Cloud Architect

Company: (Resumes) Justen Baxter
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: May 26, 2023

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated Cloud Architects to join our multi-million dollar national intelligence program supporting the Cloud Investment Multi-Cloud Management (CIMM) team. As a contributor to the intelligence community's first multi-cloud initiative, you will be at the epicenter of emergent cloud computing technologies establishing a foundation that will evolve to include all agencies within the IC. The Cloud Architects will advise Government IT teams on the design and build of single- or multi-cloud computing architecture solutions that meet mission requirements and develops future technology and architectural advancements to support the Government's architectural strategy, cloud migration, and continued evolution. Responsibilities include: Advising senior business and technical personnel to aid in the delivery of robust, scalable cloud architectures that meets or exceeds mission requirements. Serving as a Cloud Agnostic advocate and helping to educate the Government customer on cloud Services appropriate to meet mission requirements Providing advisory services to maintain and evolve the future-state Service Provider-authorized multi-cloud architecture and knowledge database based on ever-changing IC mission needs and ensure optimization of cost, consumption, and performance of services are achieved across all CSPs. Developing a baseline multi-cloud architecture methodology and framework for implementation within the C2E multi-cloud ecosystem. Supporting the development and maintenance of data models, data dictionaries, data maps and other architecture artifacts across the enterprise. Designing all cloud solutions in alignment with applicable policies, standards, and practices. Providing creative and innovative architectural solutions to ill-defined requirements. Reviewing and assessing impact of proposed scope changes to future architectures. Qualifications Required: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph BS in STEM domain or related field and 5 years of experience in a cloud and/or hybrid environment (additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree) Three (3) or more years of demonstrated experience in one or more following activities: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Services (compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, databases) Designing and deploying cloud solutions to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud (GCP), IBM Cloud or Oracle Cloud Large-scale data architecture, data modeling, database design, and information systems implementation Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in enterprise data strategy, data governance practices, data stewardship principles, data architecture principles, data standards, and metadata management best practices Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end designs for systems that involve multiple interfaces and supporting data repositories Strong customer service skills, teaming skills, and the ability to collaborate within a cross-functional team as well as the cloud service providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle) Cloud Certifications (Solutions Architect/DevOps/Security/ML) Desired: Azure, OCI, GCP and IBM cloud certifications desired Experience as a cloud-agnostic architect Strong analysis and quality assessment skills Experience with successful full life-cycle cloud development projects Operating Systems experience with various Linux and Windows distributions Experience with SQL and databases Experience migrating both custom built and enterprise apps to from on-prem to cloud. Experience in debugging performance and technical issues Experience in building and deploying systems on the Cloud, using CI/CD frameworks and Infrastructure automation. Excellent verbal/written communications and the ability to work well independently and in a team environment Ability to explain technical issues clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences Excellent communication skills, both written and oral Demonstrated ability to adjust to changing priorities

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