Overview
Job Details
Title: Senior AWS Cloud Architect
Location: Hybrid - Atlanta - GA
Duration: 12 Months
Description:
Candidates must be willing to be on-site 1 day a week.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and Implement cloud migration, modernization, and multi-cloud acumen to craft highly scalable, flexible and resilient cloud architectures that solve customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services.
- Serve as a technical expert in AWS, supporting customers with complex commercial and technical challenges
- Lead cross-functional, cross-organization initiatives that drive thought leadership on multi-cloud and AWS migration scenarios.
- Broad technology experience across AWS cloud architecture, applications development, relational databases, NoSQL databases, analytics, machine learning, networking, security, storage, DevOps, containers, serverless, CI/CD, cloud migrations, or IT transformations.
- Strong problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze problems, develop actionable tactical plans quickly, up-level the insights to strategy.
- Demonstrated ability as a "trusted advisor" to customers. Able to facilitate relationships with senior technical executives, as well as easily interact and give guidance to software developers, IT operations staff, and system architects.
- Assists GTA and State agencies with architectural decisions and design to optimize applications for cost and performance
- Review and evaluate existing systems architectures and software products to identify cloud platforming and refactoring opportunities
- Reviews and provides input to the development of standards.
- Builds relationships, communicates office goals.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10+ years of overall experience, to include a minimum of 5 years of enterprise, full-life cycle in Architecture in the professional IT/Software Development services industry
- 5-8 years of hands-on technical application architecture experience and Application build/ modernization experience
- 5+ years of success in consultative/complex technical sales and deployment projects (where necessary, managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solution/projects).
- Extensive experience architecting, designing, and programming applications to operate in Cloud environment.
- Broad knowledge of various IT domains, including applications, data, infrastructure, and security
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and best practices.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and compliance standards .
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
- Knowledge to identify the best cloud architecture options to help the organization reach its GTA strategic goals.
- Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability
- Familiarity with emerging technologies and trends such as cloud computing, microservices architecture, and DevOps
- Strong attention to detail, problem investigation and diagnostic skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing
- Good organizational skills and forward planning ability
- Self-Motivated and team player
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in information technology or equivalent work Experience
- At least 5 years of progressive experience with the concepts, philosophies, and tools behind the design of applications, solution architecture, and underlying information technologies on AWS/Public Cloud
Preferred Qualifications:
- (Preference will be given to candidates who, demonstrate some or all the following skills/experience):
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Experience with Google Cloud Platform & OCI is a Plus
Experience with state and local Government is a plus.
Enterprise-wide integration experience
One or more of the following RDBMS technologies: Oracle, MS SQL Serve, Postgress.
Experience with Java, Python, HTTP/S, FTP, Publish/subscribe mechanism, SOAP messaging, and REST Services
Having experience with cutting-edge AI technologies in developing chatbots is a plus.
Knowledge of integration standards and best practices
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| Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience | ||||
| IT Architecture | Required | 5 | Years |
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| Design, development, and deployment of application software at scale | Required | 7 | Years |
| AWS Cloud Architecture | Required | 5 | Years |
| AWS Cloud Implementation | Required | 4 | Years |
| Cloud Migrations Experience | Required | 3 | Years |
| Private, public and hybrid cloud models (including IaaS, PaaS) | Required | 5 | Years |
| AWS Certified Solutions Architect | Highly desired |
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| Azure Experience | Required |
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| State & Local Government Experience | Highly desired |
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| Enterprise architecture principles and best practices | Highly desired |
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