Cloud Architect- Chantilly Virginia

Company: Kalani Consulting
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

CLOUD ARCHITECT- CHANTILLY VA Overview Kalani Consulting, Inc. is a fast-growing, small business located in Northern Virginia with an increasing base of government customers. We specialize in Information Technology and Management Consulting. We offer very competitive benefits and are an employee-focused consultancy. Kalani takes pride in providing an inclusive and inviting company culture that strives to offer a great work/life balance. We are the 2022 recipients of the "Best and brightest companies to work for in the Nation," and we hope that you aspire to join us and experience The Aloha Spirit! Description We are seeking a highly motivated -Cloud Architect to join our Information Technology Transformation to Cloud Enterprise (IT2CE) team. - As the Cloud Architect, you will be responsible for the design and build of multi-cloud computing architecture solutions that meet mission requirements. - Additionally, you will develop future technology and architectural advancements to support the Sponsor's architectural strategy, cloud migration, and continued evolution. Responsibilities:

• Assisting in the creation of a technology framework and providing technical leadership in support of the Sponsor's initiatives in cloud computing and automation, with a focus on the design of systems and services that run on cloud platforms
• Assisting in the development of a baseline multi-cloud architecture methodology and framework for implementation within the C2E multi-cloud ecosystem
• Researching and analyzing multi-cloud architectures to identify and recommend appropriate cloud architecture design for each project, program, system, entity, instance, Information Technology (IT) asset, or data that exists in the Sponsor's environment, and are migrating into the multi-cloud environment with the required classification levels
• Designing high-level cloud architectures and prototypes describing the multi-cloud resources required and mapping activity components into the cloud architecture (The architecture shall be described in the context of the Sponsor's enterprise architecture and include cloud services, which exist or will be needed)
• Providing services to maintain and evolve the multi-cloud architecture based on ever-changing IC mission needs and ensuring optimization of cost, consumption, and performance of services are achieved across all Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)
• 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 accessing impact of proposed scope changes to future architectures Qualifications
  • Active TS/SCI with eligibility and willingness to take a CI polygraph
    • Bachelor's Degree in STEM domain or related field
    • 9+ years of experience in a cloud and/or hybrid environment
    • 9+ years of demonstrated experience in one or more of the following activities:
      • IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services (compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, and databases)
      • Designing and deploying cloud solutions to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
      • Large-scale data architecture, data modeling, database design, and information systems implementation
        • Experience in architecting multi-cloud solutions with specific to the C2E Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)
        • Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end designs for systems that involve multiple interfaces and support data repositories
        • Technical expertise to engage with, and assess relevant technologies and their application to IT2CE work
        • Capability to interface with cross program, and collaborate with executive personnel and support the customer in enterprise-wide discussions, as needed
          • Strong customer service and teaming skills
          • Excellent verbal and written communications skills Desired
            • Certification(s):
              • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
              • Cloud related
              • Strong analysis and quality assessment skills
              • Experience with successful full lifecycle cloud development projects Covid Policy: Kalani does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. KCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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