Cloud Engineering (Remote Working)

Cloud Architect Role

Apex is hiring for a Cloud Architect role to support the State of Michigan. Top Skills & Years of Experience: 3-5 years minimum Cloud Architect Experience Cloud environments such as the public, private and hybrid clouds Solid knowledge of concepts of designing and developing dynamic Cloud solutions and moving parts involved in continuous integration and delivery Expert guidance to development teams regarding infrastructure Computer Network Defense Enterprise Architecture, including Cloud services

Remote or On-site: Open to remote work.

This role develops computing strategies, which incorporates cloud adoption plans, application design, management, and monitoring. Additional responsibilities include support for application architecture and deployment in cloud environments ensures security requirements necessary to protect the organization’s business processes are adequately addressed in all aspects including segment and solution architectures, and the resulting systems supporting those missions and business processes.

This cloud architect will assist with cloud environments such as the public, private, and hybrid clouds. This professional draws on solid knowledge of the company’s cloud architecture and platform when designing and developing dynamic cloud solutions.

A cloud architect should have solid knowledge about the concepts and moving parts involved in continuous integration and delivery. Contractor (staff augmentation) Resource

Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday

3 – 5 years’ experience as a Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Google – Professional Cloud Architect

AWS – Solution Architect – Professional

Cloud Platform and Infrastructure

Experience with Servers, Infrastructure, Platform Sizing, Infrastructure Cost Reduction

Assists with cloud environments such as the public, private and hybrid clouds.

Solid knowledge of concepts of designing and developing dynamic cloud solutions

Solid knowledge of concepts and moving parts involved in continuous integration and delivery

Computer Network Defense

Enterprise Architecture, including cloud services

Information Technology Assessment

Risk Management

Telecommunications

Consults with vendor product specialists/sales, independent research organizations, on-site support engineers and fellow architects and administrators on best-fit technologies to ensure compliance to department policies & standards and technology roadmap.

Experience equivalent to site reliability engineering, DevOps, and/or DevSecOps

Advocates the use of emerging cyber security best practices, technologies, developing standards and procedures, promoting the usage of automated tools, developing strategies, and aligning practices with enterprise strategic initiatives.

Lead the development of technical artifacts including Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Detailed Technical Design, Security Architecture Plan, Services Description Document, etc.

Produce architectural framework documents (i.e., white papers, guidance documents, best practices, technical reports, etc.).

Project contributor representing architecture and participates in project plan development.

Provides project estimates based on experience with cloud implementation-based projects and programs.

Leverage broad-based understanding of technology areas and end-to-end knowledge of current installations to craft architectural solutions or standards that can be applied across the enterprise.

Operate within the context of the State of Michigan – State Unified IT Environment (SUITE) process methodology.

Provide strategic and architectural support representing Design Services and the State of Michigan Cloud Strategy as a Subject Matter Expert.

Provide support and subject matter expertise with respect to adherence to best practice security framework controls and other industry-based regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., Oversee cloud infrastructure design and develop detailed architecture models for the client to host test, development, and production environments

Develop and document technical designs for integration and implementation of new cloud applications and systems

Design and develop cloud cost management solutions

Provide performance analysis & troubleshooting

Design and test large-scale workload and data migrations

Provide direct support to technical and non-technical entities to define requirements and deliver solutions to meet organizational needs including new environment deployment, upgrades, performance tuning, testing and disaster recovery

Provide solutions design and implementation services for backup and recovery, high availability storage architecture, and data replication for disaster recovery

Plan for system and application migration(s) to the cloud, adhering to the technical and business requirements.