About Us
Welcome to Ardent Mills, a company dedicated to helping our customers
innovate and grow with the industry's broadest range of traditional and
organic flours, whole grains, customized blends, and specialty products.
Our ingredients are backed by unrivaled technical support, food safety
solutions, and the supply assurance of a coast-to-coast network of more than
40 community mills and blending facilities, an artisan commercial bakery,
and a Mobile Innovation Center.
The Technology team at Ardent Mills is responsible for building and powering
the tools and products that allow us to nourish millions of people every day.
You will lead a team in a highly collaborative environment, serve our
people, and solve challenges with the latest tech. We need our people to be
passionate and versatile to tackle new problems as we push technology forward.
If you get excited about leading a fantastic team to provide excellent
service, develop their skills, and build new things that delight our
hard-working employees, the Ardent Mills Technology group might be your next
career step!
Your role:
As a Cloud Architect, you will design, implement, and optimize Ardent
Mill's cloud computing infrastructure. You will be responsible for
architecting and deploying scalable, highly available, cost-effective and
fault-tolerant cloud solutions that align with our business objectives and
ensure seamless integration with our existing systems. This role is vital in
technical discussions with multi-functional teams, creating solutions that
ultimately lead to better products and working environments.
Your responsibilities:
Analyze business requirements and translate them into robust, cost-effective
cloud architecture designs.
Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot issues across Cloud, Servers,
Virtual Systems, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and other core
infrastructure services.
Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure as code (IaC) using technologies
like Terraform and Bicep.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, security,
networking, and engineering teams, to ensure successful cloud adoption and
operations.
Use monitoring tools to optimize performance, cost, and availability of
cloud resources.
Ensure security through proper certificate and secret management across
on-prem and cloud.
Act as point of contact and oversee vendor partner relationships.
Create and maintain documentation for standard Technical Support policies,
procedures, and practices.
Lifecycle management of server hardware, including coordination and
occasional travel to locations across North America.
Participate in an after-hours support rotation.
To succeed, you must be:
Curious and focused on business outcomes and solutions.
Critical thinker who understands the methods, techniques, and evaluation
criteria for obtaining results.
Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize work to meet deadlines.
Exhibit a strong work ethic and responsible behavior and must always maintain
the confidentiality of information.
Excellent interpersonal skills with both technical and non-technical
personnel.
Highly self-motivated and directed with keen attention to detail.
Above all, you will be expected to carry out all your activities with
reliability, integrity, compliance, and in a safe, environmentally
responsible, and efficient manner.
Essential skills and experience:
5+ years experience as a Systems Administrator or Cloud Engineer.
Expert knowledge of Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services.
Thorough knowledge of Windows server operating systems and Active Directory.
Thorough knowledge of Entra ID, federation, and single sign-on.
Knowledge of Conditional Access Policies and MFA.
Knowledge of Azure backup, recovery, and business continuity solutions.
Scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
Understanding of networking technology.
Knowledge of security best practices for on-prem nd cloud
Excellent communication skills and ability to clearly document processes
Experience training and mentoring junior team members
Good to have:
Experience with data lake and lakehouse architectures, including Databricks.
Experience with SCCM.
Experience or Training in Design Thinking.
Experience with robotics, AI, and machine learning.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Other considerations:
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nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by
employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory
of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees
in this position. The description, duties, functions, and
responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.
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At Ardent Mills, everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We are committed
to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are
available to all applicants and team members and the decisions will be based
on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We are proud to