Senior Developer/Junior Architect - Modernization Specialist

Duration: 6+ Months

Location: WA-Seattle, 100% Remote

Overview: Every Turnberry consultant belongs to a practice, an internal group of consultants and leaders with shared experience and expertise. Each of these practices aligns to one of the core services Turnberry offers to clients. As a Senior Developer/Junior Architect - Modernization Specialist , you will join Turnberry's Digital Modernization practice, where technology and strategy combine to deliver exceptional digital experiences, empowering organizations to thrive in today's digital market.

Responsibilities:

Design Modernization Strategies:

Develop comprehensive cloud modernization strategies and roadmaps tailored to federal compliance requirements, assess current infrastructure, identify optimization opportunities, and define migration pathways (lift-and-shift, refactor, re-architect, repurchase)

Design end-to-end solutions aligned with IRS and federal compliance guidelines, including secure network architecture, data governance frameworks, disaster recovery strategies, and high-availability configurations

Evaluate and Recommend Migration Approaches:

Assess legacy applications and infrastructure to determine optimal modernization approaches (containerization, serverless, managed services), balancing performance, cost, security, and compliance objectives

Lead Technical Assessment and Planning:

Conduct detailed Well-Architected reviews, cost optimization analyses, and application dependency mapping to inform modernization planning and architecture decision

Implement Security and Compliance Architectures:

Design secure, FedRAMP-aligned architectures incorporating security services, identity and access management, encryption strategies, audit logging, and compliance monitoring for regulated data environments

Drive Infrastructure-as-Code and Automation:

Establish and promote infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform to enable repeatable, scalable, and auditable infrastructure deployments

Collaborate Across Teams:

Partner with application development teams, infrastructure engineers, compliance officers, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technically sound, compliant architectures

Provide Technical Leadership and Mentoring:

Serve as the technical authority on best practices, guide internal teams through cloud adoption, and mentor engineers on modern cloud-native architectures and operational excellence

Optimize Cost and Performance:

Analyze usage patterns, identify cost optimization opportunities, right-size resources, and implement reserved capacity strategies while maintaining performance and compliance requirements

Document Architecture and Design Decisions:

Create comprehensive technical documentation including architecture diagrams, design decision records (ADRs), operational runbooks, and disaster recovery procedures for knowledge transfer and operational support.

Qualifications:

Deep hands-on experience designing and implementing production solutions across multiple services, with demonstrated mastery of compute (EC2, ECS, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), databases (RDS, DynamoDB), and networking services

Cloud Modernization Experience: Proven track record architecting and delivering successful cloud modernization initiatives, including application refactoring, infrastructure migration, and legacy system replacements

Federal Compliance and Security: Comprehensive understanding of federal security requirements, FedRAMP compliance standards, data isolation practices, audit requirements, and ability to design architectures meeting IRS and government security standards

Infrastructure-as-Code Proficiency: Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, including CloudFormation, CDK, and/or Terraform, with ability to establish IaC practices and standards

Networking and Security Architecture: Deep understanding of AWS networking (VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs, VPN, Direct Connect), identity management (IAM, SSO), encryption strategies, and security best practices

Application Modernization Patterns: Working knowledge of modernization approaches including containerization (Docker, Amazon ECS/EKS), serverless computing, microservices architecture, and API-driven design

AWS Certification: Current AWS Solutions Architect - Professional certification (or equivalent senior-level AWS certification) demonstrating advanced architecture and design expertise

Programming or Scripting Skills: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or other scripting languages for automation, infrastructure automation, and integration tasks

Strong Communication Skills: Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives, compliance teams, and development teams


Must have some level of active security clearance (Public Trust, MBI, Secret, Top Secret, Top Secret/SCI)

Preferred Qualifications:

Active clearance granted by IRS highly preferred

FedRAMP Program Experience: Extensive experience designing and implementing FedRAMP-authorized solutions with demonstrated understanding of continuous monitoring, compliance documentation, and federal security assessment requirements

Multi-Cloud or Hybrid Cloud Architecture: Experience architecting hybrid cloud or multi-cloud solutions integrating on-premises systems while maintaining compliance and security posture

Advanced AWS Certifications: Additional AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect - Expert, AWS Security Specialty, or AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional

Application Performance Monitoring: Familiarity with AWS operational tools including CloudWatch, X-Ray, Systems Manager, and third-party monitoring and observability platforms for complex distributed systems

Cost Optimization Expertise: Demonstrated success with AWS cost optimization, including Reserved Instance purchasing strategies, Savings Plans, and architectural cost-reduction initiatives yielding significant savings

Container and Kubernetes Expertise: Advanced experience with containerization technologies, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and container orchestration patterns for modernized applications

CI/CD Pipeline Design: Experience designing and implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using services and industry tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, Jenkins, GitLab CI)

The salary range for this role is $160,000 to $230,000 or the hourly equivalent. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, Turnberry Solutions offers benefits such as a comprehensive healthcare package (medical, dental, vision), disability and group term life insurance, health and flexible spending accounts, a utilization bonus, 401(k) with match, flexible time off for salaried employees, parental leave for salaried employees, and flexible work arrangements (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with Turnberry, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At Turnberry, inclusion is one of our core values. We are committed to creating a positive and connected work environment for all and are fully invested in and focused on hiring and growing a diverse team of high performers. We believe that uniqueness in ideas, experiences, and backgrounds make us a better Turnberry: Turnberry is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age, ancestry, family medical or genetic information, gender identity and expression, marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics.

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