Senior Cloud Solutions Architect (**REMOTE AVAILABLE**) - VICTR

JOB SUMMARY

We are looking for an Azure/Google Cloud (GCP) architect to join our growing cloud platform team in designing and developing solutions to support our clinical research teams in Azure/GCP.

As a member of the cloud platform team, you will collaborate with other cloud architects and engineers to ensure VUMC policies are adhered to, as well as look for cross platform synergies and technology alignment. Additionally, you will be relied upon to ensure proper documentation is in place and our FISMA Moderate+ security concerns are met.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, plan and Implement cloud solutions
• Assists with Strategic Planning and short- and long-term roadmaps.
• Provides scalable platforms for deployment of applications and infrastructure.
• Provides trend analysis with actionable items.
• Designs, develops, enhances, and maintains processes.
• Coaches and reviews the work of junior level professionals.
• Manages projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision.
• Define improved deployment and configuration management by way of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling such as Ansible and / or Terraform as needed.
• Perform TCO and security analyses for planned cloud service integrations
• Solid understanding of architecture and design and shares technical expertise clearly and effectively with all levels of management

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of success working as a cloud solutions architect
• Experience with cloud automation technologies including but not limited to terraform, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Powershell, Bash, YAML, and serverless technologies.
• Experience using Agile, DevOps, and DataOps delivery practices and methodologies
• Compressive knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Pipelines as Code (PaC) , Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Strong understanding of cloud/software architecture, preferably using Microsoft Azure and/or GCP cloud platforms, design patterns, and cloud operations.
• Excellent presentation skills, ability to prepare, present and communicate to members of IT, business units, and partners
• Experience in multiple phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure and/or GCP certifications
• Experience with cloud networking including hub and spoke topology, hybrid networks and site to site VPN connections
• Experience with migrating on-premises workloads to Azure/GCP

About the Department:

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) is Vanderbilt's virtual home for clinical and translational research. Supported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Office of Research and the NIH-sponsored Clinical and Translational Service Award (CTSA), the mission of the institute is to transform the way ideas and research discoveries make their way from origin to patient care. VICTR functions to help researchers and clinicians do their jobs better by providing tools and support to improve the quality of research, publications, grant writing, and training for future doctors and researchers.

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Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

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• US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
• Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
• Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
• The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
• Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
• National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
• Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6^th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.