Architect (Cloud Architect Skillset)

About the role

We are seeking a talented and professional Architect with a Cloud Architect skillset to join our team. You will support innovative clients at the intersection of cutting-edge technologies and impactful relationships. evolv’s culture is built on integrity, humility, passion, and drive, and has been recognized as a "Best Places to Work" by Dallas Business Journal (2021, 2022), "Top Workplaces" by Dallas Morning News (2023), ranked #368 on Inc. 5000's list of fastest-growing private companies (2023), and #14 on the 2024 Inc. Regionals: Southwest list.

Responsibilities

• Transform innovative concepts into practical solutions.
• Provide advanced-level engineering design functions.
• Architect provisioning capabilities of Azure or AWS services and configure services using tools and languages.
• Develop complex solutions from business requirements and architectural specifications; provide input to set or amend architectural specifications.
• Create presentations and seek IT management approval for significant replacements or reconfigurations of major business systems.
• Direct the construction of architecture components (e.g., data architecture, application architecture, technical architecture).
• Participate in the design of the enterprise architecture.
• Propose opportunities to improve results based on targeted or continuous assessment.
• Participate in enterprise planning activity, including vendor assessment, technology platform selection and retirement, prioritization, and integration.
• Provide operational readiness for applications enabling seamless 24x7x365 production and technical support.
• Design performance and capacity plans to ensure optimal application health and performance.
• Serve as a strategist and continuously refine AWS or Azure deployment practices for improved reliability, repeatability, and security.
• Drive effective security practices (e.g., regular security patching, minimum-permissions accounts, encryption) in compliance with healthcare and other standards (HIPAA, HITRUST, ISO 27000, SOC). Implement and verify them using tools to analyze compliance.
• Design and implement Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans for on-prem and Azure or AWS.
• Commit to best practices relating to craft/technology across multiple clients, ensuring deliverables meet success metrics and influence client decisions.
• Prioritize individual operational excellence by meeting or exceeding all utilization goals (1500 billable hours).
• Contribute to evolv’s culture and personal development through collaboration, displaying core values, participating in internal initiatives, and obtaining new certifications.
• Help grow evolv by providing team member/client referrals and connecting with our internal network.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with Google Cloud, Azure, or AWS.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Production experience coding in Java.
• Experience with API management and integrations.
• Experience in application development using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.
• Knowledge of IAM: Authentication, Login & SSO, AD Integration.
• Knowledge of data retention and security best practices.
• Experience deploying cloud infrastructure in production.
• Experience in pipeline architecture (CI/CD).
• Experience in end-to-end encryption and key management.
• Experience in Sequence Diagrams, Deployment Diagrams, and State Diagrams.
• Strong understanding of DNS, ALB vs ELB use cases, HAProxy use cases and limitations, firewall configuration, API gateway use cases, WAF use cases, routing, and troubleshooting connectivity.