Cloud Architect - Engineer

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Design and deliver dynamically scalable, available, fault-tolerant, reliable, and secure cloud solutions on Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Chaos engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of virtual networks and general network management functions.
• Solid knowledge of concepts of designing and developing dynamic cloud solutions.
• Solid knowledge of concepts and moving parts involved in continuous integration and delivery.
• Expert guidance to development teams regarding infrastructure.
• Interpret and provide solutions on complex technologies/architectures.
• Cloud Formation/automation / Ansible / PowerShell / DSC / Comparable Linux scripting.
• Experience equivalent to site reliability engineering, DevOps, and/or DevSecOps
• Other skills: Containerization, Linux, Database skills, security and recovery, web services and applications programming interfaces (APIs)

CORE TASKS:

• Provide strategic and support representing Design Services and the State of Michigan Cloud Strategy as a Subject Matter Expert.
• Identify and prioritize critical business functions in collaboration with organizational stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships across organizational teams.
• Consult 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.
• Coordinate with the Enterprise Architecture team for technology validation or suggestions for alternative solutions. If necessary, initiate Solution Assessments, Infrastructure Service.
• Infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
• Document and Knowledge transfer; document pipeline architecture, design decisions, and setup instructions for future reference and onboarding of new team members.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions and provide training to relevant stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition and adoption of the infrastructure deployment pipeline.
• Requests, and any applicable required documentation to implement new technology.
• Advocate 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.).
• 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.
• Define and build hypothesis around steady state behavior.
• Run experiments around real world events to define potential impact or estimate frequency.
• Tooling and Automation: Evaluate and select appropriate tools and technologies to support the infrastructure deployment pipeline. Implement and configure the chosen tools to enable