Job Information
Qualcomm Senior Staff IT Cloud Architect - Cork, Ireland in Cork, Ireland
Company:
QT Technologies Ireland Limited
Job Area:
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Cloud Architect
General Summary:
About The Role
Qualcomm offers flexible work options tailored to our employee’s needs. These include a combination of work from home and working in our brand new, state of the art office in Penrose Dock, Cork.
Well-being and life balance are fundamental to Qualcomm as an employer. We recognise and understand that employees have missed spending quality time with loved ones and extended family.
As such, Cork Qualcomm policy allows our employees to blend short-term remote working with annual leave.
Your role as a member of the cloud team is to define cloud strategy, governance, and best-practices to aid in the company's adoption of cloud platforms. You will be working closely with engineers within IT as well as across the business to develop solutions and conduct research on new cloud offerings that best align to the needs of the business.
In this role, you will be designing tooling, creating policy, and defining best practices around cloud technologies and services. The role lends itself to a balance between software development, cloud architecture, and project management, as you will be involved in helping to define solutions for a wide variety of teams each with their own distinct use cases. You will need the ability to work seamlessly with both seasoned cloud architects and engineers who are brand new to cloud platforms.
We are a collaborative team that is always learning, sharing, and researching. You must have broad expertise in IT or related fields, strong technical writing, analytical, and interpersonal skills, and the ability to learn and grow in a rapidly evolving environment.
Responsibilities will include
Partner with the business to help plan and implement migrations to cloud platforms
Develop tooling to automate the management of a large cloud ecosystem
Design and deliver well-architected cloud solutions based on business requirements
Strive to innovate and embrace a culture of continuous learning
Partner with IT security to define and implement security best practices in the cloud
Analyze cloud spend and recommend cost optimization opportunities
What we would love to see:
5+ years' experience as a systems engineer, developer, or solutions architect
2+ years' experience with a programming language (Python is what we use primarily)
3+ years' experience with public cloud platforms
3+ years' experience creating cloud based architectural designs
AWS certifications
2+ years' experience with infrastructure as code design (CloudFormation, Terraform, etc)
A strong background in cloud networking design
Experience building web applications in Python
IAM Principles / Authentication and Authorization
Strong programming and automating capabilities
Understanding of configuration management concepts and solutions
Experience with database fundamentals and security best practices
Where you will be working
Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.
There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.
A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.
Equal Opportunities
We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.
What's on Offer
Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:
Salary, stock and performance related bonus
Maternity/Paternity Leave
Employee stock purchase scheme
Matching pension scheme
Education Assistance
Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being
Bicycle purchase scheme
Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more
*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.
Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028) for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.
Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.
Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification