Cloud Architect

Responsibilities

The Cloud Architect designs, develops, implements, utilizes, and conforms to enterprise cloud architecture application solutions, strategies, processes, and standards, focusing on expertise in cloud technologies.

Collaborates with business owners, analysts, architects, development teams, and infrastructure services to define, establish, and communicate application and data architecture standards, policies, and directions.

Designs high quality architectures, and drives architecture activities that are aligned to established organization requirements consistent with enterprise architectural standards.

Has expert knowledge in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS)

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Linux Sys Admin (e.g. Ubuntu), .NET, PHP, Scripting Languages (Bash Shell/PowerShell), GIT, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform/Ansible, CI/CS/CD
• All work must comply with all relevant Fairfax County standards.
• Demonstrated experience supporting government agencies, customers, or contracts within federal environments. This includes the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Civil agencies, and military organizations.
• Prior experience supporting the same or similar contract, with an in-depth understanding of the customer environment, requirements, and operational landscape, is highly desirable.