Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Architect / Solutions Specialist to support one of their clients in Rockville, MD. The role involves developing a cloud services delivery model for enterprise hosting and storage services, and operating and maintaining multiple cloud systems for the client.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of professional work experience with cloud technology and with more than one cloud service provider (CSP) platform (e.g., among Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI)
- Hands-on experience working with cloud architecture and tools
- Experience in migration of enterprise applications to the cloud
- Experience in designing, planning, implementing, and supporting enterprise applications and storage in a cloud environment using technologies such as Unix/Linux, Windows, Oracle, SQL, Java, .Net, and other web application technologies
- Active certification in any of the major cloud service providers/platforms
- Experience with multiple cloud storage technologies (e.g., AWS EBS, S3, S3IA, Glacier; Azure Blob, Azure File; Google Cloud Storage, Filestore, etc.) and knowledge of the security, cost, and performance differences and implications
- Experience with managing cloud infrastructure as code
Responsibilities
- Primarily responsible for the client’s cloud infrastructure architecture and associated observability / instrumentation of various services using tools such as DataDog, Dynatrace, or similar APMs.
- Develop a cloud services delivery and operational model, keeping track of cloud activities, developing and moving applications to the cloud, and specifying computing demands.
- Develop capabilities within an enterprise cloud infrastructure to host workloads across the enterprise
- Assist with infrastructure migration strategies, such as mass application transfers to the cloud.
- Monitor and maintain security and privacy compliance within cloud-based solutions.
- Respond to technical requests and incidents in a timely and competent manner, following the client's standard operating procedures and guidelines.
- Perform activities such as deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and management inside the cloud framework that has been created.
Other
- US CITIZEN; GREEN CARD HOLDER; EAD ACCEPTED
- MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN NIH SUITABILITY
- 100% REMOTE - ROCKVILLE, MD
- Effective communication will be key for this position to ensure communication is delivered clearly and accurately to all levels of staff.
- The person shall have a positive attitude and excellent communication skills to effectively coordinate cloud migration strategies and support for the client, including but not limited to coordinating closely with the client technical teams to ensure that approaches appropriately align to the broader enterprise capabilities.
