Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Description :

Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cloud Infrastructure Architect with our industry-leading client in Washington DC.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Rate : $95 - $99 / hr. w2

Responsibilities :

• Oversee all cloud migration and cloud O&M efforts for a growing cloud team in support of a large Federal agency.
• Direct and prioritize team efforts.
• Provide strategic vision recommendations to Government customer cloud lead.
• Familiarity with both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud offerings and infrastructure strongly desired.
• Provide technical, managerial, and administrative direction to a team of 14 cloud engineers for planning and completing operational tasks as well as tasks aligned to strategic initiatives across the enterprise.
• Lead a team of cloud engineers in the strategy, design, implementation, and maintenance of DOT's cloud infrastructure.
• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and define the scope of cloud projects.
• Develop and implement cloud solutions that meet the needs of the DOT mission.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure to ensure uptime and performance.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest cloud computing technologies and trends.
• Mentor and develop cloud engineers to ensure the team is well-equipped to meet DOT's needs.
• Communicate status with agency senior leadership.
• Collaborate with other infrastructure teams to realize operational efficiencies within the agency cloud offering.
• Work with vendors to identify potential approaches and rationalize solution best fit for agency environment.
• Work with business customers to understand and align technical needs to agency cloud capabilities and facilitate technical exchanges to achieve a final solution architecture.

Experience Requirements :

• 15 years minimum experience within information technology architecting and implementing solutions (solutions cover initiatives such as deployment of business applications, deployment of enterprise tools, etc.).
• Demonstrated understanding of principles supporting compute, network, storage, and their application within the cloud (AWS and / or Azure).
• Demonstrated understanding of application architectures (web tier, application tier, database tier) and their implementation in the cloud.
• Deep understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices for sustaining an enterprise cloud environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of security best practices and their application as they relate to cloud-based environments and workloads (access management, monitoring, configuration management, etc.).
• Understanding of DevSecOps pipelines and toolsets and how they can work to create an enterprise shared service.
• Deep understanding of enterprise architecture principles and practices with the ability to identify, rationalize, and solution opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to prioritize, balance, and direct team member activities between ad-hoc tasking and planned initiatives.
• Experience in developing, planning, and implementing strategic initiatives within a roadmap.

Desired Skills :

• ITIL v3 / v4 certification.
• Demonstrated experience leading a team.
• Familiarity with agile planning methodologies.

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