iHeartMedia

Cloud Solution Architect

Posted on: 15 Dec 2021

San Antonio, TX

Job Description

Business Responsibilities:

Support the implementation and contribute to the global enterprise vision for our AdTech systems as well as related systems and third-party services.
Build and maintain microservices for functionality such as radio content management, inventory and scheduling, and billing.
Contribute to make/buy decisions and vendor selection activities.
Manage the end to end lifecycle of a product / service (Development, Test, Deploy, Support)
Collaborate with technical and operational peers across iHeartMedia to ensure that our technical direction and approach aligns vertically throughout the technology stack.
Keep abreast of industry standards and ensure we are driving those that are important to us and aligned with others as appropriate.
Ensure high levels of operational discipline and high availability for AdTech systems.
Perpetuate a data-driven culture with high standards of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Technical Responsibilities:

Decompose and modernize existing iHeart applications into microservices in cloud-based environments.
Lead and influence the secure design of new components and technology within the organization that will guide software delivery.
Align with the InfoSec team to implement and influence security decisions and principles.

Qualifications:

Must have a passion for technology and problem-solving
Able to work individually and with a distributed team
Experience in an agile development environment (Scrum or Kanban)
Strong commitment to quality, attention to detail, and user experience.
Excellent communication skills with an ability to develop drawings and documentation to communicate complex problems and solutions to both engineers and non-engineers.
Desire to learn constantly and dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies.
Experience building and deploying cloud systems with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Experience using Containers and orchestration frameworks (e.g., Docker Swarm, Kubernetes).
Experience designing and building interfaces (APIs) and custom protocols.
Experience designing and building event-driven microservice-oriented cloud architectures.
Experience developing new products and technology with an agile team.
Experience building real-time interactive integrated systems.
Ability to work across multiple disciplines (systems, embedded, cloud web, mobile, testing).

Required experience with the following technologies:

Java / Spring / Spring Boot, JUnit / TestNG
Node.js / Express, Jasmine
JavaScript / Typescript / AngularJS, Jasmine / Karma / Protractor
MySQL / Cassandra / Postgres
Jira, Pivotal Tracker / Trello
Cloud service platforms such as: AWS / Google Cloud / Azure / OpenStack
Git / GitHub

Recommended experience with one or more of the following sets of technologies: 

NoSQL Databases like Cassandra, or MongoDB
CI/CD pipeline configuration management and automation software Chef, Ansible, or Jenkins,
Log aggregation and monitoring software like ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana), or Splunk
Message queueing software like RabbitMQ, or Kafka
Swagger / REST Docs / RAML  

Experience:

7+ years’ experience delivering software in an agile software organization required
3+ years prior experience focusing on software architecture and related infrastructure required
3+ years using cloud IaaS or PaaS products required
7+ years coding and delivering high quality software as a developer required

iHeartMedia

San Antonio, TX

iHeartMedia is the #1 audio company in the United States, reaching 9 out of 10 Americans every month – and with its quarter of a billion monthly listeners, has a greater reach than any other media company in the U.S.

The company’s leadership position in audio extends across multiple platforms including 848 live broadcast stations; its iHeartRadio digital service available across more than 250 platforms and 2,000 devices including smart speakers, smartphones, TVs and gaming consoles; through its influencers; social; branded iconic live music events; and podcasts as the #1 commercial podcast publisher.

iHeartMedia also leads the audio industry in analytics and attribution technology for its marketing partners, using data from its massive consumer base.

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