Senior Cloud Architect/Engineer

Hybrid in Frankfort, KY, US • Posted 9 hours ago • Updated 9 hours ago

Full Time

No Travel Required

On-site

Depends on Experience

Sitek

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Skills

Enterprise Architecture
Integrate enterprise identity (Entra ID or AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center) and secrets management (Key Vault or KMS/Secrets Manager).
with IaC templates (Bicep/Terraform or CloudFormation/Terraform).

Summary

Position: Senior Cloud Architect/Engineer

Agency/Program: KY OAG – Child Support Services

Work Location: Frankfort, KY (Hybrid; onsite for design reviews) Remote OK

Reports To: DCSS-OIS Program Management Office Engagement Type: Contract (Full-time) Position Summary

Design, build, and govern a cloud landing zone and enterprise architecture for systems & IT services supporting the Kentucky Department of Child Support Program on a major cloud provider (AWS or Azure) so it is secure, resilient, observable, and ready for migration and cutover. Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform technical planning, architecture development, and specification updates for the cloud environment; deliver reference architectures that pass security review.

• Define and implement the landing zone with Infrastructure-as-Code: o AWS: VPC/subnets, PrivateLink, ALB/NLB/WAF, KMS/Secrets Manager, RDS/Aurora/SQL Server patterns, backup/DR. o Azure: VNets/subnets, Private Endpoint, Application Gateway/Firewall, Key Vault, Azure SQL patterns, backup/DR.

• Design observability (App Insights/Log Analytics or CloudWatch/CloudTrail/OpenSearch) and baseline SLOs with alert runbooks.

• Integrate enterprise identity (Entra ID or AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center) and secrets management (Key Vault or KMS/Secrets Manager).

• Partner with the Database Architect on data connectivity, encryption, and performance; support cutover and rollback readiness. Deliverables

• Cloud reference architecture and landing zone with IaC templates (Bicep/Terraform or CloudFormation/Terraform).

• Identity and security integration blueprint.

• Disaster recovery plan and test results; operational runbooks.

• Cloud readiness findings and modernization work plans. MUST-HAVE Requirements (non-negotiable)

• ≥ 8 years enterprise cloud architecture/engineering (AWS or Azure), with at least one re-platform or migration delivered. 1

• Hands-on with: o Networking: VNets/VPCs, subnets, Private Endpoint/PrivateLink, routing, perimeter controls (AppGW/Firewall or ALB/NLB/WAF). o Identity/secrets: Entra ID or AWS IAM/Identity Center; Key Vault or KMS/Secrets Manager. o Data tier: Azure SQL or AWS RDS/Aurora/SQL Server; encryption and DR patterns. o IaC: Bicep/Terraform or CloudFormation/Terraform.

• Produced reference architectures that supported security sign-off and go-live. Preferred Qualifications

• State/federal modernization AWS Solutions Architect Professional. And/or Azure Solutions Architect Expert Tools and Platforms Azure Portal/CLI or AWS Console/CLI; Bicep/Terraform or CloudFormation/Terraform; Entra ID or IAM/Identity Center; App Insights/Log Analytics or CloudWatch/CloudTrail; Key Vault or KMS; GitHub/Azure DevOps. Performance Measures

• Successful landing zone reviews and security sign-offs. • Documented RPO/RTO and DR test pass rate.

• Deployment reliability and baseline performance targets met. Submission & Screening

• Present an anonymized landing zone you designed and explain identity, security, and DR choices.

• Provide IaC samples (non-trivial) and walk through them.

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Dice Id: 10319986
Position Id: 8859195
Posted 9 hours ago

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About Sitek

SITEK is an equal opportunity employer, managed and fueled by talented employees. Our current team members include leading industry veterans and professionals who enjoy working in a collaborative environment. Passionate people make our company great and SITEK fosters an environment that encourages open communication, decisive action, learning and teamwork. The culture is informal yet professional; results-oriented - yet fun. If you are a skilled, dynamic IT professional who is up to the challenge of providing SITEK clients “quality through excellence” in all aspects of our IT services then SITEK may be the place for you. Make an appointment to discuss your career and your future with SITEK.

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