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:



Basic Qualifications:



Minimum Degree Required:

Bachelor Degree



Minimum Years of Experience:

5 year(s)



Preferred Qualifications:



Certification(s) Preferred:

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  AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
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  AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
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  AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
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  AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates extensive-level abilities and success with managing the identification and addressing of client needs. As a Manager, you have extensive level abilities understanding of one or both of the following areas:

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  Bringing together the right perspectives, identify roadblocks, and integrate feedback from clients and team members;
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  Managing delivery from project scoping to conclusion, while consistently keeping the client’s goals in mind;
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  Motivating and leading a team of engineers to help them achieve their highest potential while delivering value to the customer; and,
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  Guiding Agile/Scrum teams while possessing extensive knowledge of SDLC.

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas:

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  Designing, developing and deploying workloads in the cloud;
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  Architecting and developing customer applications to be cloud optimized and resilient;
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  Helping customers architect scalable, highly available application solutions that leverage AWS service;
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  Setting up CI/CD pipelines utilizing AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, or via third party tools (Jenkins or Spinnaker);
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  Providing knowledge of Infrastructure as code using CloudFormation, Terraform, Bash or Powershell;
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  Providing extensive software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns, and programming;
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  Working as a technical leader alongside customer business, development, and infrastructure teams;
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  Virtualizing storage, network, and compute infrastructure;
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  Leading discussions with senior customer stakeholders around well architected options and trade offs;
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  Supporting the full project lifecycle including: strategy, design, implementation and automation, as well as production-readiness and documentation activities;
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  Developing with programming and scripting languages such as .Net C#, Java, Bash, Powershell, Bash, Python or Ruby;
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  Developing future state cloud blueprints for key systems along with a transition plan and a roadmap, prototype solutions as needed;
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  Integrating hybrid environments involving multi-cloud or on-prem/cloud setups;
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  Leading design, development and deployment of highly available/multi-regional environments for production workloads;
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  Possessing Infra configuration management skills using Chef, Puppet, Terraform or Cloudformation;
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  Operating a production environment at scale by utilizing AWS monitoring, logging and alerting capabilities;
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  Applying the AWS Well Architected framework to design and deliver best in class client workloads; and,
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  Utilizing windows, Linux system admin skills in a virtual environment using services such as AWS System manager or other equivalent products.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.



PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.



All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.



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For positions in Colorado, visit the following link for information related to Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: https://pwc.to/coloradoadvisorymanager.



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