It Manager - Cloud Solutions Architect (Remote)

Title: Senior Cloud Architect

Cognitive Medical Systems is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect with Azure GovCloud experience to support the migration and integration of complex software systems to Azure GovCloud (US) and on-premises private cloud infrastructures, in support of our client’s Department of Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Agency contract portfolio.

As a Senior Cloud Architect, you will plan, design, and manage the implementation and operation of our client’s test and production DevSecOps infrastructure in Azure GovCloud. Focusing on security, scalability, and resiliency, our Senior Cloud Architect will provide technical leadership and hands-on development and implementation of solution architectures that modernize the way our customers use technology

Skills and experience for this role include, and are not limited to:

• Microsoft Azure components, tools, architecture, setup, configuration, development, integration, migration, maintenance, sustainment, and support, with emphasis on Government cloud environments
• Experience working in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) or on contracts for DHA.
• Delivery in an Agile, Lean, SAFe-based environment utilizing DevSecOps, ARTs, CI/CD, and related processes, methodologies, and concepts.
• Object Oriented Programming within a delivery team, as well as worked on a DevOps team that supported a set of engineers
• Declarative Infrastructure as Code tools Cloud-based build and deployment pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, Kubernetes, Jenkins/CloudBees, Python, Puppet, Terraform, Docker, as well as Enterprise DevOps or similar shared service team experience
• Linux/Unix environments and supporting production enterprise applications
• Experience with cloud deployments and cluster resource management with Azure including monitoring systems, logging, and security implementation
• Experience of software development processes and code management tools and processes
• Knowledge of DevOps Engineering Processes and Operations & Management (O&M)
• Ability to conduct in-depth triage, troubleshooting, and forensics across all facets of the cloud stack while executing processes corrective action and continual service improvement.
• Additional Technologies include:
  1. PostgreSQL, 9.3.x DBMS
  2. Angular Command Line Interface (CLI), 13.2.x, Development Tool
  3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), 7.x, Operating System
  4. GitLab Community Edition (CE), 13.7.x, Middleware: Systems Management Tool
  5. Visual Studio Code (VS Code), 1.x, Middleware: Application and Web Server Software
  6. Microsoft Windows Server, 2012, Server Operating System

Required Education, Experience, and Clearance:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline is required.
• 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• 5 years minimum
• Ability to obtain a DoD or VA Position of Public Trust – Medium Background Investigation (MBI)