Cloud Architect

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 experience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation.

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:

• 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 one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP) 
• Hands-on experience as a Cloud Architect with expertise in AWS
• 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
• Must possess at least two (2) of the following certifications, one of which must be a cloud certification:
  • PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • ITIL Foundation
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Google Cloud Professional Certification 
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

 Preferred

• MS Degree in an IT-related field 
• 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 
• Candidates local to the Washington, DC metro area and willing to work on-site in Bethesda, MD