Senior Cloud Solutions Architect/Engineer

Plus3 IT Systems; San Bernardino (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect/Engineer to lead innovative projects in a mostly remote environment. This role involves designing and implementing cloud-native applications while ensuring high availability and scalability. You will collaborate with a dynamic team, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex problems and improve operational processes. Join a company recognized for its commitment to employee growth and well-being, and contribute to exciting cloud adoption initiatives that support federal clients. If you are passionate about automation and cloud solutions, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Training and Development

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Remote Work Options

Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 10 years of experience in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with AWS cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Evangelize methodologies for building scalable cloud services.
• Develop and design resilient cloud-native applications.
• Evaluate and modify automation for production services.

Skills

Python

Ruby

Networking

APIs

DevSecOps

Build Automation

Continuous Integration/Delivery

AWS Solutions Architect

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect/Engineer

LOCATION: D.C, Maryland, Virginia, St. Louis, MO - mostly remote work

CLEARANCE LEVEL: Active TS/SCI

Who YOU are:
As a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect/Engineer at Plus3 IT Systems, you:

• Are passionate about working on cutting-edge, high-profile projects and are motivated by delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule.
• Aren’t satisfied with status quo, and regularly look for creative ways to solve problems and help your team meet commitments.
• Are insatiably curious – you ask why, you explore, and you’re not afraid to blurt out your crazy idea.
• Are a strong self-performer that also flourishes in a team setting; and love the ability to work on multiple clients/projects simultaneously.
• Love learning new technologies and sharing them with your team.
• Have a keen interest in using any and all appropriate tools, especially Cloud-based and Open Source, to solve the problem at hand.
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills, due to the dynamic nature of collaborations with customers, vendors, and other engineering teams to solve complex business problems together.
• Use your experience and leadership skills to motivate your teammates to deliver high quality results in a fast-paced work environment.
• Are obsessed with automation, simplicity, and smooth-running systems.

Who We Are:

• A 2023 “Top Work Places” recipient (https://topworkplaces.com/company/plus3-it-systems/).
• A company committed to your training, technical experience growth, and well being.
• Uniquely positioned and ready to expand, with your help, into more complex and technically challenging environments.
• Built upon subject matter expertise supporting the Federal Government with a focus on Cloud Adoption, Cloud Security, Cloud Enabled Data Analytics, Cloud Native Application Development, and DevSecOps.
• A small business with big partners such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Azure), and Google (Cloud Platform) and other technology partners:
• Immuta
• Databricks
• GitLab
• RedHat
• Multiple Prime contract holder (GSA, SITE III, JAIC DRAID, and NDE).
• Always a committed partner with our customers and laser-focused on their mission.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evangelize methodologies for building and operating highly available, scalable services.
• Provide assistance in reducing and resolving production incidents (e.g., Site Reliability Engineering).
• Look for opportunities to improve all operations processes.
• Evaluate, build, and modify automation for deploying and operating production services.
• Create, assess, update, and maintain documentation pertaining to Product Lines.
• Develop and design elastic, resilient, and self-healing Cloud-native applications.
• Craft excellent documentation for respective projects and carry ownership of the code and the instructional tutorials on how to use it.
• Work with team members to design, architect, and implement solutions across geographic locations.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Python or Ruby ideally in SOA applications.
• A solid understanding of networking and core Internet protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, and distributed networks).
• Understanding of industry standards for building services in IaaS/PaaS/SaaS in Cloud environments.
• Knowledge of APIs and RESTful services.
• Understanding of DevSecOps.
• Good working knowledge of build automation and continuous integration/delivery ecosystem: Git, Gerrit, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, Nexus.
• Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Fabric.
• Understanding of DevSecOps.
• Certified AWS Solutions Architect.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher, or ten years experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline.
• Master degree or fifteen years experience in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• Five plus years of experience with AWS cloud services.
• Five years experience finding and fixing critical, customer-facing production issues.
• Experience in the development of object-oriented software with languages like Java, C++.
• Experience with modern container orchestration systems: Kubernetes, Mesos, DC/OS, Swarm.
• Experience with Linux/UNIX systems and the best practices for deploying applications to those stacks.