Lead Architect

Title: Lead Cloud & Kubernetes Architect
Location :: Little Rock Arkansas (hybrid)-Locals Only
Duration :: Contract

What Youll Do:

• Architect & Implement: Define and execute Kubernetes-based architecture roadmaps aligned with enterprise strategies.
  
• Scale & Secure: Manage Kubernetes clusters ensuring high availability security and performance.
  
• Optimize & Innovate: Lead cloud-native initiatives to streamline infrastructure and reduce costs.
  
• Collaborate: Work closely with DevOps development and leadership teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
  
• Governance & Compliance: Establish security standards and governance policies to meet regulatory requirements.
• Strategic Leadership: Maintain in-depth knowledge of the companys strategic business vision IT roadmap and architectural standards.
• Consult & Guide: Provide architectural expertise and direction to systems analysts engineers and other architects ensuring best practices are followed.
• Technical Discussions: Facilitate technical discussions offering thought leadership to teams across the organization.
• Infrastructure Planning: Develop and manage an infrastructure capacity plan to support long-term growth and scalability.
• Technology Standards: Create document and enforce technology standards and policies to ensure consistency and quality across all systems.
• Emerging Technologies: Conduct research and recommend emerging technologies to improve infrastructure flexibility and reduce costs.
• Systems Design: Oversee the architectural integrity of end-to-end integrated systems ensuring they meet both business and technical requirements.
• Performance & Improvement: Develop test plans to evaluate infrastructure performance reporting on findings and recommending improvements.
• Collaboration & Buy-In: Work closely with end users senior management and vendors to define business requirements gain buy-in for plans and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Training & Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members helping them grow in their technical expertise.

To be successful as the Lead Architect were looking for:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience
• Lead Architect: Twelve (12) plus years of applicable experience in IT involving systems/software architecture design development and deployment
• Experience documenting systems and software architectures using modeling languages (UML E-R diagrams etc.)
• Expert written and oral communication skills
• Experience in hardware and software evaluation principles practices and guidelines
• Experience in requirements gathering and developing strategic plans
• Expert technical architecture support and documentation skills
• Expert analytical and problem solving abilities

Preferred:

• Background that includes Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Software development and application architecture networking and security systems and infrastructure automation DevOps and SRE.
• Kubernetes certifications (e.g. CKA CKS) and cloud certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Kubernetes Specialist) are highly desirable.

Utility industry experience.