Senior Cloud Architect

About the role

The Senior Cloud Architect is responsible for defining architectural standards, security frameworks, and automation goals for all cloud deployments operated by Infrastructure & Media Technology. This is a high-impact and strategic role with a large scope that allows the candidate to work with brilliant co-workers to help solve some of Paramount’s most pressing technical challenges.

Primary Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering capability in support of Paramount Technology’s goal of migrating workloads between public cloud providers
• Define strategy for migrating applications from various Linux versions (Amazon Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc) to a standard running on Oracle Linux
• Collaborate and define, document, and educate on standards to be followed for the following: foundational cloud architecture, automation framework, tools and taxonomy, continuous integration/deployment methodology, security governance (in collaboration with Information Security)
• Partner with and advise Cloud Engineering organization on infrastructure architecture, cloud network design, infrastructure automation, and security best practices
• Drive infrastructure strategy for security operations
• Collaborate with Paramount Skydance Information Security organization on Company security standards
• Lead team of Infrastructure Security engineers to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities in our environment
• Continually evaluate the startup market for innovative solutions in the areas of infrastructure automation, cloud security, and observability
• Proficiency with Chef Automation Enterprise/OCI
• Develop and maintain Chef cookbooks to automate configuration management across a managed server ecosystem
• Drive the certification process for new operating systems and software, ensuring compatibility and compliance standards are met

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 6+ years’ experience spanning at least 2 IT disciplines including technical architecture, network design, application development, middleware, database, OS or devops
• Deep knowledge of multiple cloud provider offerings (AWS, GCP, OCI, Azure)
• Proficiency in Python or JavaScript or Terraform or Golang
• Experience with large scale migrations of enterprise systems to public cloud
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones and varying cultural backgrounds
• Experience designing, implementing, and managing virtual private networks in public cloud ecosystems and connectivity to the physical layer

Additional Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience with the following technologies: AWS/Linux/Terraform/Chef
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tooling and capabilities to enhance and accelerate coding / automation tasks (e.g. Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc)
• Proven ability to influence peers on advantages of standardization, automation, and shift left principles
• Proven ability to implement architectural standards in large companies working across diverse teams with varying business and application requirements
• Strong experience in building a highly effective and collaborative team culture that supports learning new technologies and challenges the status quo
• Highest level of proficiency in communicating complex ideas in easy-to-understand language