AWS SME Cloud Architect
Job Location:
Job Location:
Jackson, MO - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
5 days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
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End Client: State of Mississippi
Job Title: Senior AWS SME / Cloud Architect
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Jackson MS 39211 (Onsite)
Position Type: Contract
Job Title: Senior AWS SME / Cloud Architect
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Jackson MS 39211 (Onsite)
Position Type: Contract
Hours Per Week: 40
Job Code: 159641 and 159640
Department: Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS)
Job Code: 159641 and 159640
Department: Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS)
Scope of Project
The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) is the central IT organization for the state of Mississippi and acts as a service provider and/or service broker for agencies. Over the last two years ITS has implemented an AWS Organization with Control Tower and is working to build cloud expertise internally to support this environment and future agency AWS projects. ITS is seeking a highly skilled and well rounded AWS expert to assist in maintaining this environment working with agencies on troubleshooting and helping to mentor staff. This position will be crucial to the long term success of this project for ITS as we work to build our Cloud Center of Excellence.
Required Skills:
- Deep knowledge of key AWS services (EC2 S3 RDS VPC IAM Lambda CloudFormation etc.)
- Experience leading cloud migrations or implementations in a complex multi-account environment
- Strong network troubleshooting abilities to help resolve connectivity issues both inside the AWS cloud
- environment and ingressing/egressing to the States on premises environment.
- Familiarity with AWS Landing Zone implementations and management using AWS Landing Zone Accelerator
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation Terraform AWS CDK) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience implementing security best practices (e.g. IAM policies encryption network segmentation and
- SCPs).
- Familiarity with DevOps principles containerization (Docker ECS EKS) and serverless architectures.
- Strong troubleshooting abilities across networking storage and compute layers in AWS.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical
- and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven experience mentoring staff and fostering a collaborative learning-focused environment.
- Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
- Strong organizational skills capable of managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to lead architectural reviews and navigate ambiguity in designing solutions to complex business
- problems
Preferred Skills:
- AWS Professional-level certification (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional).
- Experience in a government or highly regulated environment (e.g. HIPAA CJIS IRS 1075 compliance).
- Knowledge of ITIL project management methodologies (e.g. PMP Agile) and enterprise IT governance frameworks.
- Familiarity with other public cloud providers and hybrid-cloud environments.
- Working knowledge of common scripting/programming languages (Python Bash PowerShell)
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