Cloud Architect (AWS)

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world's largest scientific membership association, with a mission to "advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people".

ACS Publications is a Division of the ACS and has all the characteristics of a medium-large scientific and technical publishing organization. It is one of two Divisions charged with serving the dual function of generating a reliable annual surplus to support the Society's programmatic activities, while also fulfilling a core goal of the Society in advancing knowledge in the field of chemistry and the chemical enterprise. The Division publishes 80+ high-quality peer-reviewed journals covering the breadth of chemistry and allied fields, as well as numerous other high-quality products and services of benefit to the global community.

The Division has US-based facilities in Washington, D.C. and Columbus OH, as well as worldwide operations in a growing number of international locations under ACS International, Ltd. (ACSI) including but not limited to the UK, Singapore, China, and India.

Within the Publications Division, Global Technology Services (GTS) is tasked with providing all required technology support for the publishing activities of the ACS. The primary verticals in the GTS infrastructure include:

• Customer Engagement
• Innovation Enablement
• Business Operations and Administration
• Foundational & Technology Operations
• Strategy & Execution
• Publishing Operations & Business Systems
• Data Engineering

This position will reside within the Foundational & Technology Operations vertical and will report to the Senior Technology Manager.

Position Summary

As a Cloud Architect at ACS, a leading source of scientific information, you will be instrumental in implementing and managing cloud solutions. This role demands a profound understanding of cloud services, especially in Amazon Web Services (AWS), with GCP experience being a substantial advantage. Your expertise will be critical in the development and management of our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration and efficient operation across our extensive range of scientific and scholarly publications, national conferences, and other services.

Position Accountabilities

• Minimum 10+ years of application development/solution architecture experience required for this position.
• Design, implement, and manage cloud solutions in AWS, with GCP experience as an added advantage.
• Take ownership of the provisioning of Cloud services and products. Develop and manage infrastructure automation focusing on scalability and security.
• Work closely with software and AI engineer teams to meet project acceptance criteria, document requirements, support continuous integration and delivery, and mentor junior staff members in cloud technologies and best practices.
• Experience with Design, develop, and manage dev, test, and production environments, ensuring robust software configuration management throughout the application development lifecycle.
• Extensive understanding of Cloud Agnostic architectures using Kubernetes and other solutions.
• Extensive experience in implementing AWS EKS clusters, management and scaling of the clusters with a good knowledge of traffic in/ouflows via subnet configurations and gateways. Linux experience is a plus.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipeline, ensuring smooth deployments and integrations using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and containerization strategies.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters within cloud environments, optimizing for performance and reliability.
• Utilize Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code to automate and manage cloud infrastructure.
• Work with serverless computing frameworks on AWS to enhance application scalability and efficiency.
• Work on Org Units, IAM roles to define efficient and cost-effective operating models for all of publication assets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting, to provide architecture support on AWS
• Integrate and help manage legacy workflows using ArgoCD, Airflow, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Bamboo pipelines.
• Act as a tech owner of independent software products and aliasing with stakeholders.
• Present Cloud solution and architecture to technical and business stakeholders
• Take the ownership of cloud design and infrastructure operation.
• Learn new and latest cloud and Ai technologies to advise and architect modern solutions.
• Mentor Cloud engineers and build team for effective Cloud Operations.
• Assist and manage the roadmap for DevOps implementation in established operations, with expertise in continuous delivery, DevOps solutions, and integrated toolset solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Assist DevSecOps practices, including secret management, privilege management, and integrating tools to enhance baseline security.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional and Kubernetes certification is a plus.

For this role, we are preferring candidates in US [preferably east coast], as you will need to work extensively with UK and India time zone teams. DC-based: This role is based in our Washington, D.C. office. A reasonable rate of compensation for this position is between 140,000 & $189,000 per year. ACS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account or health care savings account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and 4-week work from anywhere; each benefit is subject to the terms of the applicable program. Additional benefits may apply based on skills, experience, and location. Any actual offer of employment, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.

Team Player - Works well as a member of a group
Functional Expert - Considered a thought leader on a subject
Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Ability to Make an Impact - Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
Goal Completion - Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Bachelor of Science of Computer Engineering (preferred)

5 years: *Strong communication and leadership skills to effectively collaborate with various teams, lead cloud initiatives, and mentor junior staff.
*Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
*Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field. Advanced or professional certifications in Cloud are advantageous.
(required)
5 years: *Deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience with a broad range of DevOps tools. Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform. Expertise in tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Maven, Docker, and Kubernetes.
*Expertise in compute clustering in AWS (GCP is a plus).
*Expertise in cloud serverless computing infrastructure on AWS (GCP is a plus).
*Proficiency in Terraform.
*Proficiency in Python or Java programming languages. (required)
10 years: *10 years overall hands-on experience in either infrastructure engineering, software engineering, or data engineering including at least 7 years of hands-on experience in architecting and building IT solutions in AWS (GCP is a plus).
*Proven experience in containerization, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD.
*Experience with approaches and tooling for automated build, delivery, and release of software in Cloud.
*Experience in LLM and its applications preferred but not required.
(required)

AWS SysOpsAdmAssoc (preferred)
AWS Cert Cloud Prac (preferred)
AWS Cert Sol Arch-Assoc (preferred)
AWS CertSolArchProf (preferred)