Infrastructure and Cloud Architect

At Alcon we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly champion progress and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here youll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse talented people to join Alcon. As Cloud Solution Architect you are primarily responsible for leading the design and implementation of cloud-based and middleware architectures to support seamless application integration and drive organizational strategies in our Fort Worth TX location.

In this role a typical day will include :

Lead the design and implementation of cloud-based and middleware architectures to enable seamless application integration and ensure solutions meet performance scalability and security requirements.

Oversee teams responsible for developing scalable secure and efficient cloud and middleware solutions providing mentorship and leadership to foster a culture of innovation and high-quality solution development.

Collaborate with senior leadership to align cloud and middleware strategies with business goals and digital transformation objectives ensuring architecture solutions enhance system interoperability.

Directly impact the organizations ability to leverage cloud and middleware solutions for business agility and operational efficiency.

Exercise high-level decision-making authority regarding the design implementation and optimization of cloud and middleware systems aligning technical architecture decisions with organizational goals and digital transformation initiatives.

Landing Zones : Design and deploy multi-account landing zones following best practices for governance compliance and automation and implement identity and access management guardrails and policy enforcement.

Network & Security : Architect secure network topologies including VPC design segmentation and connectivity (VPN Direct Connect ExpressRoute) define and enforce security controls encryption standards and compliance frameworks (e.g. NIST ISO) and integrate cloud-native security services and third-party tools for threat detection and response.

Storage Architecture : Design scalable storage solutions (object block and file storage) optimized for performance and cost and implement backup disaster recovery and data lifecycle management strategies.

Collaboration & Governance : Partner with application security and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and contribute to cloud operating models and governance frameworks.

WHAT YOULL BRING TO ALCON :

Bachelors Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school 15 yrs; Assoc.11 yrs; M.S.4 yrs; PhD3 yrs)

The ability to fluently read write understand and communicate in English

7 Years of Relevant Experience

5 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Preferred Skills :

Proven experience in cloud architecture (AWS Azure or GCP) with emphasis on networking security and storage.

Strong understanding of Landing Zone frameworks and Cloud Operating Models.

Hands-on expertise in infrastructure as code (Terraform CloudFormation Bicep).

Familiarity with compliance and security standards (SOC2 HIPAA GDPR).

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Certifications : AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent.

Experience with multi-cloud environments and hybrid architectures.

Knowledge of automation and DevSecOps practices.

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON :

Join Alcons mission to provide top-tier innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.

Grow your career in a highly collaborative and diverse environment.

Alcon provides robust benefits package including health life retirement flexible time off and much more!

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ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY

Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process or in order to perform the essential functions of a position please send an email to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Key Skills

Ruby,Disaster Recovery,Active Directory,SOA,Cloud,IaaS,PowerShell,AWS,Infrastructure,Linux,VPN,Hyper-V,VM,IP,Identity

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1