Software Architect

Job Description

Serve as a technical thought leader and SME for our public cloud ecosystem across the State and will plan, analyze, design, test, and deploy enhancements to our Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud and PaaS solutions and provides knowledge transfer to team members. Works directly with technical teams, customers, vendors, and executive leadership to determine Cloud requirements, analyze business impact, ROI, and sustainability. Ensures Cloud architecture meets the service delivery needs of the Division of Technology Operations. Ensures proper integration of state security standards for all Cloud systems.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• Public Cloud infrastructure expertise: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Terraform.
• Ability to integrate Cloud/ DevOps platforms with third party tools.
• Experience with AWS Governance and Best Practices (IAM, Organizations, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.).
• Experience of Azure Governance and Best Practices (RBAC, Azure AD, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of automation tools, including configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, or Chef) and infrastructure provisioning (AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, or Terraform)
• Proficient in scripting languages (PowerShell / CLI).

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• Expertise in Terraform infrastructure as code, understanding of scaling technologies and solutions, experience with AWS or other clouds, familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other container platforms, security, penetration testing and threat detection tools, and experience with ServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or Aviatrix.
• Background in DevOps, Software Development, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience with configuration management and continuous deployment.
• Experience with Linux and Windows system administration.
• Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure solutions, including enterprise directories, on-premises hosting platforms (vSphere/Hyper-V), and datacenter storage and networking.