Cloud Solutions Architect

Equifax • St. Louis, MO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you. We are seeking a high-caliber Cloud Architect to lead the modernization of our technology landscape. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end design and implementation of robust, cloud-native solutions within GCP. You will act as a visionary leader, establishing high-level solution intent while collaborating with cross-functional teams to define logical component responsibilities and system behaviors. Your expertise will be critical in ensuring all architectures align with our broader technology strategy, utilizing standard building blocks to deliver economic value and operational efficiency. Beyond design, you will provide technical oversight throughout the implementation phase, prioritizing non-functional requirements and maintaining alignment between the final build and the original solution intent.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent job experience required
• 5+ years of software development/architecture experience
• 3+ years of experience architecting and developing software in the public cloud
• Experience in monitoring infrastructure and application uptime and availability to ensure functional and performance objectives.
• Experience in one or more languages such as Python, Bash, Java, Go, JavaScript and/or node.js
• Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security and databases
• Partner with Engineering, and SREs to analyze any outages or resiliency issues and provide remediation steps
• Experience with microservice best practices and design patterns
• Experience with event driven architecture and immutable data management patterns (CQRS)
• Proficiency with continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling and practices
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Cloud Certification Strongly Preferred

Nice To Haves

• An ability to demonstrate successful performance of our Success Profile skills, including:
• Application Development/Programming - Experience working with software design, programming languages (preferably Python, Java, Javascript) and solution architecture. Knowledge of Event Driven Architecture, Functional/Object Oriented Programming
• Cloud Services (AWS/GCP) - Leveraging cloud native GCP/AWS service while architecting particular product/platform, with GCP being the more important of the two
• DevSecOps - Need to have a strong understanding of both security and DevOps principles. They need to be able to design and implement solutions that meet the security and compliance requirements of the organization. Ability to work with developers and operations teams to ensure that the solutions are implemented in a way that does not impact the development or deployment process.
• Technical Communication/Presentation - Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to tailor to specific audiences. Work with others to achieve results and proactively address sources of conflict and emotion with focus on the best solution for Equifax
• Technology Advising/Consulting - Understand business goals and how to use technology to achieve them. Understand the IT environment and the challenges the unit is facing. Develop a technology solution that will help achieve the BU goals. Provide ongoing support to ensure that it continues to meet the goals. Monitor the solution for any potential problems and take corrective action as needed.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and implement smart solutions in GCP/AWS using Cloud Native capabilities.
• Establish the high-level Solution Intent for given project or problem statement
• Establish responsibilities of major logical components of the solution in collaboration with other team members
• Develop architecture deliverables necessary to illustrate system behavior, including usage models, and cost of ownership models and failure analysis model
• Ensure that the solution is aligned with the technology strategy, uses standard solution building blocks and can be built and operated in an efficient manner aligned with economic value of the project
• Develop, analyze, split, and prioritize work required to implement the system’s non-functional requirements
• Provide technical oversight of implementation, keeping the final build and overall implementation aligned with the solution intent

Benefits

• comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages
• 401k matching
• paid time off
• organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees