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Overview The Cloud Architect will play a pivotal role in shaping Ryder’s cloud strategy and operational excellence. This individual will lead the design, governance, and implementation of scalable, secure, and automated cloud solutions across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership to drive innovation and efficiency across Ryder’s cloud and on-prem platforms. Responsibilities Cloud Governance Leadership: Define and evolve Ryder’s cloud governance framework to ensure alignment with enterprise security standards and compliance requirements. Platform Engineering Leadership: Lead the Platform Engineering function with a focus on building and maintaining a resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure. Drive the development of reusable infrastructure components, automation frameworks, and standardized deployment pipelines. Ensure seamless integration with enterprise systems such as ServiceNow, CMDB, and monitoring platforms. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product teams, engineers, leadership, and enterprise architects to align cloud strategies with business goals and technical frameworks. Technical Advisory: Provide expert guidance on cloud-native tools, service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and architectural best practices to development and business teams. Reliability Engineering: Promote a culture of resilience by designing self-healing systems with robust monitoring, alerting, and error-handling capabilities. Team Leadership: Manage and mentor the Platform Engineering team, fostering a high-performance culture and continuous learning environment. Additional Responsibilities Lead the development and enforcement of cloud reference architecture standards across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Evaluate and recommend cloud-native tools and services across providers to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency. Collaborate with security and compliance teams to implement consistent governance policies across all cloud platforms. Drive automation of change management and deployment pipelines across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Optimize cloud spend through continuous monitoring, rightsizing, and reserved instance planning across Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI. Oversee the integration of cloud services with enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow, AppDynamics, Datadog, and CMDB systems. Support the implementation of disaster recovery and high availability strategies tailored to each cloud provider’s capabilities. Stay current with emerging technologies and trends across all major cloud platforms and assess their applicability to Ryder’s infrastructure roadmap. Perform other duties as assigned to support enterprise cloud transformation initiatives. Qualifications Bachelor's degree required in Business, Engineering, Technology or a relevant degree Master's degree preferred in Business, Engineering, Technology or a relevant degree Ten (10) years or more in software development, software engineering, and platform architecture required Five (5) years or more in designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems that run across multiple compute nodes required Five (5) years or more experience in managing and leading operations teams required Three (3) years or more in providing technical leadership (architect, senior team lead, engineering manager) required Three (3) years or more expert scripting knowledge with tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, etc. required Travel: 1-10% DOT Regulated: No Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you. Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. Security Notice For Applicants Ryder will only communicate with an applicant directly from a ryder.com email address and will never conduct an interview online through a chat type forum, messaging app, or via an online questionnaire. Should you have any questions regarding the application process or to verify the legitimacy of an interview or Ryder representative, please contact Ryder at careers@ryder.com or 800-793-3754. Current Employees If you are a current employee, please log in to Workday to apply using the internal application process. Job Applicant Privacy Policy: The policy is available on Ryder's careers site. #J-18808-Ljbffr Ryder System, Inc.

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