Cloud Solutions Architect

Job Family:

IT Architecture/Cloud (Digital)

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

At Guidehouse Digital Innovation and Technology Group (ITG), our solution architects and engineers Outwit Complexity for our customers by providing comprehensive technology and modernization solutions that are mission driven, secure, scalable, and reusable. We build highly interoperable, intelligent, and turnkey platforms and innovative solutions using the cloud, automation, opensource, middleware and artificial intelligence.

What You Will Do:

The Solutions Architect will be part of Innovation and Technology group (ITG) at Guidehouse Digital and bring demonstrated experience with architecture, design and engineering of technology modernization, cloud adoption, DevSecOps and digital solutions development using AWS or Azure or, Google cloud platforms. The Solution Architect will implement digital solutions within public, private, hybrid and multi-clouds and support applications migration and modernization, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Container as a Service (CaaS) and API based service offerings to our public and private sector clients.

The Solutions Architect will work closely with other solutions architects and engineers to build turnkey platforms, reusable solutions and support multiple enterprise-wide technology modernization and digital systems engineering efforts across Guidehouse market segments and digital portfolio of projects. You will have a great opportunity to collaborate with our business development/capture and proposal teams as well to support winning solutions and bids for business opportunities and contract re-competes.

• Solutions architecture and engineering within AWS/Azure/Google and private/hybrid cloud platforms and services for large-scale cloud implementations including VPCs, Virtual Networks, servers, applications, databases, security, disaster recovery and failover using automation
• Solutions architecture and engineering to build out scalable and secure distributed digital systems using modern software technologies, Cloud Native and microservices architecture and API-First design patterns
• Solutions architecture support for technical volumes of proposals and white papers for RFPs/RFIs and thought leadership initiatives
• Serve as a key member of the Digital / ITG team to support technical challenges/demonstrations and build innovative solution prototypes/products using emerging technologies and cloud architectures.
• Perform repeatable cloud migrations including rehost (lift and shift), re-platform and re-engineering of on-premises systems and IT assets (data, network, and systems/applications) into a mix of multi and hybrid cloud platforms
• Deploy and manage cloud storage and backups for variety of storage, database and analytics services
• Architecting and engineering DevSecOps solutions using tools like Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, GitOps and Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Automate various tasks for CICD, cloud management, provisioning, decommissioning, securing and optimizing applications and infrastructure in cloud
• Build API offerings for cloud solutions and distributed systems and services
• Support meeting and briefing clients at different levels, CIOs, CTOs, Managers, Solution Architects etc.

What You Will Need:

• 8-10 years of IT experience working with infrastructure or software engineering for government or commercial clients using open-source or enterprise technologies and solution frameworks
• 3-5 years of experience with Cloud / DevSecOps implementations and migrating digital applications, infrastructure and datasets to AWS or Azure or GCP and exposure to FISMA ATO process
• Experience in automating provisioning and managing of environments, topologies and workloads in cloud
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to handle customer requirements and design and engineer solutions accordingly
• Bachelors degree
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card is required for the position
• Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance at a minimum.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or IT or Engineering or related disciplines
• Exposure to hybrid or multi-cloud architectures, systems integrations and implementations
• Solutions architecture, development of white papers, proposals (for RFI/RFPs) and presentations/demos is highly desired
• One of the certifications (Associate /Professional level) AWS Solution Architect / SysOps / DevOps Engineer or Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud

The annual salary range for this position is $119,800.00-$179,700.00. Compensation de