AWS Cloud, Architect

AWS Cloud, Architect

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Client: Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE)

Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect

Duration: 12 Months

No. of Hours Per Week: 40 Hours Per Week

Start Date: 07/18/2022

Location: 750 East Pratt Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202

Position Type: Contract

Interview Type: Phone/ Internet or In-person Interviews

Requirement ID: SMDAWS082BR

Description:

Responsibilities:

• Architects, develops, and implements systems, infrastructure, database, and data models to build enterprise system architectures.
• Develops and implements plans for migrating architectures.
• Develops technical reference models to include hardware and software standards.
• Implements integrated software, hardware, cloud, and mobile solutions to meet HBX and related system requirements.
• Provides direction and supervision to the IT team members in implementing coding strategies, system development processes, architectural planning, system integration testing, and implementation.
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of system architecture, provides innovative code development approaches, and supports programming, database development, and application integration efforts.
• Determine technical standards and specifications and lead the architecture, design, build and support of cloud platform components.
• Provides direction and support for all system testing efforts including unit testing, load testing, end-to-end testing, validation testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Works with developers to define, build consensus around, and implement enterprise system and application architecture to ensure performance, scalability, maintainability, extensibility, and application integration with external systems.
• Provides guidance for the implementation of enterprise systems and applications architecture, including HBX Platforms, Mobile Applications, and AWS cloud implementations and Integrations.
• Provide architecture recommendations for web application technologies and
• middleware solutions.
• Lead architecture review of applications and integrations to ensure security compliance.
• Perform periodic reviews of cloud infrastructure and Integrations to ensure platform standards are met.
• Provide recommendations on usage optimizations and cost reduction strategies for infrastructure and product deployments.
• Collaborate and consult with infrastructure and system operations teams to help automate the end-to-end operations of applications and systems in AWS Cloud.
• Design, build, maintain, document, and automate technical processes and operations using AWS cloud services.
• Develop standards and codebase to monitor and alert various cloud-based systems and applications to help ensure Service Level Agreements and other performance metrics are met.
• Monitor systems performance, troubleshoot errors, and debug.
• Adhere to all security, Project Management Office (PMO) change control, work management, and service delivery policies, processes, tools, and methodologies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience with architecting large-scale enterprise technology solutions and cloud Architecture.
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience working with architecture, design, and implementation of systems and applications using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience using Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform capabilities and best practices architectures, and engineering solutions within multiple Cloud accounts and services.
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in setting up administrator and service accounts, troubleshooting, creating/ updates, maintaining system documentation, interacting with users, and evaluating vendor products.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in design, installation, configuration, provision, and support of the Kubernetes platform, running containers, and related tools.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience working with AWS via the Command Line Interface (CLI) and management console.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in cloud automation skills and experience deploying cloud resources using Cloud Formations and/or terraform.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in the setup of high availability and Disaster Recovery (DR) environments in AWS.
• A minimum of three (3) years with automating server configuration for security including logging, key changes, and system hardening.
• Knowledge and experience architecting and configuring Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).
• Experience with managing multiple priorities and tight timelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in recommending, designing, and implementing network security solutions, tools, and services using cloud technologies to monitor and protect cloud infrastructure.
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in documenting process requirements, technical design documents, and standard operating procedures.
• A minimum of two (2) of experience in the development and implementation of vulnerability remediation strategies, configuration, and execution of vulnerability and web application scans.
• Experience in operations for firewalls, routers, and switches and the ability to formulate access control lists (ACLs) via the Command Line Interface (CLI).
• Experience in working with Kubernetes and Microservices tools such as Consul, Spinnaker, and Calico in an AWS environment.
• Experience with encryption for data in transit and at rest, and familiarity with KMS.
• Experience working with FortiGate or Cisco Firewalls.
• Proficiency in utilizing AWS IAM and implementing AWS Organization controls.
• AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional certification.
• Proficiency in utilizing AWS IAM and implementing AWS Organization controls.
• Experience with encryption for data in transit and at rest, and familiarity with KMS.
• Experience working with the Project Management Office (PMO) processes, policies, and procedures.

Note: The candidate must have the flexibility to work overtime, as needed, to include weekends, holidays, and off-hours