Please Note:
- This is 100 OnSite position.
- Contract Duration: 4 Years
- Place of performance: 1331 F Street NW Suite 1000 Washington DC 20004
- Work hours: 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Eastern) Monday through Friday excluding Federal holidays.
Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee the design deployment and ongoing management of cloudbased infrastructure including Microsoft Azure and other cloud platforms.
- Track deployment monitor performance and address any issues related to cloud devices (virtual machines storage networking components) to ensure they operate optimally.
- Manage cloud service configurations and ensure compliance with security standards for access control encryption and firewall configurations.
- Continuously monitor cloud service performance and recommend configuration changes to improve scalability performance and costeffectiveness.
- Ensure cloud security settings align with enterprise security guidelines including data protection vulnerability management and access controls.
- Regularly update cloud services applying security patches and performing security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and address them.
- Oversee cloudbased backup systems ensuring that critical data is securely backed up and that disaster recovery procedures are tested and executed effectively.
- Lead the implementation and maintenance of disaster recovery plans in collaboration with other team members to ensure that data can be restored quickly during emergencies.
- Design cloud environments based on different cloud deployment models such as public private community and hybrid clouds ensuring flexibility and scalability in IT infrastructure.
- Provide solutions using cloud service delivery models such as IaaS PaaS and SaaS to meet business needs while optimizing costs and resource utilization.
- Ensure all cloud systems are designed for future capacity requirements and growth ensuring minimal disruption as business demands increase.
- Maintain standard configurations for all cloud services ensuring consistency and compliance across the organization.
- Oversee the integration of cloud services with onpremises systems working with the Network Engineer and Systems Administrator to ensure seamless operations.
- Monitor cloud service metrics and respond to any incidents or service disruptions ensuring that performance remains optimal.
- Stay updated on new cloud technologies and virtualization innovations assessing their potential to improve cloudbased services.
- Lead the adoption of automation containerization and scaling technologies to ensure that cloud operations are as efficient and costeffective as possible.
- Evaluate emerging trends in cloud infrastructure management and virtual compute/storage networks recommending improvements based on industry standards.
- Collaborate with Network Engineers and Systems Administrators to ensure cloud infrastructure is integrated with local network and server systems.
- Manage configuration changes in cloud services via the established Change Configuration Board (CCB) process ensuring all changes are documented and authorized.
Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience with midlevel and senior level as a Cloud Architect.
Microsoft Azure, Cloud Storage, Cloud Infrastructure