Cloud Architect

Job Description

Job Description

Our company's foundation is built on excellence, integrity, teamwork, and community. When you join the Summit team, you become an integral part of our company's mission.

You are our competitive advantage!

We believe in communication and information transparency. We provide employees with encouragement, professional development, and the opportunity to give back to the community.

Come be a part of our enthusiastic and dynamic team!

What sets us apart from the rest?

• A fun and friendly environment
• Birthday, Holiday, and Anniversary recognition
• Teamwork
• Open and honest communications
• Personal growth
• Work-life balance
• Engage in community service
• 7-time winner "Best Places to Work" in Virginia

Competitive Salary and Exceptional Benefits :

• 100% company paid Medical premiums for the employee and 50% for dependents
• 100% company paid Dental premiums for all dependents
• Matching 401k
• Employee education assistance program
• Voluntary benefits (i.e., Term life insurance, Auto insurance, Pet insurance, Financial services, etc.)
• Employee discounts (i.e., Travel, Health and Wellness, etc.)

We are looking for a Cloud Architect to join our team in Richmond, VA!

Job Responsibilities / Duties :

• Technical and stakeholder facing responsibilities.
• Design cloud solutions following the well-architected framework guidelines.
• Thought leader on usage and implementation of cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Work closely with client stakeholders (chief architects, technology SMEs, etc.) to gather requirements for cloud migrations, cloud-native greenfield solutions, etc.
• Review solution architectures with internal cloud architects and external stakeholders.
• Develop proof-of-concepts, wherever necessary, and validate the solutions with client stakeholders.
• Conduct assessments on existing environments and provide recommendations for choosing and implementing the right cloud strategy.
• Work with client stakeholders to create migration, modernization, and digital transformation roadmaps.
• Implement cloud solutions that are highly secure, resilient, fault-tolerant, and compliant.
• Provide Hands-on support, wherever necessary, to advance cloud native solutions, DevSecOps, IaC, and SRE automation.
• Gather enablement requirements from the clients, refining user stories and tasks.
• Provide technical guidance and assistance to team members.
• Conduct code reviews and technical design sessions.
• Work collaboratively with other team members in designing and problem solving.
• Participate in agile ceremonies.
• Supports delivery of advisory services, strategic planning activities and business case development within the assigned portfolio areas and infrastructure disciplines (e.

g., application / storage platforms, databases, networks, security and IT processes / operations / governance).

• Analyzes and evaluates client requirements against portfolio offerings and performs build vs. buy analyses.
• May refine and optimize cloud infrastructure reference models and creates architectural prototypes as required.
• Is responsible for the solution integrity within the assigned solution area for the engagement.
• Maintains knowledge of technologies, industry trends, standards and design techniques.
• Works with client stakeholders to evaluate the solution requirements and supports the management and traceability of requirements during the engagement.
• Interfaces to the client’s IT organization on solution implementation progress, technical issues, proper practices and technical requirements.
• Participates in design peer reviews and internal project reviews.
• Works with client technical staff during the requirements definition and implementation to resolve issues.
• May include hands-on modeling, design, configuration, installation, performance tuning, prototyping and / or other efforts required to keep the project on a successful track.
• Provides input on implementation status and changes to risks, estimates or schedule.
• Collaborates with architect peers to efficiently resolve technical issues, improve implementation quality and share high quality information.

Job Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and 8+ years of relevant IT implementation experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing and managing cloud-native solutions, preferably in AWS or Azure.
• Hands-on experiences with core cloud services (storage, networking, firewalls, DNS, databases, applications, data analytics, compute, container services) across any cloud provider, preferably AWS or Azure.
• Hands-on experience in any or all programming and scripting technologies such as Java, Python, Groovy, Shell, Go.
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing IaC automation using terraform, cloud formation templates, or ARM templates.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing CI / CD pipelines using Jenkins Pipelines or other CI tools.
• Hands-on experience in developing utility scripts and tools using python or shell.
• Hands-on experience in using DevOps tool sets such as Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Sonar, Fortify, Spinnaker, etc.
• Experience in building and deploying images.
• Knowledge of implementing Disaster Recovery solutions on-premises or cloud.
• Experience working with agile tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence.
• Experience working on Agile methodologies, working with scrum teams and have a knowledge of all the scrum ceremonies.
• Experience developing unit tests for pipelines.
• Certified Solution Architect in AWS or Azure preferred.
• Sufficient exposure to clients across a variety of technologies, industries, and domains.
• Experience in at least one of the following specific technology areas : Server Operating Systems, Database / Information Management, Networks, Security, Desktop Technology, Virtualization (Server, Desktop, and Application), Infrastructure and Device Monitoring, Mobility Solutions and Application Platforms / Application Integration.
• Strong communications skills with the ability to interface with all levels of internal and client project teams.
• Familiarity with applicable industry standards and frameworks such as ITIL, CoBIT, ISO, TOGAF and FEAF.
• Understands Cloud, datacenter operations and infrastructure implementation methodologies.
• Potential for 2-3 days onsite.
8 days ago