Senior Federal Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead

KPMG LLP; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP is seeking a Senior Specialist to join our Federal Advisory practice. You will rapidly architect, design, prototype, implement, and optimize cloud architectures, and develop cloud platforms using infrastructure as code.

You will collaborate with industry professionals to translate client needs into production infrastructures on Azure, AWS, or GCP, leveraging Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker, and contributing to DevOps, monitoring, and security best practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of technical cloud engineering experience, with federal government consulting preferred.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• Experience designing cloud architectures and implementing production infrastructures on Azure, AWS, or GCP using infrastructure as code.
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker; Terraform/Ansible/Chef/Puppet preferred.
• Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements; eligible for U.S. government clearance.
• Unix/Linux proficiency and familiarity with Git/SVN for source control.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly architect, design, prototype, implement, and optimize cloud architectures
• Develop cloud platforms / applications utilizing infrastructure as code methodologies to solve real world problems ensuring quality and compliance following best industry practices
• Work in cross-disciplinary teams with KPMG industry professionals to understand client needs and be part of teams developing holistic operational solutions & applications contributing to cloud infrastructure / DevOps capabilities
• Research, experiment, and utilize leading cloud methodologies / new tools for increased productivity, security, reliability, and performance
• Progress tools / services useful in cloud DevOps environments such as performance monitoring, security monitoring, deployment / configuration, continuous integration / build servers, and cloud resource creation scripts
• Contribute to business requirements capture / translation, hypothesis-driven consulting, workstream / project management, and client relationship development

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps

Infrastructure as code

Security

Unix/Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Docker

Job description

KPMG LLP is seeking a Senior Specialist to join our Federal Advisory practice. You will rapidly architect, design, prototype, implement, and optimize cloud architectures, and develop cloud platforms using infrastructure as code.

You will collaborate with industry professionals to translate client needs into production infrastructures on Azure, AWS, or GCP, leveraging Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker, and contributing to DevOps, monitoring, and security best practices.