Cloud DevOps Architect

Position: Cloud & DevOps Architect
Location: Denver, CO (On-site / Hybrid)
Industry: Telecommunications and Media & Entertainment
Employment Type: Contract /Full-Time
Note: There is an opening or two for Cloud & DevOps architect. Their platforms are Google Cloud Platform and AWS. The candidate must have designed and developed applications on the cloud platform.

Job Description

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Cloud & DevOps Architect to lead the architecture, design, and continuous delivery of scalable digital platforms within the Telecommunications and Media & Entertainment domain. In this role, you will bridge the gap between cloud architecture and hands-on application development across multi-cloud environments (Google Cloud Platform and AWS).
The ideal candidate has a proven track record not only of orchestrating cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, but also of directly designing and developing resilient, cloud-native applications tailored for high-throughput media streaming, content distribution, and telecom network data services.

Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Strategy: Architect, design, and govern resilient, highly available, and secure multi-cloud architectures across Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Cloud Application Engineering: Lead the end-to-end design and development of modern cloud-native applications, microservices, and APIs handling high-volume telecom and media workflows.

DevOps & Automation: Design and manage automated CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to streamline application deployment, testing, and infrastructure provisioning.

Platform Reliability & Observability: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, tracing, and auto-scaling mechanisms to ensure platform health, uptime, and optimal latency across streaming and telecom services.

Security & Compliance: Embed DevSecOps best practices, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, network segmentation, and compliance standards relevant to media assets and telecom infrastructure.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional software engineering, data, and broadcast/network operations teams; provide architectural governance, code reviews, and mentorship to engineering teams.

Required Qualifications & Experience
Experience: 8+ years in software engineering and cloud infrastructure roles, with at least 3+ years operating as a Cloud/DevOps Architect.

Multi-Cloud Proficiency: Hands-on architectural experience with both Google Cloud Platform (e.g., GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, BigQuery) and AWS (e.g., EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, RDS).

Hands-on Development: Proven background in designing and developing backend applications/microservices using languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Node.js.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deep expertise with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Google Cloud Deployment Manager.

Containers & Orchestration: Strong production experience with Docker and Kubernetes (GKE / EKS), including service meshes (Istio/Linkerd) and Helm.

CI/CD & Automation: Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Spinnaker).

Domain Knowledge: Prior experience in the Telecommunications or Media & Entertainment industry (e.g., video streaming/transcoding pipelines, CDN integration, OTT services, OSS/BSS, or low-latency messaging platforms).

Preferred Qualifications
Professional-level Cloud Certifications:
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect / DevOps Engineer
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional / DevOps Engineer - Professional
Hands-on experience with streaming architectures, event-driven designs (e.g., Apache Kafka, Google Pub/Sub), and CDN architectures (e.g., CloudFront, Akamai, Fastly).
Solid understanding of FinOps principles to optimize multi-cloud consumption and resource utilization.