CO - P4677 - Senior Architecture and Cloud Infrastructure Lead

Hiring Range: $130,000 - $150,000

Full Time or Part Time: FULL TIME

The Senior Architecture and Cloud Infrastructure Lead serves as the technical authority within the Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure tower, providing expert guidance on cloud architecture, infrastructure design, data governance, and cloud migration strategy. This role specializes in transforming DEQ's cloud infrastructure maturity, leads cloud-to-cloud migration planning and documentation in partnership with multiple service integrators and VITA service towers, and serves as the agency's primary internal resource for SharePoint data governance and DLP policy implementation.

Operating as a peer lead to the Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure Administrator, the position provides technical oversight, configuration review, and professional mentorship, elevating the team's technical standards and accelerating delivery on modernization initiatives. By aligning cloud and data governance decisions with enterprise architecture goals, VITA requirements, and Commonwealth security standards, this position ensures DEQ's infrastructure remains secure, compliant, and mission-ready.

Please note this position follows a hybrid work schedule to include both in-office and telework. Candidates must be able to work from the assigned work location in Virginia.

1. Cloud Architecture Leadership

• Serve as the senior technical authority for cloud architecture decisions across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments, providing design guidance to the EA& I Manager, EAIA, and internal teams.

• Lead the evaluation, design, and documentation of cloud infrastructure solutions; develop reference architectures, design standards, and cloud security baselines aligned with CIS Benchmarks and Commonwealth requirements.

• Monitor and optimize cloud environments for performance, availability, cost, and security posture; proactively identify and remediate deficiencies.

• Provide technical leadership for cloud disaster recovery architecture design, validation, and documentation in alignment with system RTO/RPO requirements.

• Collaborate with business units to evaluate, onboard, and architect cloud-hosted applications that enhance agency operations and align with enterprise standards.

• Participate in Security and Technical Architecture Reviews to ensure cloud solutions align with enterprise architecture roadmaps and security goals.

• Implement and enforce secure cloud configuration baselines across agency cloud environments, including Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

2. Cloud-to-Cloud Migration Planning & Oversight

• Serve as the agency's primary technical lead for cloud-to-cloud migration planning, owning architecture documentation from current-state assessment through target-state design and phased migration roadmap.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive migration documentation including architecture diagrams, integration maps, data flow documentation, migration runbooks, and risk assessments.

• Coordinate with VITA, Oracle, and contracted implementation partners on migration execution; serve as the agency's technical point of contact to ensure alignment with agency requirements and operational continuity.

• Ensure migration architecture decisions comply with VITA EA-225 requirements, SEC
  530 security standards, and Commonwealth IT governance frameworks.

• Produce regular migration progress reports, risk logs, and milestone updates for the EA& I Manager and Director of OIS.

• Support post-migration validation, cutover planning, and stabilization activities in coordination with application owners and VITA.

3. Data Governance & SharePoint Compliance

• Serve as the agency's primary internal resource for SharePoint data governance initiatives, fulfilling responsibilities in collaboration with DEQ Data Governance Officer.

• Review applicable compliance requirements (FOIA, GDCDPA, and Commonwealth data standards) and translate them into actionable, documented Purview governance policies and retention frameworks.

• Collaborate with SharePoint administrators and business data owners across DEQ to design and implement information architecture, site taxonomy,…