Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Azure

Job Family :

IT Architecture / Cloud

Travel Required : Up to 25%

Up to 25%

Clearance Required : None

None

What You Will Do :

The Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Azure will be a technology planning and governance role with enterprise level influence at Guidehouse.

This role will play an integral role in helping driving the maintaining and improving the roadmap of the company’s technology strategy and processes.

Act as a leader and set architecture direction for strategic technology projects. This role will partner with internal technology groups to ensure that proposed technical solutions align with the company’s overall objectives.

It will also serve as a strategic mean member to business & IT, internal innovation teams, and IT functional areas by helping them identify and take advantage of new opportunities while providing guidance and ensuring solutions align with the business and IT strategy.

Job Description / Responsibilities :

Drive enterprise architecture activities with a business outcome’ lens

Build and evolve a business technology strategy including the strategic roadmap for IT systems

Work on developing IT strategies and roadmaps to drive investments in enterprise capabilities

Establish application and technology portfolio management processes and tools to provide transparency and reduce technical debt

Identify opportunities to digitize business processes and experience with internal innovation teams

Maintain architecture governance, technology standards processes and reference architecture development

Evaluate business, information, application, and technology views of the solutions and identify risks

Remain intimate and knowledgeable on cloud technologies and cloud and hybrid cloud frameworks

Monitor new technological advances in application development and information technologies

Partner with business and technology leaders to understand and translate business objectives into technological solutions

Define and develop audit and review checklists ensuring compliance to enterprise standards

Define and improve architecture processes and artifacts

Contribute to peer reviews, technical audits, and technology standards processes

Collaborate with and mentor other enterprise engineers, junior architects

Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives

What You Will Need :

Bachelor’s Degree plus a minimum of 8-10 years of experience OR 12 years of professional experience may be substituted in lieu of degree

Ability to obtain a National Security Clearance or a U.S. Federal Government Public Trust

Demonstrated ability to learn and document new technologies / solutions

Must be able to work East Coast US business hours

Experience supporting Microsoft Azure and Azure Gov IaaS, SaaS, PaaS

Experience working with infrastructure automation, Terraform, PowerShell, DevOps

Design end-to-end solutions on Azure, considering scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization.

Create architecture diagrams, documentation, and best practices for implementation.

Deep understanding of Azure services, including Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, and more

Strong knowledge of data management concepts, network engineering concepts and architectures

Strong knowledge of security controls and basic security architecture patterns and practices

Experience designing, integrating, and managing complex technology solutions

The ability to think big and challenge conventional wisdom regarding technology refresh and hype

What Would Be Nice to Have :

Experience with ServiceNow is a plus

Experience working in an ITIL environment

Experience working with C-Suite level executives

What We Offer :

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include :

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Basic Life & Supplemental Life

Health Savings Account, Dental / Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

Student Loan PayDown

Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

Skills Development & Certifications

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

Mobility Stipend