Cloud Architect (Microsoft Azure GovCloud)

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Our client deploys the largest, most powerful network of users, information, and technology in American law enforcement. Powered by the most advanced search and analysis technology in the industry, our client gives their users the information they need to keep themselves and their communities safe.

Position Description

The Cloud Operations Architect is a key member of the technology team, reporting to the EVP Cloud Operations. The primary goal of this position is to ensure reliable, scalable, secure, cost-efficient cloud operations. This is a take-charge, get your hands dirty engineering position requiring technical prowess, flawless execution, and an eye for clever money-saving solutions.

Key Responsibilities

● Responsible for scalability, availability, reliability and efficiency of the platform

○ Utilize VM scale sets to autoscale VMs dynamically

● Collaborate with the software development team on making sure our client's system is architected to work well with scaled-up cloud approaches

● Design, implement and operate the production environment of our client's government-cloud with Kubernetes, Docker, etc.

● Manage cloud operations budget, forecast, and variances

○ Azure cost management, including Advisor and Monitor software

● Manage relationships with customers/partners/vendors

● Other responsibilities as assigned by senior management

Requirements

● 5+ years experience in Site Reliability Engineer-type role

● 5+ years experience running production environments in major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or Google)

● 5+ years experience developing software, with at least 2 years of experience using Docker, Kubernetes, and public or Gov cloud

● Working knowledge of at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP, both AKS/EKS/GKE or on-instance k8s deployments. Be able to learn Azure.

● Experience working on an operational team for high availability applications

● Experience with high security FedRamp / CJIS audited infrastructure

● Experience with cloud monitoring tools such as Nagios, ELK-stack, CloudWatch, New Relic, etc.

Nice to Have

● Familiarity with Docker containers, Docker orchestration using Kubernetes

● Jenkins or similar continuous integration platform

● Continuous delivery goals

● Familiarity with both Windows and Linux production environments.

● Familiarity with orchestration tools (Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Terraform, etc.)

Supervisory Responsibility:
No direct reports.

Travel:
Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected.

Required Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in technology, business or related field.