Cloud Architecture Specialist

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Reports To Director, Information Technology and Cloud Solutions

Job Title Cloud Architecture Specialist

Based In Ottawa, ON

Term Full Time

About Nanometrics

With 40 years of seismic technology and industry application experience, we are a global, award-winning company providing monitoring solutions and equipment for studying artificial and natural seismicity. From mission-critical seismic arrays, tsunami and early earthquake warning systems in over 90 countries across the globe to induce seismicity monitoring in the energy sector. We specialize in full-service, integrated solutions for studying artificial and natural seismicity, including turnkey seismic networks, industry-leading precision instrumentation, complete data processing, analysis services, and software applications.

At Nanometrics, we take pride in fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We are passionate about making a global impact through cutting-edge technology while staying rooted in values of intentional innovation, trust, ethics, and stability.

Role and Responsibilities

About the role

We are looking for an Intermediate Cloud Architecture Specialist to advance our cloud platform that secures and supports Nanometrics products and services. This role is key in leading the strategic planning and evolution of our cloud solutions, with a strong focus on security, resilience, FinOps, and technology adoption. The specialist will effectively manage and optimize cloud expenditures, ensuring the organization gains maximum value from our cloud investments. A critical component of this role is acting as a technology advisor, staying current with emerging cloud capabilities and services and proposing strategic adoption plans to meet business goals. This is balanced with ensuring that robust security, access control, backup, and recovery plans are operational, and performing spend analysis to guide cost-efficient decisions for business and product teams. The successful candidate will join our Information Technology and Cloud Solutions (ITCS) team, which is responsible for providing the network and cloud platform infrastructure for delivering business applications.

Responsibilities

• Being a subject matter expert on cloud technologies, networking, security, access control, and AWS cost management.
• Actively researching emerging cloud technologies and providing clear, strategic recommendations to business, development, and ops teams for efficient adoption. Create solutions that focus on how these tools can enhance data processing and application performance plus customer experience.
• Maintaining and updating an appropriate cloud platform and architecture strategy for the organization, based on current and future technology best practices.
• Guiding business and technical teams on advanced cloud architectures and communicating both the technical and financial impact of strategic decisions.
• Designing, implementing, and managing security and access control policies across the cloud environment (e.g., IAM, security groups).
• Developing and maintaining robust backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans for all mission-critical cloud-based systems.
• Conducting detailed AWS cost analysis (FinOps), identifying spending trends, and recommending and managing optimization strategies (e.g., AWS Savings Plans, Reserved Instances).
• Using software automation and AI to replace manual processes.
• Providing solutions that enable 24 / 7 monitoring and Service Level Agreement (SLA) assurance.
• Mentoring other team members.

Requirements

Education and Experience

Technical and Specialized Knowledge

Key Competencies

Desirable Assets

Why Nanometrics?

Nanometrics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Should you require accommodation as part of the recruitment and selection process, please reach out to careers@nanometrics.ca

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