GCP Cloud Architect

About the position As a Cloud Architect, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization, and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with 8-10 years experience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation. Responsibilities • Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer • Design cloud environments and demonstrate technical cloud architectural knowledge, playing a vital role in the design of production, staging, QA, and development of cloud infrastructures running in 24×7 environments • Implement and oversee cloud strategies include migrations and optimization • Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation • Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers • Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes • Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results • Perform root cause analysis on complex business processes and technical components. • Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats • Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and ‘fixes’ • Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended • Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD • Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations • Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems • Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members • Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided • Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members. Requirements • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance • Candidates must be local to the Washington, DC metro as required work on-site in Bethesda, MD, two (2) days per week • BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience • 10+ Years of total experience • 8 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions • 8 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP) • Hands-on experience as a Cloud Architect with expertise in GCP • 8 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket • 8 Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment • 8 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration • 8 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration • 5 Years of Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics • Must have and maintain an active, relevant certification Nice-to-haves • MS Degree in an IT-related field • Certifications: • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional • GCP Professional CLoud Architect • Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert • Microsoft Certified Solution Architect Expert • SAFe DevOps Certification • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills • Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred • Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby • Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes • Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible