Cloud Architect

US-VA-McLean

External

Req #: 6506
Type: Full-Time
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				Overview:

As a Cloud Architect, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with 8-10 years of experience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation. Responsibilities include:  

Responsibilities:

* Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer  
* Design cloud environments and demonstrate technical cloud architectural knowledge, playing a vital role in the design of production, staging, QA, and development of cloud infrastructures running in 24 7 environments  
* Implement and oversee cloud strategies include migrations and optimization  
* Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation  
* Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers  
* Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes  
* Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results  
* Perform root cause analysis on complex business processes and technical components 
* Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats  
* Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and 'fixes'  
* Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended  
* Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD   
* Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations   
* Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems  
* Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members  
* Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided  
* Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members

Qualifications:

Required:  

* Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance  
* BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience  
* 10+ Years of total experience
* 8 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions   
* 8 Years of Experience with two or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle)  
* 8 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket  
* 8 Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment  
* 8 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration  
* 8 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration  
* 5 Years of Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics  
* Solution Architect Certification, or equivalent, in at least two clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle) 
* 5 Years of Experience working in a client facing or consultative architecture role  

Preferred:  

* MS Degree in an IT-related field  
* Certifications in each of the four major clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI):  
* AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate 
* AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional  
* Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert  
* Microsoft Certified Solution Architect Expert  
* Google Cloud Engineer 
* Google Cloud Architect 
* Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect Associate 
* Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect Professional 

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills  
* Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred  
* Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby  
* Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes  
* Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible  
* Experience working in a Health Science Program
			
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