Sr. Cloud Architect Portfolio Migration
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Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are seeking a Sr. Cloud Architect (Lead) to spearhead a high-velocity migration of 100 mission-critical applications to the Government Cloud. This is not a standard lift-and-shift role; you will architect the transformation of a complex 256-server legacy footprint (including Windows/Linux/AIX/Solaris) into a secure FedRAMP High-compliant cloud environment using AI and automation processes.
Serve as the primary technical authority leading a team of engineers to execute parallel migration waves while ensuring strict adherence to NIST 800-53 security standards.
Location: Hybrid (Remote / On-site in Washington D.C. or St. Louis MO as required)
Clearance: Public Trust (Ability to obtain)
Key Responsibilities:
Education: Bachelors degree (or higher) in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field.
Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience designing and implementing cloud solutions in AWS or Azure for federal or large enterprise environments.
Certification: Must hold at least one Professional-level Cloud Certification (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
Preferred Qualifications:
ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age disability military status national origin or anyother characteristic protected under federal state or applicable local law
Serve as the primary technical authority leading a team of engineers to execute parallel migration waves while ensuring strict adherence to NIST 800-53 security standards.
Location: Hybrid (Remote / On-site in Washington D.C. or St. Louis MO as required)
Clearance: Public Trust (Ability to obtain)
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and deploy a secure Hub-and-Spoke Landing Zone topology that meets FedRAMP High requirements utilizing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep).
- Lead the technical execution of the Wave migration strategy managing parallel tracks for rapid Windows/Linux rehosting and complex AIX/Solaris refactoring.
- Develop strategies for migrating legacy Power workloads (AIX/Solaris) determining the optimal path between Emulation (e.g. Skytap) and Refactoring to Linux.
- Oversee the implementation of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps) to automate security gates (SAST/DAST) and continuous compliance reporting.
- Act as the primary technical liaison with Government application owners guiding them through the Shared Responsibility Model and ensuring zero-downtime cutovers.
Education: Bachelors degree (or higher) in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field.
Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience designing and implementing cloud solutions in AWS or Azure for federal or large enterprise environments.
Certification: Must hold at least one Professional-level Cloud Certification (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep expertise in Legacy-to-Cloud migrations specifically involving IBM Power Systems (AIX/Solaris) to Azure/AWS.
- Experience with Skytap or similar emulation tools for Unix workloads.
- Strong knowledge of NIST 800-53 FedRAMP and FISMA compliance standards.
- Experience leading Migration Factory teams in a high-pressure deadline-driven environment.
ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age disability military status national origin or anyother characteristic protected under federal state or applicable local law
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Project / Program Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Portfolio Management
- Credit Analysis
- Banking
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Project Management
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting
- Property Management
- Contracts
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