As a rapidly growing global provider of IT solutions, we've expanded from Seattle to Sydney and beyond - with reach in over 80 countries around the world. Today's top brands count on Zones and our world-class partners - Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Lenovo, and more - to transform their enterprises. To support this transformation, Zones offers products and services across four Solution Environments: Workplace Modernization, Network Optimization, Data Center Transformation, and Security Fortification.
AWS Cloud/DevOps Solution Architect
Are you a cloud solutions builder who wants to work in a collaborative environment. As an experienced AWS Cloud/DevOps Solution Architect, you will have the ability to share new ideas and collaborate on projects as a consultant.
Work You'll Do/Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership throughout the development life cycle and focus on delivery of quality solutions
- Mentor engineering team members on technical decision making, code reviews and enforcing engineering practices and standards
- Define standards to guide architectural designs.
- Architect and develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers
- Use your problem-solving creativity to design, architect, and develop high-end technology solutions that solve our clients' most complex and challenging problems across different industries
- Consult with clients on the system design of AWS environments
- Manage cloud implementations, upgrades, migrations, and change requests on client cloud environments
- Create, implement, and assist in the development of scripts to automate everyday operations
- Monitor and maintain multiple (DevOps) environments based on client requirements
- Responsible for the configuration and setup of backups as well as setup automated AWS patching for Windows and Linux platforms
- Lead development teams to build and deploy micro services-based applications in public cloud with Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment tools and processes
- Lead program optimization to work within constructs of an AWS environment
The Team
The US Cloud Team Offering focuses on enabling our client's end-to-end journey from On-Premise to Cloud, with opportunities in the areas of Cloud Strategy and Op Model Transformation, Cloud Development & Integration, Cloud Migration, and Cloud Infrastructure & Managed Services. Cloud Engineering supports our clients as they improve agility, resilience and identifies opportunities to reduce IT operations spend through automation by enabling Cloud. We accelerate our clients toward a technology-driven future, leveraging vendor solutions, Zones-developed software products, tools, and accelerators.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
- 6-10 years of experience with at least 5 year of AWS experience.
- Hands on experience with AWS (required) and other Cloud providers (nice to have).
- Install, configure, automate, and monitor various Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS).
- Experience with IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing and firewalling concepts.
- Experience with Security- IAM, Active Directory, Centrify, MFA, McAfee AV, Tenable/Nessus, Trend Micro, Splunk, STIG Hardening
- Hands on experience with DevOps/Automation tools including AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins, Git Setup High Availability and DR environments in AWS.
- Willing to take on Production Support.
- Experience with previous Cloud Migrations is a plus.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Travel up to 25% annually
- AWS Certification
Qualified candidates can expect a salary range of $130,000 - $150,000, this role is eligible for bonus compensation.
Note: Compensation is benchmarked on local California, Washington and New York area market rates. Qualified candidates in other locations can expect a salary package that may be adjusted based off applicable cost of wages in their respective location.
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Zones offers a comprehensive Benefits package
While we're committed to providing top-tier solutions, we're just as committed to supporting our own team. Our employees enjoy a variety of comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, a 401(k) plan with matching provision, paid time off, and much more. And as a Minority Business Enterprise, a Corporate Plus member of the Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council, and an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, our community is just as diverse.
At Zones, work is more than a job - it's an exciting career immersed in an inventive, collaborative culture. If you're interested in working on the cutting edge of IT innovation, sales, engineering, operations, administration, and more, Zones is the place for you!