Need Locals: Cloud Solutions Architect -- Austin, TX /Hybrid Onsite /C2C/

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

7

Required

Knowledge, Experience and understanding of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, information technology equipment, applicable programming languages, computer hardware and software, and computer operating systems.

7

Required

Knowledge, Experience and understanding of new cloud technologies and the analytical services available from the major cloud services providers

7

Required

Knowledge, Experience and understanding of cloud delivery models: PaaS, SaaS, IaaS

7

Required

Knowledge, Experience and understanding of agile (scrum) methodology and scrum ceremonies.

7

Required

Knowledge, Experience and understanding of cloud-based services for AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform

7

Required

Knowledge, Experience and understanding of cloud-based network design principles

7

Required

Strong knowledge in data governance, security, and compliance in cloud environments

7

Required

Strong technical writing and diagraming skills, including proficiency with modeling and mapping tools (e.g., Visio), the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project

7

Required

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience as a technology architect for software development, data analytics, performance management system, or data warehousing project

7

Required

Skill analyzing technology systems capabilities, limitations, defects, and business problems to draw evidence-based conclusions and devise innovative solutions

7

Required

Experience and understanding of cloud computing DevOps principles Continuous Integration/Continuous Design (CI/CD). Experience with Containerization, deploying and configuring microservices. Kubernetes architecture deployment, scaling, and maintenance

7

Required

Support application Kubernetes cluster and serverless infrastructure, help address any associated API’s pertaining to cloud infrastructure services and integrations

7

Required

Work on cloud automation using Ansible, Terraform, AWS cloud formation and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates

7

Required

Experience and understanding with cloud and performance monitoring, auditing logging, and operations tools such as: Sysdig Secure (CNAPP), Dynatrace, Cloud native toolsets (AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Platform Cloud Operations, Azure Monitor, OCI Monitoring, etc.).

7

Required

Proficient automation skillset using a combination of command language scripting (Bash, Korn, PowerShell, Cloud CLI, Kubernetes Helm) and third-party tools

7

Required

Knowledge, Experience and understanding with declarative and imperative languages (YAML, JSON, Ruby, HCL, etc.) and tools that are leveraged (Ansible, Docker, Terraform, etc) to leverage infrastructure-as-code (IaC).

7

Required

Ability to work under pressure and successfully manage multiple overlapping deadlines, and able to handle multiple cross-agency projects

7

Required

Ability to coordinate multiple assignments/projects, set priorities, and meet deadlines

7

Required

Ability to lead and provide direction to team members

7

Required

Ability to lead the creation of best practices and procedures

8

Preferred

8 years+ Knowledge, Experience and understanding of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, information technology equipment, applicable programming languages, computer hardware and software, and computer operating systems.

8

Preferred

8 years+ Knowledge, Experience and understanding of new cloud technologies and the analytical services available from the major cloud services providers

8

Preferred

8 years+ Knowledge, Experience and understanding of cloud delivery models: PaaS, SaaS, IaaS

8

Preferred

8 years+ Knowledge, Experience and understanding of cloud-based services for AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform

8

Preferred

8 years+ Knowledge, Experience and understanding of cloud-based network design principles

8

Preferred

Experience and understanding of cloud computing DevOps principles Continuous Integration/Continuous Design (CI/CD). Experience with Containerization, deploying and configuring microservices. Kubernetes architecture deployment, scaling, and maintenance

8

Preferred

8 years+ Knowledge, Experience and understanding with declarative and imperative languages (YAML, JSON, Ruby, HCL, etc.) and tools that are leveraged (Ansible, Docker, Terraform, etc) to leverage infrastructure-as-code (IaC).

8

Preferred

Knowledge and/or hands-on experience with cloud database services (Rational/NoSQL and SQL/Oracle) data lakes and cloud ETL/ELT best practices, suitable frameworks of handling all types of data for structured and unstructured information.

8

Preferred

8 years+ of experience architecting, engineering, or developing enterprise IT solutions in cloud and hybrid environments.

5

Preferred

Knowledge of AI services and configuration required to set up the service available from major cloud services providers.

5

Preferred

Knowledge of data pipelines, ETL processes, and big data frameworks