Cloud Solutions Architect

Engagement Type

Contract

Responsibilities:

• Lead the operational design, maintenance, and operation of cloud-based platforms (Azure, AWS, Salesforce, etc.)
• Lead discussion and provide guidance to technical teams regarding operational, technical, and procedural best practices and functional experience
• Lead automation efforts to minimize manual work and ensure transparency in all aspects of the secure cloud ecosystem
• Lead efforts with stakeholders to obtain and translate requirements into technical implementations
• Deploy, configure, and maintain containers, Kubernetes, and automation tools.
• Lead efforts to integrate existing legacy systems with proposed systems by identifying gaps between the current and future state, and potentially lead the implementation of solutions
• Oversee and develop continuous delivery and continuous integration frameworks and tools
• Setup framework, processes, and operations for infrastructure as code and automation
• Lead technical and end-user resources to execute detailed tests and analyze testing results.
• Document & communicate issues, solutions, and timelines to appropriate stakeholders
• Assist with implementation of customer side monitoring tools and lead operation outage events
• Manage cloud infrastructure including networking, storage, and computer services.
• Provide timely/responsive technical support and leadership both within and across departments and applications including rotational 24/7 on call support.

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems Technology or related field.
• Current Azure AZ-305 – is mandatory
• Current AWS Solutions Architect Professional –is mandatory
• Current Salesforce AD201 & AD301 is preferred.
• At least two of the following Operating System training/certifications preferred:
  Microsoft Certified System Administration;
  Engineer training/certifications;
  Microsoft Certified Solution Expert. Current Unix/Linux Operating System training/certifications.
• At least 10 years of computer systems analyst/network administrator experience.
• 5+ years working with cloud-based platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.) in an enterprise environment
• 7+ years software engineering experience in a team-based environment Advanced experience integrating legacy platforms and applications with cloud-based systems
• Strong verbal and written communications skills required. Must be able to create and deliver presentations to technical and/or business audience.
• Advanced experience with integrating SaaS providers and working in a multivendor integrated environment
• Advanced experience with Web Services, API, REST, RPC
• Advanced knowledge of cloud-based platforms Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.
• Strong Understanding of advanced networking concepts, virtualization, and cloud security
• Advanced experience with deploying, managing, operating and monitoring of applications in scalable (Containers, Kubernetes, and Automation tools.), highly available and fault tolerant data centers (both on premise and hosted)
• Advanced experience learning, sharing, and implementing best practices with the ability to define operational processes, implement Dev Ops, deployment checklists, etc.
• Advanced ability to solve problems by considering available information, prioritizing and making timely decisions; correlate data using standard business and technology tools and approaches, spot trends and apply sound security and risk management principles
• Advanced experience to assess necessary activities and prioritize for completion of assignments using excellent time management, prioritization skills and work ethic
• Advanced experience using Terraform, YAML, Azure Cloud-Hub
• Advanced experience using Azure Dev Ops.
• Advanced experience in Creating and migrating pipelines across multiple…