Cloud Architect

Long View. A career that helps you get more out of life. A Long View career helps you get more out of life. We don’t just say it, we prove it.

Every day. We’re proud of our reputation as one of North America’s most dynamic IT providers and we’re even prouder of our culture that allows our people to live life to its fullest.

At Long View, we create an environment of collaboration and support, of innovation and enthusiasm, of inclusion and belonging.

As a member of the Long View team, you’ll see how our company’s core pillars Integrity, Competence, Value, and Fun resonate through the workplace.

And in a recent survey, 90% of Long View team members rated Long View as a good or great place to work!Are you passionate about strategic technical projects and working for a company that embraces cutting - edge technology?

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Azure Cloud Architect for our Houston branch to design and deliver Microsoft Azure deployments based on customer requirements and best practices.

Your experience in architecture, design, and implementation of the Microsoft technology stack will ensure you’re successful in this role.

Taking an Agile approach, you will be given the opportunity to deepen your knowledge base and expand your skills while delivering world class solutions to our clients!

A Day in the Life :

• Support Long View’s Microsoft portfolio by working with customers and internal stakeholders, defining customer solutions, and delivering engagements that are innovative and exceed business requirements
• Ensure technology designs and implementations solve clients’ requirements and challenges
• Design, architect and implement standard or custom technical solutions
• Develop complete customer-focused technology solutions for current and new service offerings, considering all aspects of architecture including business and technical requirements, sizing, infrastructure, data protection, security and recovery items
• Participate and contribute including sharing learnings and information with the larger Long View team that is not present at the event
• Assist with hosting presentations and / or education sessions such as Lunch & Learns

What You Bring :

• 5+ years of experience architecting Microsoft technologies including Azure, Skype for Business, and Office 365
• 8+ years of industry experience working as a subject matter expert in Microsoft and at least 1 technology areas (Data center, cloud, storage, virtualization, server, or networking)
• Proven ability to understand and capture complex business requirements to create technical solutions
• Familiarity with IT architecture principles and industry frameworks and willingness to work within and propose improvements to the approved Long View Systems architecture frameworks and methodologies

What Makes You Extra Awesome :

Microsoft Azure certification(s)

Why Work at Long View?

• Great people and culture
• 401K Plan
• Comprehensive benefits package from day one
• Recognition programs
• Fun is one of our core values
• Career growth Permanent staff positions, paid training, career life planning, and relocation and travel opportunities
• Interesting work Be part of exciting projects while accessing all the latest technologies
• Flexible environment A workplace that values the importance of flexibility for personal / professional growth, happiness and wellness

$150,000 - $170,000 a yearExpected salary range plus 15% variable earnings Benefits Long View Systems (LVS) is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees who work 30 or more hours per week.

You share the costs of some benefits (medical / prescription, dental, vision) and LVS provides other benefits at no cost to you (group life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability).

In addition, there are voluntary benefits with reasonable group rates that you can purchase through LVS payroll deductions (supplemental life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, accident insurance, and critical illness insurance).

Benefits Offered Medical, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (HSA) (LVS contributes $500 per plan year), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Voluntary Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Retirement Savings 401(k) (LVS contributes 5% of previous year’s W2 earnings) and ROTH, Discount Program, and Employee Assistance Program