Cloud and Data Architect

Cloud and Data Architect

Location: Reston, VA/Hybrid

Duration: 7-8 months

Note: Need a senior candidate with minimum 12+ years experience and extensive experience working as Solutions Architect and extensive experience in managing Enterprise Data platforms including Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Data marts

As a Cloud and Data Architect, you will be responsible for leading architectural decisions for the Cloud, and Data Enterprise Portfolios. You must have a deep understanding of technical architecture and have implemented solutions in a cloud environment focused on AWS or Azure. Knowledge of industry best practices around enterprise cloud security, architectures, and patterns. Experience with microservices architectures and cloud migration for data is a plus. The architect will need to have experience implementing security for technical/deployment architectures using AWS Services as well as experience with Engineering Tools and capabilities to solve for inter-service communication, data hydration, application security, platform resiliency etc. Technical experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) is a plus. Strong interpersonal communications skills are required.

Position yourself as a trusted advisor to business teams and partner with them to understand their requirements for cloud implementations

Provide recommendations to clients with respect to cloud migrations and prepare technical implementation roadmaps for AWS adoption

Create application architecture, data architecture, deployment architectures, functional design specifications and assist with other project deliverables as needed.

Design state-of-the-art technical solutions on AWS that address customers requirements for scalability, reliability, security, and performance

Collaborate with other project teams and other laterals such as Information Security, Compliance, Controls etc. on technical solutions.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field. Master s degree is preferred or equivalent Desired Experiences

12+ years of progressive hands-on experience in application development with 6 years of solution architecture, systems architecture and engineering, analysis and applications programming, technical team leadership role is required

A minimum of 5 years experience in working with AWS or Azure as a solution architect is required

Experience with Architecture principles and TOGAF framework is a plus

AWS Professional Certification is preferred. AWS Architecture Associate Certification or equivalent Azure Architecture Associate certification is a MUST

CISSP or any other security certification is a plus

Expertise in managing Enterprise Data platforms including Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Data marts is required

Experience with SAS and R technologies is a major plus

Experience with real-time and near real-time streaming data platforms is a huge plus

Expertise in relational, semi-structured and unstructured databases is required

Ability with Python or Java programming is a huge plus

Experience with complex full stack applications and practices for solutions including API, Micro-Services, Streaming Data Platforms etc. in large Enterprise Data organizations is a huge plus

Skilled in supporting, controlling, monitoring, and management of large, complex, and sometimes geographically dispersed IT infrastructure and applications to optimize IT service delivery.