Sr. Cloud Engineer/Architect at Lansing, MI

Elite WorkForce•Lansing, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves providing strategic and architectural support as a Subject Matter Expert for Design Services and the State of Michigan Cloud Strategy. The engineer will identify critical business functions, build relationships across teams, and consult with various specialists to ensure compliance with department policies and the technology roadmap. Responsibilities include leading the development of technical artifacts, producing architectural framework documents, and representing architecture in project planning. The role requires a broad understanding of technology areas and end-to-end knowledge of current installations to craft enterprise-wide architectural solutions and standards. Additionally, the engineer will define and build hypotheses around steady-state behavior, run experiments to assess impact, and build automation for orchestration and analysis. Expertise is needed in adhering to best practice security framework controls and regulatory compliance requirements. The role also involves assisting with cloud infrastructure design, developing architecture models for test, development, and production environments, communicating complex technical concepts, designing cloud cost management solutions, providing performance analysis and troubleshooting, and designing/testing large-scale workload and data migrations. Direct support will be provided to technical and non-technical entities for requirements definition and solution delivery, including environment deployment, upgrades, performance tuning, testing, and disaster recovery. Integration with on-premises technologies from various vendors is also a key aspect.

Requirements

Design and deliver secure cloud solutions on Azure, AWS, GCP.
Strong understanding of Linux OS.
Chaos engineering experience
Strong understanding of virtual networks and general network management functions.
Solid knowledge of concepts of designing and developing dynamic cloud solutions.
Solid knowledge of concepts and moving parts involved in continuous integration and delivery.
Expert guidance to development teams regarding infrastructure.
Interpret and provide solutions on complex technologies/architectures.
Cloud Formation / automation / Ansible / PowerShell / DSC / Comparable Linux scripting.
Experience equivalent to site reliability engineering, DevOps, and/or DevSecOps
Solid knowledge of concepts of designing and developing dynamic Cloud solutions and moving parts involved in continuous integration and delivery.
Guidance to development teams regarding infrastructure
Cloud Architecting for cloud infrastructure
Create, maintain, and troubleshooting skills for cloud infrastructure
Experience with Servers, Infrastructure, Platform Sizing, Infrastructure Cost Reduction
Cloud security experience
Chaos engineering experience

Nice To Haves

Google – Professional Cloud Architect
AWS – Solution Architect – Professional
Azure – MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and architectural support representing Design Serivces and the State of Michigan Cloud Strategy as a Subject Matter Expert.
Identify and prioritize critical business functions in collaboration with organizational stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships across organizational teams.
Consult with vendor product specialists/sales, independent research organizations, on-site support engineers and fellow architects and administrators on best-fit technologies to ensure compliance to department policies & standards and technology roadmap.
Coordinate with Enterprise Architecture team for technology validation or suggestions for alternative solutions. If necessary, initiate Solution Assessments, Infrastructure Service. Requests, and any applicable required documentation to implement new technology.
Advocate the use of emerging cyber security best practices, technologies, developing standards and procedures, promoting the usage of automated tools, developing strategies, and aligning practices with enterprise strategic initiatives.
Lead the development of technical artifacts including Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Detailed Technical Design, Security Architecture Plan, Services Description Document, etc.
Produce architectural framework documents (i.e., white papers, guidance documents, best practices, technical reports, etc.).
Project contributor representing architecture and participates in project plan development.
Leverage broad-based understanding of technology areas and end-to-end knowledge of current installations to craft architectural solutions or standards that can be applied across the enterprise.
Define and build hypothesis around steady state behavior.
Run experiments around real world events to define potential impact or estimate frequency.
Build automation into systems to drive both orchestration and analysis.
Provide support and subject matter expertise with respect to adherence to best practice security framework controls and other industry-based regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., NIST 800-37, 800-53, 800-171, 800-204, 800-207, CIS, PCI, IRS-Pub 1075, CJIS, and related).
Assist with cloud infrastructure design and develop detailed architecture models for the client to host test, development, and production environments.
Communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical ability.
Design and develop cloud cost management solutions.
Provide performance analysis & troubleshooting.
Design and test large-scale workload and data migrations.
Provide direct support to technical and non-technical entities to define requirements and deliver solutions to meet organizational needs including new environment deployment, upgrades, performance tuning, testing and disaster recovery.
Integrate cloud services with on-premises technologies from Microsoft, Dell, EMC, HP, Nutanix, Cohesity, Pure Storage, VMware, Cisco, and Rubrick.