Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

March 21

🌴 South Carolina – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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NexGen Data Systems, Inc.

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NexGen Data Systems, Inc. is an IT consulting firm that offers specialized professional services focusing on advanced cloud, data center, and network solutions. They provide integrated security and management capabilities for complete turn-key solutions, employing a collaborative management approach to accelerate the delivery of complex technical solutions. NexGen's services include cloud computing, network engineering, data center engineering, cybersecurity, data and network security, and operations engineering. They are ISO and CMMI certified, emphasizing their commitment to quality and efficient service delivery.

Information Technology • Systems integration and technology • Networking • Systems • Storage Networking

201 - 500 employees

🤝 B2B

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• NexGen Data Systems is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to lead, plan, design, deploy, and continue to support a mission critical project. • The Senior Cloud Solutions Architect position will work in a supervisory role of a team of architects leading the design and recommendations. • The technical responsibilities of the Senior Cloud Solutions Architect include the design, deployment, upgrades, implementation, and support of a multi-vendor enterprise cloud network. • This is a new project, and the candidate will need have the ability to learn and work in different technologies as the effort progresses. • Gathers requirements and designs Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud-based system deployments and system transitions. • Architecting and planning migrations to commercial cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Office 365, Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud platforms. • Will perform in a supervisory or technical lead role on a team of architects leading the design and recommendations. • Work with end users and application experts to elicit requirements for designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems in cloud-based systems. • Lift and shift planning for existing on-premises application to cloud-based systems. • Ingress and egress planning for data migration to and from cloud-based systems. • Selecting the appropriate cloud service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements. • Integration with on-premises enterprise networks and systems. • Identifying appropriate use of cloud architectural best practices. • Estimating cloud costs and identifying cost control mechanisms. • Providing tasking and oversight over other technical members of the team performing the design and architecture. • Providing technical clarity and direction to Cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Consultants. • Reviews final work products for correctness and adherence to design concepts.

🎯 Requirements

• Active Top Secret level government clearance or higher required. • Must meet 8140 Department of Defense compliance requirements (Security and OS certifications). • Quarterly travel to Charleston, SC required (two days a quarter). • Ten years with Masters or fourteen years with Bachelors degree of professional experience with research, design, and development of computer and network software or specialized utility programs. • Individual shall have experience applying programming concepts in a professional or academic setting. • Notable experience with applying modern software development methodologies (e.g. agile, DEVOPS/DEVSECOPS). • Agile Developer certification or Certified Scrum Developer certification. • 10+ years’ experience working in and designing Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud-based system deployments and system transitions. • Experience architecting and planning migrations to commercial cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Office 365, Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud platforms. • Experience working in a supervisory or technical lead role. • Customer facing experience extremely preferential. • 10+ years’ experience designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems in cloud-based systems. • Experience estimating cloud costs and identifying cost control mechanisms. • Lift and shift planning for existing on-premises application to cloud-based systems required. • Providing tasking and oversight over other technical members of the team performing the design and architecture. • Providing technical clarity and direction to Cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Consultants. • Reviews final work products for correctness and adherence to design concepts.

🏖️ Benefits

• Company covers 100% of premiums for the employee’s medical, dental, and vision insurance and subsidizes premiums for spouse and dependents. • Company provides short and long term disability plans. • 401(k) match up to 10% of the employee’s salary contributions to 401(K) plan. • Comprehensive training and development program. • 11 paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) accrual level starts at 15 days annually.