Position: Cloud Architect

Location: Hybrid role, up to 3 days per week on-site in Trenton, NJ

Contract Length: 6+ months

W2 Employees only

Job Description

We are looking for a Cloud Architect to design, develop, implement, utilize, and conform to enterprise cloud architecture application solutions, strategies, processes, and standards, focusing on expertise in cloud technologies. This position will be full-time contract and hybrid.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years' professional hands-on IT experience working with Windows Server or Linux environments
• 5+ years' experience working with Agile Methods and modern technology environments
• 4+ years' experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM, EBS AND Cloud formation
• 2+ years' experience in Migrating from On-prem to Cloud using cloud infrastructure on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions
• 2 years' experience leading cross-functional project teams, workgroups
• 4 years' interpersonal and leadership skills that demonstrate collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management, and influence

Preferred:

• Knowledge and experience with some of the major CSPs (AWS, Azure, IBM & Google)
• Experience designing IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS architectures
• Knowledge of Service Registries and Cloud brokers
• Understands Stateful and Stateless services
• Knowledge of web services technologies- Restful services
• Understands distributed systems, databases, and search systems
• Experience in establishing and implementing governance model for the Cloud Migration and transformation efforts
• Experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in an AWS cloud environment
• Demonstrated proficiency in understanding enterprise architecture life cycle methodologies

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, implement, utilize, and conform to enterprise cloud architecture application solutions, strategies, processes, and standards, focusing on expertise in cloud technologies
• Collaborate with business owners, Analysts, Engineers, development teams, and infrastructure services to define, establish, and communicate application and data architecture standards, policies, and directions
• Design high-quality architectures and drive architecture activities that are aligned with organization requirements set by leadership on behalf of stakeholders and are consistent with enterprise architectural standards