We are looking for an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect, a Subject Matter Expert in Azure and AWS cloud infrastructure and network technologies, specializing in creative solutions and strong customer engagement in support of Azure and AWS SaaS and PaaS implementations with primary focus on big data, as well as enterprise data warehouse and data lake environments hosted in AWS. This forward-thinking and cloud-focused solutions architect will provide leadership and a key role in a team to design AWS cloud architecture, specifically focusing on big data, application hosting solutions based on customer requirements, as well as being able to make recommendations using a balanced mix of technical and business skills.
Responsibilities:
- Experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management, security, or operations.
- Experience with multiple public cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Experience relocating ERP application to a cloud-native environment.
- Ensures that standards set by Data, Security, Infrastructure, Platform, and other architecture domains are followed when designing and architecting cloud solutions.
- Demonstrate deep subject matter leadership of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multitenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability).
- Manage the development and implementation of cloud strategy, develop the architecture governance framework, and define architecture foundations.
- Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.
- Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high quality services/products.
- Identifies best practices and standards for the use of the product.
- Delivers support and design for industry specific technologies that require integration with systems or networks.
- Interacts with executive level business users or technical experts.
- Functions as a niche technical SME.
- Lead experience with technical expertise across large, complex implementations for systems.
- Define and enforce Cloud architecture best practices: availability, redundancy schemes, performance, Disaster Recovery, data, and integration patterns.
- Troubleshoot issues across the entire stack: IaaS, PaaS, services, applications, network, and security
- Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
- Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results. Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirements specifications.
- Provides consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top-level contributor/specialist of most phases of systems analysis, while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.
Skills / Qualifications:
- Cloud DevOps experience
- Broad technology experience across several of these areas including, applications development, relational or NoSQL database, DevOps, containers, CI/CD
- Must have minimum of 8 years of experience in the design and implementation of cloud workloads in Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Experience with cloud networking and network security, including virtual networks, network security groups, cloud-native firewalls, etc.
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
- 8 -10 yrs. experience in one or more architecture domains (e.g., business architecture, solutions architecture, application architecture)
- 8 -10 yrs. preparing complex technical documentation
- 8 - 10 yrs. experience in managing large operational cloud environments spanning multiple tenants through techniques such as Multi-Account management
- Minimum 3 years of microservice architectural experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working exclusively on designing and implementing cloud-native workloads.
- Experience with application lifecycle tools (Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Bamboo, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, Cloudformation, etc.).
- Certified AWS Solutions Architect Professional
- Certified Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Professional
About Avid Systems
Avid Systems is a Washington DC based global managed services provider with a focus on cloud enablement, infrastructure, mobility, virtualization, security, storage and cyber security. Avid Systems combines unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions. Continuous innovation and rapid transformation have been themes throughout Avid Systems’ history, which the company traces to 2004.
At Avid Systems our mission is quite simple: to be the best at what we do, providing our customers with the highest quality business and technology consulting services at the most competitive rates, while maintaining a level of integrity and customer dedication that is rare in the industry. We take great pride in our technical expertise and our ability to apply that expertise to the everyday challenges that face our customers. Our vision is to succeed where others have failed, by closing the gap between today’s technology and the future.
Our values and our vision support and enhance our corporate values
- We are 100% Customer Focused - We anticipate and meet the needs of our customers with our expertise, efficiency and relentless focus on exceeding their expectations. We are driven by our guiding principle, that the customer’s mission is our commitment.
- Earned Trust - We earn our customers' trust by delivering excellent performance in an ethical way. Our business decisions are based on traditional values – honesty, trust and integrity.
Three Reasons why Avid is a great place to work
- Employee Focused, we believe that the success of the company starts and ends with the success of our employees.
- Employee Training, all our employees get training and certification classes on the latest technologies.
- Employee Benefits, our benefits packages are excellent.