Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full-range of AWS services including workload migrations and modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security and compliance, and everything in between.
At Caylent, our people always come first. We are a global company and operate fully remote with employees in Canada, the United States, and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!
The Mission
We are seeking an exceptional Architect to join our growing Cloud Architecture & Engineering team. The right candidate is someone who has deep expertise in cloud architecture and is passionate about working with our customers, partners, and colleagues to drive innovation forward.
Your mission will be to work alongside Caylent’s Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Project Managers to deliver AWS solutions across our diverse and forward-thinking customer base. You’ll work with the latest technologies and support customers looking to bring cutting-edge ideas to market
Your Assignment
- Be a thought leader in crafting solutions, reference architectures and best practices for large-scale enterprise clients with a history of on-premises to cloud infrastructure evolution.
- Engage in a highly collaborative team environment where your expertise is required to propose solutions, laying the foundations for cloud architecture, scaling, development opportunities, cost savings, and vulnerability remediation.
- Design, develop, and integrate complex DevOps pipelines, including build automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), security, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
- Kick off new client engagements and drive long-range plans with clients to adopt cloud best practices.
- Take on work already in line with projects and deliverables while researching new project opportunities (R&D).
- Ensure high quality of project delivery.
Your Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience working as a Network Architect for enterprise organizations in a consulting capacity.
- Deep experience supporting large-scale enterprise clients with complex on-premise to cloud migration journeys.
- Ability to communicate technical objectives and solutions clearly to clients while establishing and cultivating a professional relationship.
- Strong expertise in building and operating networks and using the following technologies: AWS Cloud WAN, AWS Transit Gateway, AWS Direct Connect Gateway, MPLS, BGP, Site-to-Site VPN, IPAM, and CDN.
- Strong networking fundamentals, including IP address allocation design at scale, DNS architecture at scale, and network proxy technologies such as NGINX and AWS VPC Lattice.
- Familiarity with modern firewalls e.g. Cisco, Palo Alto, and Fortigate.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS environments, including serverless architectures.
- Experience designing and implementing inter- and intra-region high availability solutions.
- Experience implementing IaC in AWS (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or Pulumi).
- Demonstrated critical and strategic thinking about business, products, and technical challenges when presenting to stakeholders.
- Great verbal and written communication skills.
- Enthusiasm for working in a startup environment and the ability to be cross-functional.
- A natural curiosity and excitement for learning new technology.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cloud Migrations
- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
- IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Pulumi, etc)
- Scripting (Python, Bash, etc.)
- Containers and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Fargate, etc.)
- Cloud Security Best Practices
- Agile project methodologies e.g. Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Enterprise Architecture management tooling e.g. LeanIX
- Incident, release, problem and change management processes
Benefits
- 100% remote work
- Equitable Life - Hybrid Plan
- 100% Premium Coverage for the employee and dependents
- Competitive phantom equity
- Long-Term Disability
- 4% Pension match (employer contribution)
- Unlimited Vacations
- Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Paid for exams and certifications
- Peer bonus awards
- State of the art laptop and tools
- Equipment & Office Stipend
- Individual professional development plan
- Annual stipend for Learning and Development
- Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture
Base Salary Range: The expected base salary range for this position is $152,000 - $171,000 per year, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Additional Compensation Components: In addition to the base salary, the compensation package may include bonuses, commissions, equity, and other incentives. The specific components will vary depending on the role and individual and/or company performance.
NOTE: We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
At Caylent, we are committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated systems to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications to help match candidate qualifications with job requirements.
These tools are designed to support — not replace — human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our trained recruitment professionals.
If an AI or automated tool is used during your application process, it will only be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and your information will be handled in a secure and confidential manner.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].
