Cloud Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Evaluate the preparedness of target Azure and AWS environments along with essential cloud services for migration support.

• Set up the migration infrastructure and environment utilized by migration teams.

• Outline the landing zone, target architecture, security standards, and guardrails for the workloads being migrated.

• Create reusable migration patterns and infrastructure as code to ensure consistent deployments at the target level.

• Identify, document, and address any gaps in the cloud environment that may hinder migration efforts.

• Provide architectural leadership and guidance on AWS and Azure to migration teams and specialists.

• Record architectural decisions and convey standards and patterns to migration teams and operational staff.

• Facilitate a large-scale enterprise cloud migration from on-premises data centers to Azure and AWS platforms.

• Evaluate cloud readiness and establish architecture standards, guardrails, and migration patterns.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.

• At least ten years of experience in cloud or infrastructure architecture and engineering.

• Practical experience in designing and implementing architectures within both Azure and AWS environments.

• Proven experience in designing landing zones, cloud governance, and security guardrails for enterprise-level environments.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation.

• Ability to tackle increasingly complex issues, exercise independent judgment, and lead a multi-disciplinary team.

• Experience working with Azure Government or AWS GovCloud environments.

• Possession of Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification.

• Background in large-scale data center migrations to cloud infrastructure.

• Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, or CMMC.

• Experience in delivering federal programs.

• Proficiency in using GitHub and GitHub Copilot for source control and AI-assisted development.

• Understanding of AI technologies and their practical applications in IT delivery or cloud environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employee ownership.

• Access to resources, training, and mentorship opportunities for professional development.

• An inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and values every individual's voice.

• Engaging in mission-driven work.

• Option for remote work arrangements.