Cloud Architect

Title: Cloud Architect Location: Remote Duration: 12 months+ Engagement: The State of Michigan is looking for three different candidates with a focus on cloud engineering Cloud deployment. This role will wear multiple hats assisting State of Michigan Cloud Architects and team to comprehend objectives, generate solutions, POC the solution, generate recommendations then implement the decisions. These Cloud Architect / Engineers will be involved in the design, implementation and management of technology-based business solutions based on Cloud Service models to improve our clients’ delivery approach. This position will assist with the build out of a multi-cloud environment such as the public, private, and hybrid clouds for successful delivery of cloud products. This professional draws on solid knowledge of the State of Michigan cloud architecture and platform when developing and deploying dynamic cloud solutions. Skill Matrix: Required Cloud Delivery Engineer / Architect Solid knowledge of concepts of designing and developing dynamic Cloud solutions and moving parts involved in continuous integration and delivery. Experience with Tooling and Automation to enable seamless automation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration. Pipeline Design and Architecture to improve development flow and delivery. Solid understanding and skill with DevOps, web services and application programming interfaces (APIs). Create, maintain, and troubleshooting skills for cloud infrastructure Highly Desirable Experience with Servers, Infrastructure, Platform Sizing, Infrastructure Cost Reduction Cloud security and compliance experience Highly Desirable Certification(s): Google – Professional Cloud Architect AWS – Solution Architect – Professional Azure – MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Highly Desirable 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)