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ALTA IT Services is seeking a Cloud Architect / Solutions Specialist to support one of our clients in Rockville, MD. We are looking for a bright, energetic, customer service oriented professional to join our team. The ideal candidate for this position will play a critical role in developing a cloud services delivery model for enterprise hosting and storage services, and will help to operate and maintain multiple cloud systems for the client. Responsibilities
Primarily responsible for the client’s cloud infrastructure architecture and associated observability / instrumentation of various services using tools such as DataDog, Dynatrace, or similar APMs. Develop a cloud services delivery and operational model, keeping track of cloud activities, developing and moving applications to the cloud, and specifying computing demands. Provide advice to leadership regarding establishing and maintaining enterprise platform and cloud services. Develop a well-informed cloud approach and adoption process for the IT team. Develop capabilities within an enterprise cloud infrastructure to host workloads across the enterprise Assist with infrastructure migration strategies, such as mass application transfers to the cloud. Monitor and maintain security and privacy compliance within cloud-based solutions. Respond to technical requests and incidents in a timely and competent manner, following the client’s standard operating procedures and guidelines. Identify cloud architecture frameworks to help the client accomplish its strategic goals (e.g., for multi-cloud support). Perform activities such as deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and management inside the cloud framework that has been created. Assess project-specific requirements and devise approaches to optimize resource use and enable the required scalability/flexibility for the project/workload. Work closely with other IT service areas, such as Identity and Access Management, Network Services, and Information Security to develop new solutions and maintain compliance with the client’s policies and procedures. Perform capacity planning to help keep track of cloud cost and usage, and ensure that contingency plans are established and available. Conduct migrations to transfer applications and other tools and services to the cloud. Ensure that critical applications hosted on the cloud are designed and optimized for high availability and disaster recovery in a cloud environment. Maintain the cloud hosting capabilities through code/configuration pipelines (e.g., Infrastructure as Code), and provide environments to the IC customers to build their systems and applications. Perform security and gap analyses on a regular basis and in a timely manner following the client’s policies and guidelines. Qualifications
At least a Bachelor’s degree in information science, computer science, mathematics, or a related technical field At least 4 years of professional work experience with cloud technology and with more than one cloud service provider (CSP) platform (e.g., among Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI) Hands-on experience working with cloud architecture and tools Experience in migration of enterprise applications to the cloud Experience in designing, planning, implementing, and supporting enterprise applications and storage in a cloud environment using technologies such as Unix/Linux, Windows, Oracle, SQL, Java, .Net, and other web application technologies Additional Experience / Certifications
Active certification in any of the major cloud service providers/platforms Experience working for and/or with the federal government Experience with multiple cloud storage technologies (e.g., AWS EBS, S3, S3IA, Glacier; Azure Blob, Azure File; Google Cloud Storage, Filestore, etc.) and knowledge of the security, cost, and performance implications Experience with capacity planning, performance analysis, disaster recovery planning, storage configuration, and/or storage consolidation Experience with backup and disaster recovery for cloud environments, including using cloud as an alternate location for on-premises backups Experience with managing cloud infrastructure as code Solid understanding and hands-on experience with multi-cloud architecture, cloud computing, cloud storage, and cloud support operations and technology systems, as well as experience in designing and migrating applications to the cloud The ability to communicate effectively to coordinate cloud migration strategies and support for the client, including coordinating with the client technical teams to align approaches with the broader enterprise capabilities
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ALTA IT Services is seeking a Cloud Architect / Solutions Specialist to support one of our clients in Rockville, MD. We are looking for a bright, energetic, customer service oriented professional to join our team. The ideal candidate for this position will play a critical role in developing a cloud services delivery model for enterprise hosting and storage services, and will help to operate and maintain multiple cloud systems for the client. Responsibilities
Primarily responsible for the client’s cloud infrastructure architecture and associated observability / instrumentation of various services using tools such as DataDog, Dynatrace, or similar APMs. Develop a cloud services delivery and operational model, keeping track of cloud activities, developing and moving applications to the cloud, and specifying computing demands. Provide advice to leadership regarding establishing and maintaining enterprise platform and cloud services. Develop a well-informed cloud approach and adoption process for the IT team. Develop capabilities within an enterprise cloud infrastructure to host workloads across the enterprise Assist with infrastructure migration strategies, such as mass application transfers to the cloud. Monitor and maintain security and privacy compliance within cloud-based solutions. Respond to technical requests and incidents in a timely and competent manner, following the client’s standard operating procedures and guidelines. Identify cloud architecture frameworks to help the client accomplish its strategic goals (e.g., for multi-cloud support). Perform activities such as deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and management inside the cloud framework that has been created. Assess project-specific requirements and devise approaches to optimize resource use and enable the required scalability/flexibility for the project/workload. Work closely with other IT service areas, such as Identity and Access Management, Network Services, and Information Security to develop new solutions and maintain compliance with the client’s policies and procedures. Perform capacity planning to help keep track of cloud cost and usage, and ensure that contingency plans are established and available. Conduct migrations to transfer applications and other tools and services to the cloud. Ensure that critical applications hosted on the cloud are designed and optimized for high availability and disaster recovery in a cloud environment. Maintain the cloud hosting capabilities through code/configuration pipelines (e.g., Infrastructure as Code), and provide environments to the IC customers to build their systems and applications. Perform security and gap analyses on a regular basis and in a timely manner following the client’s policies and guidelines. Qualifications
At least a Bachelor’s degree in information science, computer science, mathematics, or a related technical field At least 4 years of professional work experience with cloud technology and with more than one cloud service provider (CSP) platform (e.g., among Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI) Hands-on experience working with cloud architecture and tools Experience in migration of enterprise applications to the cloud Experience in designing, planning, implementing, and supporting enterprise applications and storage in a cloud environment using technologies such as Unix/Linux, Windows, Oracle, SQL, Java, .Net, and other web application technologies Additional Experience / Certifications
Active certification in any of the major cloud service providers/platforms Experience working for and/or with the federal government Experience with multiple cloud storage technologies (e.g., AWS EBS, S3, S3IA, Glacier; Azure Blob, Azure File; Google Cloud Storage, Filestore, etc.) and knowledge of the security, cost, and performance implications Experience with capacity planning, performance analysis, disaster recovery planning, storage configuration, and/or storage consolidation Experience with backup and disaster recovery for cloud environments, including using cloud as an alternate location for on-premises backups Experience with managing cloud infrastructure as code Solid understanding and hands-on experience with multi-cloud architecture, cloud computing, cloud storage, and cloud support operations and technology systems, as well as experience in designing and migrating applications to the cloud The ability to communicate effectively to coordinate cloud migration strategies and support for the client, including coordinating with the client technical teams to align approaches with the broader enterprise capabilities
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