Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect

Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect

Work Type: Full Time (Hybrid)
Location: Washington, DC

Job Description: GridIron IT is seeking a Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect with a technical background and deep experience in full stack development business analysis, risk management, data driven investment control, IT architecture, infrastructure, cloud development, engineering, software architecture design, DevOps, communications skills, big data design and enterprise data platform design.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for participating in the full systems life cycle with solution design, development, implementation, and product support using scrum and other agile methodologies.
• Designs and develops IT solutions that most efficiently and effectively meet defined business needs and requirements, while ensuring alignment to an organization's Enterprise Architecture and IT strategic goals.
• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services primarily on specific cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support the organization's applications and platform.
• Supports creation of new agile processes and recommends changes and improvements to current processes and supporting tools.
• Conducting an evaluation of the computer system architecture with an emphasis on the design.
• Creating and maintaining or enhancing procedures, processes and designs for a computer system.
• Ensuring that the application architecture team can deliver system solutions for computer architecture.
• Responsible for designing and building solutions that best meet the business needs and are aligned with the IT strategy and modernization roadmaps.
• Experience working with major application development platforms (Azure, SalesForce, ServiceNow).
• Strong background in architecture with real-world experience of architecting, designing, and delivering large IT projects.
• Ability to build strong relationships across the business and IT.
• Able to understand the long-term needs of the solution you are developing, and enable delivery by building a rapport with team members both inside and outside of the organization.
• Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure solutions that are scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective.
• Comfortable rolling up your sleeves, getting involved, and diving into delivery challenges.
• Experience in building and leading a tight-knit delivery team. Experience accomplishing exceptional project outcomes in a respectful and supportive culture.
• A proven grasp of architecture development and design thinking in an agile environment.
• Ability to adapt delivery techniques to drive outstanding project delivery.
• Experience developing others to build architecture capability across an organization.
• Exposure to adjacent technology domains such as other platforms, networks, and cyber security.
• Good interpersonal skills including the ability to relate complex topics in simple and accessible language.
• Effective team player, naturally looking beyond your own area/organizational boundaries to consider the bigger picture and/or perspective of others and build trust-based relationships with leaders and employees.
• Able to use insight and good judgment to deliver commercially sound, efficient and pragmatic decisions and solutions, and to respond to situations as they arise.
• Good hands-on skills in key technologies, and an ability to rapidly assess new technologies with a commercial mindset.
• Advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience (10 years) as a Solutions Architect or a similar role.
• 5-7 years of hands-on experience with Azure Cloud
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise IT architecture, systems integration, and software development.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., DevOps, TOGAF, Azure Certified Solutions Architect, Red Hat Certified Architect) are a plus.
• Identifying, testing and managing risk: Identify and evaluate the risk to eliminate or mitigate risk in a computer system or network.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Communication skills: To communicate with all stakeholders such as software engineers, management, clients and vendors, they must convey technical language to other
  stakeholders often in non-technical terms.
• Strong proficiency with specific cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP and its services (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Azure App Service, GCP Compute Engine, etc.).

Requirements:

• U.S Citizenship
• This position is currently hybrid (remote/onsite) and will require working onsite at minimum three times a week.
• Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary Range: $155,000-170,000 (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)
Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron's benefits programs.
Gridiron IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status.
Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies. Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.