Cloud Architect

Tasks

• Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt it to new hardware, or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance.

• Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures.

• Direct software programming and development of documentation.

• Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.

• Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.

• Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements, or resolve customer problems.

• Design or develop software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.

• Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.

• Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.

• Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.

• Coordinate installation of software system.

• Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.

• Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel.

• Advise customer about or perform maintenance of software system.

• Train users to use new or modified equipment.

• Specify power supply requirements and configuration.

• Evaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, or need for security restrictions to determine hardware configuration.

• Use microcontrollers to develop control signals, implement control algorithms, or measure process variables, such as temperatures, pressures, or positions.

• Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, or humidity in area of system installation.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

• Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

• Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.