Cloud Architect

MetaPhase Consulting

3d • Remote

About The Position

MetaPhase is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to provide architecture and engineering leadership for DHS enterprise applications and cloud modernization initiatives. The role designs secure, scalable cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures across AWS and Microsoft Azure, evaluates emerging technologies, develops technical roadmaps, and guides application teams from architecture through implementation and production support.

The Cloud Architect develops enterprise application and service architectures across AWS, Azure, hybrid-cloud, and DHS-hosted environments. The role includes architecture for application integration, cybersecurity, and reusable enterprise services, as well as supporting application and data migration, design reviews, and cloud capacity and performance planning. The position is remote in the U.S. and requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust suitability determination.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; the Education section also lists a BA/BS in a technical or related discipline.
• Microsoft Certified Professional Certification.
• 7+ years of combined experience in the design, analysis, and implementation of information systems architecture.
• Hands-on architecture experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience designing cloud or hybrid-cloud enterprise solutions.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, networking, identity, databases, security, and systems integration.
• Experience taking solutions from discovery and architecture through implementation and deployment.
• Ability to communicate complex architecture concepts effectively to technical and business stakeholders.
• Must be able to obtain a U.S. DHS Public Trust suitability determination.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Nice To Haves

• AWS architecture certification.
• Current Microsoft Azure architecture certification.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Office 365, SharePoint Online, ServiceNow, GitLab, and Terraform.
• DevSecOps and CI/CD architecture experience.
• Containerization and orchestration experience.
• Federal cloud security/compliance experience.
• Experience with NIST 800-53, DHS 4300A, FISMA, FedRAMP, and Section 508 environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect enterprise application and service solutions across AWS, Microsoft Azure, hybrid-cloud, and DHS-hosted environments.
• Develop target and reference architectures for cloud-based applications and enterprise services.
• Lead technical discovery and translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures.
• Develop current-state and future-state architecture diagrams, technical roadmaps, and solution designs.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend technologies and architectural approaches appropriate to customer requirements.
• Define architectures for identity and access management, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, logging and monitoring, container orchestration, source-code management, configuration management, automation and orchestration, data protection and segregation, and network and application security.
• Architect integrations between enterprise applications, APIs, databases, cloud services, identity platforms, and other DHS enterprise services.
• Support application and data migration into cloud environments.
• Conduct architecture and design reviews and assess solutions for reliability, maintainability, performance, security, and compliance.
• Support cloud capacity and performance planning.
• Partner with application developers, DevOps engineers, security engineers, business analysts, project leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Present architecture recommendations and technical solutions to senior government stakeholders.

Benefits

• Generous PTO.
• Federal holidays.
• Parental leave.
• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• FSA/HSA options.
• Commuter benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior