Job ID: 757630
Senior Cloud Architect
Client: State of Georgia GTA
Duration: 3 Months
Location: Atlanta GA
- Do not submit candidates previously submitted for GTA Senior Clout Architect positions.
- This position is available for extensions.
- Candidate must be willing to be onsite 1 day a week.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and Implement cloud migration modernization and multicloud 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 crossfunctional crossorganization initiatives that drive thought leadership on multicloud 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 problemsolving skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze problems develop actionable tactical plans quickly uplevel 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 fulllife cycle in Architecture in the professional IT/Software Development services industry
- 58 years of handson 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
- SelfMotivated and team player
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors 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 GCP & OCI is a Plus
- Experience with state and local Government is a plus.
- Enterprisewide 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 cuttingedge AI technologies in developing chatbots is a plus.
- Knowledge of integration standards and best practices