Senior Cloud Solution Architect (Infrastructure and Security) Richmond, VA (REMOTE)

ABOUT THE ROLE
Client is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Solution Architect with advanced expertise in solution development to support a modern cloud-based ecosystem. This role involves implementing technology solutions that enhance business decision-making and processes across all business units, in alignment with the agency's architectural roadmap and enterprise goals.

This position requires technical proficiency in cloud initiatives, adherence to software engineering best practices, leading a team of architects, and alignment with the agency's technical direction. Additionally, the role involves training teams on leveraging the possibilities of cloud technologies to ensure successful adoption and implementation.

Additional responsibilities include:

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and convert them into actionable solution components aligned with Clients Enterprise Solution architecture patterns, procedures, and policies.

Design and develop scalable, resilient cloud solution architectures and engineering solutions using cloud-native services and technologies.

Develop front-end components and back-end services to create cohesive applications within cloud and hybrid infrastructures using AWS.

Create comprehensive solution documentation detailing the design, testing, and production support processes and procedures.

Set up and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate updates and feature deployments.

Ensure solution completeness through thorough testing and quality assurance processes, ensuring compliance with security policies and best practices.

Manage configuration drift and ensure consistency across different environments, using tools like AWS Code Build/Deploy and AWS CloudFormation.

Apply DevOps principles to streamline the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and enhance automation.

Deploy solutions to various environments, establish monitoring processes, and ensure ongoing operational stability and application resiliency through system stress testing and feature enhancements.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand change requirements, provide technical expertise, and ensure solutions align with business needs.

Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement to enhance solution efficiency, scalability, and reliability.

Qualifications include:

Proficiency in Cloud Platforms: Strong proficiency in cloud platforms, leveraging native cloud services for solution engineering.

Cloud Networking and Security: Understanding of cloud networking concepts (e.g., VPCs, subnets, security groups) and cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM). Need to understand AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), Pulling the data from security services (for example, AWS Security Hub, Amazon Macie, Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, AWS Config, Amazon Detective, AWS Identity and Access Management Access Analyzer) and Configuring integrations with native AWS services and third-party services (for example, by using Amazon Event Bridge and the ASFF) to build security dashboards.

Serverless Computing: Experience with serverless computing concepts, event-driven architecture, and serverless platforms (e.g., AWS Lambda).

Expert Understanding & experience with Networking design, Implementation, Management and Ops, security, Governance and Compliance

DevOps Practices: Strong understanding of DevOps practices, including developing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, version control, and collaboration tools (e.g., AWS CodePipeline).

Candidates should possess advance level of expertise and showcase experience in cloud architecture and software engineering skills (ex: API Development, Algorithm design), Scripting (preferably python/NodeJS), Serverless computing, Containerization and Orchestration, DevOps for pipelines. Experience building products in a modern cloud ecosystem is crucial.

Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot issues, optimize processes, and implement automation solutions will enable the role to create an immediate impact.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Years of Experience Required	Years of Experience Candidate Have
Hands on solution development on AWS cloud using Security and InfrastructureServices.	Required	12 Years
Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining APIs specifically tailored for cloud environments (e.g., AWS API Gateway).	Required	12 Years
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).	Required	12 Years
Automate the provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure using tools like AWS CloudFormation	Required	12 Years
Strong understanding of DevOps practices, including developing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, version control, and collaboration tools	Required	12 Years
Infrastructure design, debugging, security design for the AWS cloud platform including VPCs, Subnets, Lambdas, API Gateway, WAF, Cloud Front etc.	Required	10 Years
Setting up custom dashboards by utilizing the logs and other related data available through AWS services like Security Hub & build runtime audit logs	Required	10 Years
Securing inter-VPC traffic within an account or across multiple accounts - securing resources access	Required	10 Years
Using orchestration services to build and support applications Lambda, EventBridge, Amazon Managed Workflows for ApacheAirflow	Required	10 Years	Years
AWS Cloud Solution Architect, Network and/or Security Speciality	Highly desired	0

Questions

No.	Question
Question1	Please list candidate's email address.
Question2	This role is 100% remote however can be able to commute to office on request for face-to-face meetings. If selected, does your candidate agree to this arrangement?
Question3	If selected, must adhere to Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours during the week if they are located in a different time zone. Pls confirm.
Question4	In what city and state does your candidate currently reside?