Cloud Solutions Architect
GovSmart is seeking to hire an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect for platform services in a hybrid cloud environment. This position will be a cloud architect for federal systems.
Responsibilities:
- Works with an architecture team to define and execute a company-wide cloud platform services and migration strategy
- Develops technical roadmaps to realize the strategy
- Works to define key capabilities, performance and security requirements
- Evaluates new application, platform, infrastructure and cloud decisions in existing context of applications, platform, infrastructure, standards, current business strategy and future business strategy
- Serves as liaison with senior clients, participating in meetings and working sessions to ensure customer needs are reflected in the strategy
- Participates and / or leads special initiatives to explore, validate and present cloud platform concepts in a hybrid environment
- Develops and communicates hybrid cloud platform architecture
- Educates and advises teams in best practices to enhance their skill levels and understanding
Requirements:
- Clearance Requirement: Active DoD Secret
- Experience with native platform services. Preference for Azure. AWS experience is applicable.
- Firm understanding of cloud platform security controls, network boundary controls and related toolsets
- Firm understanding of cloud governance, cost management and account management best practices
- Experience with developing web applications using cloud native services such, – eg CDN / Blob Static Site, Functions, API Management
- Experience with migrating applications and platform services from on-premise to the cloud and with hybrid cloud models
- Experience with streaming data and events from on-premise to cloud, eg EventHub
- Experience with Azure CI/CD chain for deploying, testing and running software in the cloud
- Experience with containers and container orchestration – eg Container Instances and AKS
- Experience with declarative infrastructure (infrastructure as code) – eg Terraform, Ansible, Python
- Firm understanding of cloud platform security controls, network boundary controls and related toolsets
- Firm understanding of cloud governance, cost management and Azure account management best practices
- Ability to work well with development, product management and technical infrastructure teams to accomplish solutions
- Ability to develop a solution in concert with development teams
- Great communication (written and oral) and evangelization skills
- Ability to define a plan and guide teams to executing the plan