Practice Architect II (SRE CloudOps)

TEKsystems; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Cloud Platform Architect to own the end-to-end architecture and implementation of cloud platforms on AWS and GCP. You will design production-grade reference architectures for multi-account AWS and multi-project GCP environments, Kubernetes platforms like EKS and GKE, and hybrid/multi-cloud deployments.

The role involves hands-on architecture validation, PoCs, and complex customer implementations, with leadership in applying SRE-first principles, SLI/SLOs, and reliability

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture and implementation of cloud platforms on AWS and GCP.
• Design and implement production-grade reference architectures for multi-account (AWS) and multi-project (GCP) environments, Kubernetes platforms (EKS, GKE), and hybrid/multi-cloud deployments.
• Remain hands-on with architecture validation, PoCs, and complex customer implementations.
• Lead platform design using SRE-first principles, including SLI/SLOs, error budgets, and reliability trade-off decisions.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Platform Architecture (Hands-on Ownership)

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture and implementation of cloud platforms on AWS and GCP.
• Design and implement production-grade reference architectures for:
  • Multi-account (AWS) and multi-project (GCP) environments
  • Kubernetes platforms (EKS, GKE)
  • Hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise deployments
• Remain hands-on with architecture validation, PoCs, and complex customer implementations.

Reliability Engineering & SRE Excellence

• Lead platform design using SRE-first principles, including:
  • SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability trade-off decisions