Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Primarily remote

*** no c2c * *** W2 only; ***Web cam interview***Remote***Onsite  as needed (first week onsite; after than 3 days per month onsite***

Job Description:

Project Overview

The Client of Technology Operations needs assistance with supporting deployment and management of the State-Wide Information Technology Shared Services Cloud initiatives and projects. This position will be used to further develop the State of South Carolina Cloud Strategy, work with State agencies for adoption and support the managed cloud broker.

Scope of the Project

Assist with day to day operations and migrations to AWS\Azure Cloud infrastructure as the organization transitions to a managed cloud broker.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities

• Perform system administration, automation, and development tasks for the Cloud Management Platform (CMP).
• Work with DTO and customer personnel to facilitate migrations to the DTO cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain continuity of shared services offered across AWS and Azure.

Required Skills

Experience Requirements

• 10 years infrastructure, systems engineering, DevOps, or architecture
• 8+ years technical architecture
• 5-7 years AWS (IAM, Organizations, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
• 3-5 years Azure (RBAC, Azure AD, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
• 3-7 years enterprise cloud architecture or governance
• 3-5 years Terraform and infrastructure as a code
• 3-5 years cloud migrations and platform operations
• 3+ years technical leadership and knowledge transfer
• Public Cloud infrastructure expertise

Preferred Skills:

• Expertise in Terraform infrastructure as code
• Understanding of scaling technologies and solutions
• Experience with AWS or other clouds
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other container platforms
• Security, penetration testing and threat detection tools
• Experience with ServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or Aviatrix
• Background in DevOps, Software Development, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering
• Experience with configuration management and continuous deployment

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in computer science or information systems and 8+ years of technical architecture experience and relevant hands-on engineering.

Required / Preferred Certifications

AWS and\or Azure certifications preferred