Cloud Architect, hybrid, Washington DC area

Steampunk - Washington, DC

Full-time

Washington, DC

Food Services and Drinking Places

About the position

As a Cloud Architect, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization, and cloud deployment. This role requires 8-10 years of experience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and configuration management automation. You will be responsible for identifying and implementing optimal cloud-based solutions, designing cloud environments, and ensuring the security and efficiency of cloud infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer
• Design cloud environments and demonstrate technical cloud architectural knowledge
• Implement and oversee cloud strategies including migrations and optimization
• Establish development tools and infrastructure for automation
• Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey this to developers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Test and examine code written by others and analyze results
• Perform root cause analysis on complex business processes and technical components
• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and fixes
• Work 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
• 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

Requirements

• 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
• 8 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
• 8 Years of Experience with two or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle)
• 8 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, 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 DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• 5 Years of Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics
• Solution Architect Certification, or equivalent, in at least two clouds (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Oracle)
• 5 Years of Experience working in a client facing or consultative architecture role
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform and Azure
• Located in Washington DC Metro Area

Nice-to-haves

• MS Degree in an IT-related field
• Certifications in each of the four major clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, OCI)
• 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, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Experience working in a Health Science Program

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $130,000 to $190,000
• Employee ownership
• Investment in employee growth and development
• Equal opportunity employer
• Participation in the E-Verify program