Azure Cloud Architect

Overview

As a Cloud Architect
, you will work within our growing Dev Sec Ops  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 Dev Ops 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.

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 one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Hands-on experience as a Cloud Architect with expertise in Azure
• 8 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as Git Hub, Git Lab, 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 Dev Sec Ops  tooling and orchestration
• 5 Years of Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics
• Current Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (AZ-305)
• Must have government contracting experience
• This role may require being onsite in Bethesda one day per week, with occasional additional onsite days depending on meeting schedules and business needs.

Preferred

• Local to Washington, DC metro area
• MS Degree in an IT-related field
• Certifications:
  • AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
  • GCP Professional Cloud Architect
  • Microsoft Certified Dev Ops Engineer Expert
  • SAFe Dev Ops  Certification
• 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
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, Power Shell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, Cloud Formation, or Ansible

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