Cloud Solutions Architect

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Brief Summary of Job Duties:

Under the general direction of the Linux & Virtualization Engineering Manager, enhances and optimizes the enterprise infrastructure, including storage, networks, and systems supporting digital programs, research, and broad areas such as the Library; provides technical expertise, architectural leadership and knowledge of best practices; and ensures that critical applications are designed and optimized for appropriate availability and disaster recovery. Drives scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, infrastructure as code (IaC) use, application build pipelines, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment; ensures delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and functional/non-functional requirements; provides technical expertise in the diagnosis and resolution of cloud-related issues, including the determination and provision of workaround solutions or escalation to service owners. Provides tactical planning around current and future technologies within the cloud space; participates on campus teams to further our holistic cloud vision and strategy across multiple UCSB campus groups; serves as a subject matter expert to UCSB Library for cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS (Amazon Web Services) and future providers, networking, provisioning, security, and management; assists in developing solutions architecture and evaluates architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• 4-6 years of experience in architecting software solutions for a relevant technology or implementing AWS solutions.
• 4-6 years of exemplary experience with the integration of complex, diverse, internally and externally developed implementations of business functions to build scalable systems.
• 4-6 years of demonstrated experience working with "infrastructure as code" DevOps techniques including templating, configuration management, and automated build pipelines.
• 4-6 years - versed in Linux and containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, docker, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Solutions Architect (or similar) upon hire.
• Strong conceptual knowledge of broad cloud capabilities and hands-on experience with one or more cloud technology platforms (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Expert knowledge of complex IT systems including understanding of full-stack environments, virtual networking, and storage.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud storage, compute, networking, and how they are used in academic research and libraries.
• Professional knowledge of other related areas of Information Technology Services for research universities, in particular, university libraries and research collaboration.
• Ability to understand business needs and how business systems can support those needs.
• Self-motivated, working independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrates problem solving skills.
• Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
• Thoroughly demonstrated ability to write technical documents targeted at various audiences.
• Exceptional cross-functional team collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to work with others from diverse backgrounds.
• Attention to detail at the expert level, as actions can affect systems across all of UCSB and other UC campuses.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Satisfactory conviction history background check
• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement:

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegation or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

Job Functions and Percentages of Time:

30% Cloud Strategy

• Collaborates with Product Owners and Enterprise Architects to understand requirements for architecture.
• Collaborates with cross-functional roles to communicate and align development efforts with Architecture Roadmap.
• Performs root cause analysis, technology evaluation, and design spikes to define architecture supporting high-quality resilient software.
• Proposes phased-approach solutions to projects or system architecture.
• Architects solutions in AWS that meet specified performance and security expectations; builds detailed cost models for the solution including one-time costs for professional services and ongoing costs for AWS Service consumption, and Library's managed services.
• Drives the development and implementation of key new cloud technologies; and coordinates with business and IT leadership to ensure that the services remain aligned with business, instruction, and research objectives.

40% Cloud Architecture and Operations

• Provides guidance and helps implement industry standards and best practices, such as Infrastructure as Code.
• Works with a full-stack team to define and implement logical and physical architecture.
• Provides development and implementation for architecture design concepts (architect/developer).
• Defines domain boundaries, API functionality, and data structure to promote clean separation of responsibility in service-oriented architecture (SOA) / micro services environment.
• Identifies coding patterns and anti-patterns and enforces implementation of the patterns through code reviews; and develops technical requirements and assesses if there is a suitable solution to varied workflow needs.

20% Cloud Adoption

• Promotes improvements in DevOps, including version control, continuous integration, project build and test automation, to maximize development and operations team's efficiency.
• Collaborates with campus and UC system-wide projects, and other Solutions Architect peers to develop and deploy solutions; specifies the deliverables and timeline for implementing projects by writing the statements of work (SOW) for the project, application, or service(s).
• Assists stakeholders with developing a cloud strategy that meets their requirements.
• Educates and assists other teams to pilot and implement Cloud architecture standards; and collaborates with the service delivery teams to ensure the services are delivered as specified in the statements of work and as required to meet stakeholder's outcome objectives.

10% Miscellaneous

• Documents the architecture (both up-front design and post-release as-built), exhibits and maintains state-of-the-art technical mastery over the variegated relationships between hardware, operating systems, and application software; and performs other duties as assigned (training, etc.).

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• University of California Policy on Vaccinations https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status under state or federal law.

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Payroll Title: IT ARCHITECT 4

Job Code: 000531

Job Open Date: 08/13/2025

Application Review Begins: 08/28/2025; open until filled

Department Code (Name): INFR (INFRASTRUCTURE)

Percentage of Time: 100%

Union Code (Name): 99 (Non-Represented)

Employee Class (Appointment Type): Staff (Career)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Classified Indicator Description (Personnel Program): MSP

Salary Grade: Grade 26

Pay Rate / Range: The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $136,110-$175,100/yr. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University. The full salary range for this position is $119,400-$230,800/yr.

Work Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building - 4th floor

Working Days and Hours: M-F; 8am - 5pm

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits

Type of Remote or Hybrid Work Arrangement, if applicable: Onsite, Hybrid, or Remote

Special Instructions:
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