DevOps Architect
Softrams
- USA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage devOps Team leads within assigned portfolio
- Ensure services provided to our program and clients exceed expectations set forth in Cloud Practices SOP.
- Identifying and implementing the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the program.
- Advising and mentoring project teams on cloud best practices and well architected frameworks
- Evaluating and advising government customers on recommended solutions.
- Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required.
- Designing and implementing Kubernetes based architecture using infrastructure as code
- Working in existing Kubernetes clusters to improve and streamline applications and architecture.
- Strong experience and expertise in HELM
- Employing exceptional problem-solving skills.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert for project's cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS networking, provisioning, and management.
- Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability)
- Demonstrate leadership ability to support decisions with research and the “why,” and articulate options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation
- Advocate and define cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective, including internal and external platforms, tools, and systems
- Provide support and technical governance, expertise related to cloud architectures, deployment, and operations
- Orchestrating and automating cloud-based platforms throughout the program.
- Assist with monitoring & reporting technical variances; facilitate resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery.
- Assist with identifying and supporting external dependencies where needed
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering, or related technical field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in systems engineering or 4 additional years in lieu of degree
- Extensive experience with Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) to include application migration.
- Experience with devOps roles and CI/CD pipelines
- Current and Advanced hands-on experience in Terraform, Jenkins, Git, AWS and Kubernetes
- Ability to balance and complete multiple priorities in an accelerated timeframe.
- Experience in managing devOps engineers.
- Strong Experience with talking to high level managers, directors and government clients.
- Multiple current Professional and Architect level Certifications, with desire to grow and learn more.
- Demonstrate forward thinking around where the project's roadmap and how cloud-based technology can support these efforts.
- Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision ofworkaround solution or escalation to product owners.
- Previous experience leading a team and prioritizing work.
- Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systemsengineers and architects
- Ability to work well/collaborate with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience
- Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution situations involving thefull spectrum of system integration activities
- Experience Writing whitepapers/case studies/blogs
- Architect level Experience in Multiple Cloud platforms. (Some combination of) Amazon, Azure, GCP
- Strong technical aptitude
- Strategic experience with container deployment architecture using Kubernetes
- Experience with big data applications.