The Department of Commerce (DOC) needs an Enterprise Architect to design and manage secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions, primarily in Microsoft Azure, to align with agency strategy and federal compliance mandates.
Requirements
- configuring Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Policy, and secure landing zones
- implementing governance through RBAC and tagging
- integrating Zero Trust security principles
- optimizing cloud spend
- supporting hybrid cloud integration
- defining information requirements for infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
- integrating with security tools
Responsibilities
- Designing and managing secure, scalable, and cost effective cloud solutions—primarily in Microsoft Azure—that align with agency strategy and federal compliance mandates.
- Leading Azure platform engineering efforts such as configuring Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Policy, and secure landing zones;
- Implementing governance through RBAC and tagging; and integrating Zero Trust security principles.
- Optimizing cloud spend, supporting hybrid cloud integration, and collaborating across IT, security, and DevOps teams to modernize infrastructure and ensure operational resilience.
- Defining information requirements for infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ensuring visibility into cloud assets, enforcing tagging for cost and compliance tracking, integrating with security tools, and automating secure, policy-compliant deployments across environments.
- Analyze cloud spending, identify trends, and develop strategies to optimize and reduce costs.
- Evaluate and select Azure services (e.g., Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, Azure Policy) to support enterprise workloads.
Other
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Cloud Architecture and Cyber Security.
- Cloud Architecture/Engineer or similar certification.
- Contractor should possess Secret Clearance or higher
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related field.
- Location: onsite- Herbert C. Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW. Washington, D.C.
