Selecting the Right Cloud Architects
Hiring is one of the toughest challenges any company can face, either large enterprises or new startups. There is a great deal of know-how kind of experience when hiring a Cloud Architect, not all companies have the right processes that can warrant best hires.
At SupportFinity, we streamlined our processes and in-house standards to make sure of having one of the top world-class hiring processes. The magic mix of skills ingredients is what separates a great hire from a not-so-good one. We came to this conclusion through consulting top technical and HR experts in addition to our years of work and exposure with most sophisticated projects across almost all tech verticals and areas of expertise. So you get one of the best recruitment processes to hire a Cloud Architect.
As we have created and crafted a unique method of teams’ customization, we have also perfected our signature model of matching the right skills for our customers to hire either one Cloud Architect or a team of Cloud Architects. We have a long lasting belief in the power of data analytics in creating unmatchable results, thus, we apply our analytical models on our hiring process same as we do in our business model.
Cloud Architect Job Description Template
Cloud Architect
AKA: Cloud Designer or Cloud Consultant
The Cloud Architect is an IT professional who is responsible for overseeing a company's cloud computing strategy. This includes cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring
- The Cloud Architect creates a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adoption process.
- Regularly evaluates cloud applications, hardware, and software.
- The Cloud Architect develops and organize cloud systems.
- Works closely with IT security to monitor the company's cloud privacy.
- Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.
- Offers guidance in infrastructure movement techniques including bulk application transfers into the cloud.
- The Cloud Architect identifies the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the company.
- Writes automation code that produces/supports Production-ready infrastructure solutions. .
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or relevant field.
- Positive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work.
- Excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies and current computing trends.
- Effective communication skills to properly articulate cloud reports to management and other IT development partners.
- Knowledge in Outsourcing and external hosting.
- Strategy/business sense: must understand business strategy and prioritize accordingly.
- Planning and organizing skills must possess strong planning and organizing skills
- With Strong technical skills in enterprise computing and must understand the building blocks of IT. .
We know that communication starts from speaking common languages, thus we put this aspect as a first factor in our selection process, we do not proceed with hiring for Cloud Architect before making sure that the candidate passes the language ability tests first.
The ability of self-explanation ( writing – speaking )
The ability of describing problems structurally and technically ( writing & speaking)
The ability of explaining ideas, situations and problems ( reading, writing & speaking)
This part mainly measures the logical, numerical and analytical aptitude of each candidate, top ones are the only ones we select for next stages.
We have a set of interview tests that measure the agreeability levels of each candidate for
Cloud Architect, we do so as we believe that likability of any person starts from the ability
to achieve high levels of agreeability without compromising critical thinking.
We also measure the creativity side of the Cloud Architect you look for, where we see when and how each
candidate can apply out-of-the-box and innovative ways of fixing problems or creating new solutions.
Some people can do well when working on their own, some others cannot!
Knowing this matters a lot when hiring a Cloud Architect with regard to the team size needed.
Remote work needs a special level of team work skills, so we make sure that your Cloud Architect can adapt and work well with your team
and be quickly part of it if needed.
We care about hiring someone who can deliver, create and perform the way you expect
with passion and enthusiasm.
We assess our people’s technical abilities on the merits of achievements more
than anything else.
Hiring the right Cloud Architect is an uneasy decision, we consider
measing the actual technical skills of each candidate.
Having a great resume
is just the start for us, we select candidates know what they say
they know!
We conduct advanced technical tests to make sure we cover the needed knowledge your
Cloud Architect needs to have to excel for your business.
We weigh academic qualifications as well, we also request our full time employees to submit their education evidence as a major hiring rule to follow. We believe having the right academic qualifications can make a great difference, especially in advanced science based areas like electronic design, engineering planning...etc.
One important metric for us is the ability of your Cloud Architect to learn new skills, so we make sure that we select people who are only dynamic and willing to learn new ones.
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