Cloud Architect

Job Description

• Design and execute a Cloud vision that aligns with the business and technology needs.
• Collaborate with multiple internal IT teams to develop, maintain, and manage architectural standards that meet developer, network, and security requirements.
• Develop and manage architectural and engineering efforts to facilitate new implementations, refactor existing systems, and/or migrate existing systems/applications.
• Collaborate with multiple business stakeholders and internal IT solutions teams to facilitate architecting and implementing solutions for business needs.
• Develop and supervise a technical team responsible for public cloud management and implementation
• Provide recommendations to the cloud assessment tool.
• Provide direction on how workloads should be architected using the R Factor.

• Develop and manage a DevSecOps program in collaboration with Information Security to include the following:

• Policies and procedures regarding development processes
• Develop CI/CD pipeline standards
• Program responsibilities matrices
• Development security standards policies and procedures

Desired Experience and Skills

• 5 years of hands-on experience in architecture and delivery of modern cloud-native systems.
• Understanding of cloud platforms, technologies, and administration including AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Extensive experience with the following technical concepts:

• Scalable web architectures
• High availability solutions
• Automation and Orchestration capabilities and best practices
• Containerization
• Serverless architectures and solutions
• Infrastructure as code
• Multiple programming languages including but not limited to C#, .NET, Python, Ruby, JavaScript
• Application build pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins

• Automation platforms such as VMWare vRealize Automation, Terraform, and Ansible
• Containerization platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Git, GitHub/Azure DevOps, and related tools

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: Up to $64.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Virginia Beach, VA 23462: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Azure: 5 years (Required)
• AWS: 5 years (Required)
• Cloud App Security: 5 years (Required)
• architecture: 5 years (Required)
• delivery of modern cloud-native systems: 5 years (Required)
• Scalable web architectures: 5 years (Required)
• Automation and Orchestration capabilities and best practices: 5 years (Required)
• Containerization: 5 years (Required)
• Serverless architectures and solutions: 5 years (Required)
• Infrastructure as code: 5 years (Required)
• programming languages: 5 years (Required)
• C#, .NET, Python, Ruby, JavaScript: 5 years (Required)
• Application build pipeline tools: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location