Cloud Architect

Contributions

• I dentify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer
• Design cloud environments and demonstrate technical cloud architectural knowledge
• Implement and oversee cloud strategies including migrations and optimization
• Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results
• Perform root cause analysis on complex business processes and technical components
• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and ‘fixes’
• Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
• 8 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
• 8 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 8 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 8 Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment
• 8 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 8 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• 5 Years of Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics
• Local to the Atlanta metro area
• Required to be onsite 2x per week
• MS Degree in an IT-related field preferred
• Certifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional, Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert, Microsoft Certified Solution Architect Expert SAFe DevOps Certification
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

About Steampunk

Projected compensation range for this position is $130,000 to $215,000.

Steampunk is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program.