AWS Solution Architect Location: Durham, NC

Job Title: AWS Solution Architect

Location: Durham, NC (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Note: *** Hybrid: Local candidates strongly preferred, or non-local candidates who are willing to relocate at their own expense from acceptance with no delays. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION.

Responsibilities and Skills:

Solution Architect/Engineer

Job id: #714737

Office of NC FAST, 79 TW Alexander Drive, Durham, NC – 27709

Client: NCDHHS

Question:

Please list AWS based tools and technologies on which the candidate has hands-on experience.?
The client is requesting that candidates are able to provide 2 references prior to final selection. The references must be recent from a Sr Manager/Director overseeing the candidate’s work. Do you accept this requirement?

Description:

The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an experienced Solution Architect / Engineer. This resource is responsible to work across the entire Cloud Services organization and ensure cloud solution are implemented as specified

The position responsible for:
o Provide technical leadership for one or more of the following domains: Business Architecture, Application/Software Architecture, Database Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture and Security Architecture.
o Responsible for finding opportunities to improve architecture using cloud and cloud-native technologies.
o Hands-on abilities to build MVP (Minimal Viable Product) technology solutions in the cloud.
o Prior experience in digital transformation for large complex applications.
o Provides assessment of current state technology architecture and recommendation of future state technology architecture
o Identifies architectural risks and plans to mitigate risks, ensures adherence to standards and best practices, and influences and communicates effectively with non-technical audiences including senior ITD and business stakeholders.
o Collaborate with Software Development teams, Product Managers, and Business Owners to ensure smooth deployment and operation of systems.
o Guide/Build CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large and small-scale systems.
o Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations.
o Develop Cloud Operation Framework, and roles and responsibilities for each category in the framework.
o Automate tools to monitor system health and reliability to support business process requirements, Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production environments.
o Communicate status and risks to the product teams, Help automate and streamline operations and processes.
O ensure solution designs and implementation meet architecture quality standards.
o Guide Solution Architects / Tech Leads to ensure that application and integration architecture aligns with system design guidelines and enterprise architecture standards.
o Mindful of the Healthcare Industry and Digital Health trends.
o Security Architecture / Security Controls Implementation
o Gap Analysis and Mitigation

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities / Competencies:
o Active status as an AWS Certified Architect (DevOps or Architect preferred)
o Implements technical processes to roll out solutions.
o Works with the project team to deliver fully functional products in a timely manner
o Knowledge of CI/CD (Jenkins, TravisCI, CircleCI, AppVeyor, etc.) is required.
o Working experience with one of more automation tools and repository such as Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CHEF, TeamCity, Artifactory, SVN, Bitbucket
o Working experience with cloud native tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, ELB, Autoscaling, and EC2
o Good understanding of VPCs, Subnet configuration, route table, Internet gateway, VPC peering, Transit gateway, VPC Link, etc.
o AWS – Amazon Web Services Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
o Active certification status on any cloud providers: AWS/GCP/Azure Solution Architect (preferred)
o Active certification status on any cloud providers: AWS/GCP/Azure Developer (preferred)
o Track record of successfully establishing and implementing transformation programs in an Agile and DevOps environment

Minimum Education and Experience:
o Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Systems Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Management, Engineering, or another related discipline
o 5+ years of professional IT experience working with Windows Server or Linux environments.
o 4+ Years of AWS Experience, CloudFormation experience
o 8+ years of related experience including experience working with Agile Methods and modern technology environments.
o 3+ years of Cloud architecture experience and cloud economics
o Experience leading cross functional project teams, workgroups.
o Highly desired – Knowledge of security technologies and methods for securing information
o Highly desired – Demonstrated proficiency in understanding enterprise architecture life cycle methodologies.
o Highly desired – Interpersonal and leadership skills that demonstrate collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management and influence.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	of Experience
Experience in establishing and implementing governance model for the Cloud Migration and transformation efforts	Highly desired	0
Experience in Migrating from On-prem to Cloud using cloud infrastructure on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions	Required	2	Years
Experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM, EBS AND Cloud formation.	Required	4	Years
Professional hands on IT experience working with Windows Server or Linux environments.	Required	5	Years
Experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in a AWS cloud environment	Highly desired	0
Experience working with Agile Methods and modern technology environments.	Required	8	Years
Experience leading cross functional project teams, workgroups	Required	2	Years
Demonstrated proficiency in understanding enterprise architecture life cycle methodologies.	Highly desired	0
Interpersonal and leadership skills that demonstrate collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management and influence	Required	4	Years