Cloud Architect - Contract - TalentBurst, Inc.

Client is seeking to hire a Cloud Architect. The Enterprise Architecture Team provides support to several agencies within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. The Cloud Architect is responsible for supporting EOHHS-wide initiatives with an emphasis on infrastructure architecture, security, and application architecture. The incumbent of this role will help architect, design, and plan the cloud modernization and optimization of EOHHS-wide IT systems and applications.

The successful candidate is a well-organized, result-driven individual who possesses leadership qualities. The primary work location for this role will be at 100 Hancock St, Quincy, Massachusetts 02171. The work schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 8:00AM to 4:00PM EST. This position would be expected to follow a hybrid model of reporting to work that combines in-office workdays and work from home days as needed.

DETAILED LIST OF JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for providing technical architecture leadership.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and middleware engineers to define scalable, extensible, cost-effective, and standards-based solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Document technical architecture and design specifications for end-to-end infrastructure with a focus on architectural standards, growth, performance, flexibility, reliability, scalability, and security.
• Design and develop public cloud-based infrastructure architecture based on industry best practices.
• Build out a cost-effective infrastructure architecture.
• Present facts and recommendations effectively in both oral and written form.
• Consult with business leadership to develop and maintain an architecture design in alignment with business strategy and objectives.
• Consult with infrastructure teams, applications teams, data architects, security architects, and strategic partners to create an architecture accommodating the business strategy.
• Design architecture solutions spanning business processes, hardware, operating systems, applications, networking environments, and platforms.
• Develop technical frameworks and components that address common needs and can potentially be leveraged enterprise wide.
• Must be available for afterhours support during migration cutover/releases/triage issues .

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in an Enterprise Architect/Cloud Architect role dealin
• with various aspects such as business applications, middleware, database technology, business intelligence, security technology, and best practices.
• Eight (8) to ten (10) plus years of IT experience working with relevant tools, applications, technologies, teams, etc.
• Must demonstrate a thorough understanding of modern enterprise architecture and have hands-on experience with enterprise application frameworks.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying applications in Amazon Web Services using EC2, S3, RDS, and IAM.
• Exposure to WAF, CloudFront, ALB/NLBs, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, etc.
• Experience with Serverless, including Fargate/Lambda, API Gateway, etc.
• Experience with microservices and containerization using ECS and EKS.
• Knowledge of networking concepts like VPC, subnet, and security groups is a plus.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code provisioning tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform.
• Experience developing CI and CD pipeline.
• Knowledge of Oracle Identity Management System (OIM), IBM DataPower, and Oracle Service Bus.
• Experience with Java, J2EE, Tomcat, Apache, and Spring-based middleware solutions.
• Expertise in front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, Angular and jQuery.
• Possess an understanding of Risk Management, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, IT Security Architecture, and IT Regulatory Compliance.
• Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Relevant experience working in the Healthcare field is preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or other
related field, or equivalent work experience