Multi-Cloud Solution Architect

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.
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To support our customers' complex mission requirements, we're constantly optimizing our architecture for speed of our earth observations, processing time and cost, storage cost, delivery tempo and resiliency for a complex set of mission requirements that range from nightly-news-worthy to background foundational mapping. We are looking for additional expertise to help us with the optimizations to support our global customer base operating across multiple clouds and on-premises environments to ensure we get the right data to those customers on-time, while being cost effective.
Responsibilities:

• As Cloud Architect you will recommend and subsequently implement cloud optimization strategies to minimize cost while ensuring maximum mission value from Vantor's products for customers.

• Engage with Maxar's architects and engineers to understand existing implementations and the requirements driving them.

• Engage with the Engineering VPs to drive optimizations into the engineering baselines that underly Maxar products.

• Serve as a member of the Cloud Center of Excellence driving the evolution of our corporate cloud operations and governance approaches. Through this you will be engaging with the COO and CTO to drive key optimizations as well as governance reforms while meeting corporate goals across mission performance, cost, compliance, and resiliency.

Requirements:

• Must have recent experience with multi-cloud platforms including AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and/or Oracle including their unique features and capabilities. Applicant must have deep experience with AWS and at least one additional provider.

• Either (a) demonstrated experience with strategically placing workloads on the best cloud provider based on performance, cost and other requirements unique to each application or (b) designing and implementing products and tools that do so.

• Understanding of cloud pricing models and the skills required to optimize costs across multiple environments through resource allocation, usage monitoring and governance.

• Expertise in implementing robust security measures across diverse cloud environments, including data encryption, access controls and compliance regulations.

• Expertise in strategic selection of cloud services from different providers for both avoidance of vendor lock-in and/or increased resilience.

• Experience meeting the requirements of compliance frameworks. Examples include ISO9001, ISO27001, NIST800-171 or NIST800-53

• Understanding of cybersecurity risks with global networks and operations and demonstrable risk management framework experience in applying mitigations for such risks.

• Proficiency in monitoring cloud performance, identifying issues, and troubleshooting across different cloud environments.

• Ability and willingness to obtain a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance.

• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical degree.

• A minimum of ten years of experience deploying solutions to cloud environments and a minimum of 2 years of experience in each of two major cloud providers.

• A minimum of three years of experience in a senior computing, architecture or systems engineering capacity with demonstrated competency driving enterprise, mission- and/or revenue-critical architecture(s).

Recommended Qualifications:

• Existing Secret, Top Secret or Top Secret / SCI clearance.

• Understanding of and experience with the services available in government clouds (FedRAMP, the C2E contract from CIA, and those of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability) at multiple security levels.

• Understanding of and experience with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program and the impact on managing Controlled Unclassified Information in and across cloud environments.

• Experience briefing and working with executive level leadership, including VPs and C-level executives.

Pay Transparency: In support of pay transparency at Vantor, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $124,000.00 - $206,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within New Jersey is: $124,000.00 - $206,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $137,000.00 - $228,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within California is: $143,000.00 - $238,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
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