Cloud Solutions Architect - Senior

Job Family:

Digital Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do

The Solutions Architect will be part of Cloud Solutions / Innovation & Technology group at Guidehouse Digital. You will 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 solutions for our public and private sector clients.

The Solutions Architect will work closely with clients, digital leaders, solutions architects and engineers to perform cloud assessments, migration planning, develop architecture and build turnkey platforms and, reusable solutions for cloud initiatives.   

• Support enterprise-wide technology modernization and digital systems engineering efforts across market segments and digital portfolio of projects.

• Collaborate with capture and proposal teams for growth and contract re-competes.

• Lead solutions architecture and capability development for proposals, develop whitepapers and support thought leadership initiatives.

• 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 digital systems using modern software technologies, Cloud Native and microservices architecture and API-First design patterns

• Serve as a key member of the team to support technical challenges/demonstrations and build innovative solution prototypes using emerging technologies and cloud architectures.

• Perform repeatable cloud migrations including rehost (lift and shift), re-platform and rearchitect/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

• Architect and engineer 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:

• Bachelor's degree

• 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 conducting cloud assessments, migration planning, modernizing and migrating applications, infrastructure and datasets to AWS or Azure or GCP platforms.

• Experience in automating provisioning and managing of cloud environments, topologies and workloads and associated security & compliance efforts for cloud systems roll out

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to handle customer requirements and design and engineer solutions accordingly.

• 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 $144,400.00-$216,600.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

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