Our direct client is seeking a Sr. Cloud Architect
Work Experience:
• Ability to engage stakeholders, understand their needs, and then translate those needs into a minimum viable product.
• Ability to translate analytic insights into concrete, actionable recommendations.
• A collaborative, analytical thinker with outstanding written and oral communication skills and problem-solving capabilities, with high attention to detail.
• Detail-oriented, self-starter with excellent time management skills.
• Ability to work well within cross-functional teams composed of business and technical team members.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Proficient using Office 365, SharePoint Online, SharePoint, and Visio.
• Understanding of Federal Information Security regulations, standards, and practices such as the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).
• Understanding of Information Privacy concepts and best practices.
• Understanding of Information Security and Compliance and Privacy concepts related to the handling of sensitive information.
• BSc/BA in computer science, economics, mathematics, or relevant field or equivalent experience required

Technical Skills:

At least ten years’ demonstrated experience in:

-Developing software according to software development lifecycles (SDLCs), including DevOps, Agile, Lean, Iterative, or Waterfall.
-Designing, deploying and migrating secure and maintainable systems for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) environments.
-DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and related best practices for cloud deployment.
-Service offerings in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
-Highly proficient in at least one high-level programming language such as Python, Ruby, or Go.
-Excellent understanding of and ability to evaluate new technologies for fit in current infrastructure architecture.
-Excellent understanding of cloud-based architectures, web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage.
-In-depth understanding of loose coupling, stateless systems, and best practices for designing cloud-ready applications.
-Excellent understanding of cloud federation technologies such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect and how to apply these technologies to enterprise and public-facing applications.
-Excellent understanding of cloud information security risks and best practices, especially in a highly secure operating environment
-Excellent understanding of cloud vendor cost structures and the ability to optimize solutions for cost-effectiveness.
-Experience transitioning legacy systems to cloud-ready architecture.
-Experience with route tables, access control lists, firewalls, NAT, HTTP, DNS, IP, and OSI Network.
-Understanding of RESTful Web Services, XML, or JSON.
-Experience with government cloud deployments (FedRAMP, FISMA, high-security environments).
 

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