New Job Position for Design Architect / Cloud Solutions Architect in Remote or Columbia, SC. Welcome candidates with experience architecting solutions on the AWS Gov Cloud or equivalent.
- Job Position: 667614-Design Architect / Cloud Solutions Architect
- Location: Remote (or Columbia, SC)
- Duration: 6 Months
- Pay Rate: $78.57/ hr on W2
- Are you ready to grab this once in a lifetime opportunity to lay the foundation of our Cloud strategy?
- The Cloud Solutions Architect will design, from the ground up, the next generation of Cloud Solutions for our Business Applications, if,....
- You are passionate about designing Applications and running workloads on the Cloud,
- You have hands on Cloud skills and experience with Serverless Technologies, Micro Services & loosely coupled architecture and pretty much everything AWS..
- You are passionate about DevOps and love to automate what can be
- You have proven competency and leadership in either Networking or Application Development or Infrastructure
- You have the credentials and certifications especially in Security
- You believe in Security & Compliance
- You have demonstrated experience migrating n tier Applications to the Cloud in a leadership role
- Join us to architect our Applications on the AWS Cloud
- Provide expertise regarding architectural principles across one or more lines of business. Provide consultative services to high-level clients, ensuring technical risks and opportunities are considered and appropriately addressed in business initiatives and decisions.
- Ensure new products meet analysis, design, and development standards for multiple operating environments.
- Ensure application owners and/or key design team members have the resources to understand the design and construction of the operating environments to ensure system integrity.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or other job related field OR,
- Four ADDED years of job related work experience (11 YRS.) OR,
- Two ADDED years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree (9 YRS.).
- Seven years of related IT experience.
- 2 years of experience developing in-depth knowledge of 1 or 2 application systems or infrastructure technologies (may be concurrent).
- Experience architecting solutions on the AWS Gov Cloud or equivalent
- Experience installing Application Software on AWS EC2 instances and RDS Database instances or equivalents
- Experience using DevOps/CI &CD tools in the Cloud environment
- Proven ability to achieve successful product integrations within a matrix management environment.
- Excellent negotiation and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and release quality products on time, to build network and collaborative relationships throughout complex organizations.
- Understands and applies the attributes and processes application and system development methodologies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical approaches to all levels of staff, management, and end-users.
- Successful track record of leading multidisciplinary work teams.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the technologies, architecture, and practices and direction of a complete line of business.
- Subject Matter Expertise on some of the following tools and technologies or their equivalents as used in Cloud environments,
- Cloud9
- CodeBuild
- CodeCommit
- CodeDeploy
- CodePipeline
- GITHUB
- Amazon Guard Duty
- AWS Systems Manager
- Amazon Inspector
- AWS Config
- AWS Identity and Access Management
- AWS Security Hub
- Amazon SNS
- AWS Workspaces for End User Computing
- AWS EC2 instances
- AWS RDS instances
- Serverless Application Repository
- Containerization (E.g. Elastic Kubernetes Service)
- Subject Matter Expertise in some Security Vulnerability Management and Compliance in Cloud environments.
- At least one Cloud related certification such as SysOps Administrator or Solutions Architect or Cloud Practitioner etc. OR At least one certification in the area of Application or Infrastructure Security and Compliance such as CISSP etc.
- Experience architecting solutions on the AWS Gov Cloud/equivalent using latest Technologies like Containerization (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and Serverless Application Repository
- Experience architecting migration of On-Premise Applications to Cloud environments.
- Experience using Cloud Services such as EC2 instances and Lamda functions for Compute, RDS instances for databases, Load Balancers such as ALB/NLB and VPC for networking, as well as AWS CLI and AWS Inspector or equivalents.
- Experience with Monitoring and Logging tools for Application Support.
- Experience architecting solutions on the AWS Gov Cloud/equivalent using Security and Compliance best practices as outlined in NIST, HITRUST frameworks and DoD STIGS.
- Networking skills and knowledge to include Cloud Technologies like configuring VPC,Security Groups and Load Balancers, Network security, including next-generation firewalls, VPN, and network design (TCP/IP/HTTPS protocols).
- Experience and knowledge of network routing in Cloud environments and Load Balancers.
- Security Vulnerability scans and remediation
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools
- Interpretation of DoD STIGS and NIST Controls.
- Cloud9, CodeBuild, CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, GITHUB, Amazon Guard Duty, AWS Systems Manager, Amazon Inspector, AWS Config, AWS Identity and Access Management, AWS Security Hub, Amazon SNS, AWS Workspaces for End User Computing, AWS EC2 instances, AWS RDS instances, Serverless Application Repository, Containerization (E.g. Elastic Kubernetes Service).
- 20% Influence strategic technology decisions by providing expert advice and education to senior technical and business staff.
- 20% Help formulate and achieve business objectives within the technical architecture for multiple business units. Support "proof of concepts" to demonstrate technological capability and adherence to architectural principles. Ensure the enterprise has the capability to support new technologies and maintain a high level of performance and reliability.
- 20% Review escalations and validate projects are within architectural and technological boundaries. Make recommendations to mitigate risk of going outside those boundaries.
- 15% Identify technical challenges resulting from business problems that must be addressed and resolved to ensure the successful achievement of business unit objectives. Act as a visionary in support of Research and Development activities. Monitor the deliverable to ensure it stays on track to meet the objective.
- 10% As a subject matter expert, mentor others to ensure technical skills are in place to meet technical leadership-related resource requirements in the future. Provide oversight for technical audit responses and leadership to cross-functional teams.
- 10% Build and maintain relationships that can be leveraged to provide technical support for the organization’s business direction. Form alliances on projects, operational decisions, and scheduling requirements.
- 5% Support RFP and marketing efforts by serving as a subject matter expert for the set of assigned applications.