AWS Cloud Architect

Job Description

Description:

*Hybrid in Washington, DC*

Industry leading non-profit scientific organization serving global membership community

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis.

Rate: $130,000 - $150,000k/year

Responsibilities:

As a Cloud Architect, you will be instrumental in implementing and managing cloud solutions. This role demands a profound understanding of cloud services, especially in Amazon Web Services (AWS), with GCP experience being a substantial advantage. Your expertise will be critical in the development and management of our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration and efficient operation across our extensive range of scientific and scholarly publications, national conferences, and other services.

Design, implement, and manage cloud solutions in AWS, with GCP experience as an added advantage.

Take ownership of the provisioning of Cloud services and products. Develop and manage infrastructure automation focusing on scalability and security.

Work closely with software and AI engineer teams to meet project acceptance criteria, document requirements, support continuous integration and delivery, and mentor junior staff members in cloud technologies and best practices.

Experience with Design, develop, and manage dev, test, and production environments, ensuring robust software configuration management throughout the application development lifecycle.

Extensive understanding of Cloud Agnostic architectures using Kubernetes and other solutions.

Extensive experience in implementing AWS EKS clusters, management and scaling of the clusters with a good knowledge of traffic in/ouflows via subnet configurations and gateways. Linux experience is a plus.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipeline, ensuring smooth deployments and integrations using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and containerization strategies.

Manage Kubernetes clusters within cloud environments, optimizing for performance and reliability.

Utilize Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code to automate and manage cloud infrastructure.

Work with serverless computing frameworks on AWS to enhance application scalability and efficiency.

Work on Org Units, IAM roles to define efficient and cost-effective operating models for all of publication assets.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting, to provide architecture support on AWS

Integrate and help manage legacy workflows using ArgoCD, Airflow, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Bamboo pipelines.

Act as a tech owner of independent software products and aliasing with stakeholders.

Present Cloud solution and architecture to technical and business stakeholders

Take the ownership of cloud design and infrastructure operation.

Learn new and latest cloud and Ai technologies to advise and architect modern solutions.

Mentor Cloud engineers and build team for effective Cloud Operations.

Assist and manage the roadmap for DevOps implementation in established operations, with expertise in continuous delivery, DevOps solutions, and integrated toolset solutions in an enterprise environment.

Assist DevSecOps practices, including secret management, privilege management, and integrating tools to enhance baseline security.

Experience Requirements:

· 10 years:

10 years overall hands-on experience in either infrastructure engineering, software engineering, or data engineering including at least 7 years of hands-on experience in architecting and building IT solutions in AWS (GCP is a plus).

Proven experience in containerization, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD.

Experience with approaches and tooling for automated build, delivery, and release of software in Cloud.

· 5 years:

Strong communication and leadership skills to effectively collaborate with various teams, lead cloud initiatives, and mentor junior staff.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.

Advanced or professional certifications in Cloud are advantageous.

Deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience with a broad range of DevOps tools. Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform. Expertise in tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Maven, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Proficiency in Terraform.

Proficiency in Python or Java programming languages.

Preferred:

· Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

· Expertise in compute clustering in AWS (GCP is a plus).

· Expertise in cloud serverless computing infrastructure on AWS (GCP is a plus).

· Experience in LLM and its applications preferred but not required.

· Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

· Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject

· Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

· Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

· Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Licenses & Certifications (Preferred)

· AWS System Ops Administrator Associate

· AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

· AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

· AWS Certified Solutions Architect

· Professional Kubernetes certification

Education Requirements:

Bachelors Degree required

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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