Azure Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Remote is only 50% offsite - candidates must still report onsite during the week as well.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
Serve as a technical thought leader and SME for our public cloud ecosystem across the State of South Carolina and will plan, analyze, design, test, and deploy enhancements to our Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud and PaaS solutions and provides knowledge transfer to team members. Works directly with technical teams, customers, vendors, and executive leadership to determine Cloud requirements, analyze business impact, ROI, and sustainability. Ensures Cloud architecture meets the service delivery needs of the Division of Technology Operations. Ensures proper integration of state security standards for all Cloud systems.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
-Analyze existing DTO infrastructure, strategic challenges, services, customers, and skill sets to make informed decisions on DTO cloud infrastructure and strategy.
- Works with DTO teams to implement an IT governance model that guides the expansion of DTO's Cloud architecture and services. Documents the architecture and socializes architectural standards and capabilities with key stakeholders.
- Perform system administration, automation, and development tasks for the Cloud Management Platform (CMP).
- Work with DTO and customer personnel to facilitate migrations to the DTO cloud infrastructure.
- Maintain continuity of shared services offered across AWS and Azure.
- Lead, train and develop internal DTO staff.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
- Public Cloud infrastructure expertise: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Terraform.
- Ability to integrate Cloud/ DevOps platforms with third party tools.
- Experience with AWS Governance and Best Practices (IAM, Organizations, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.).
- Experience of Azure Governance and Best Practices (RBAC, Azure AD, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
- Advanced knowledge of automation tools, including configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, or Chef) and infrastructure provisioning (AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, or Terraform)
- Proficient in scripting languages (PowerShell / CLI).

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
- Expertise in Terraform infrastructure as code, understanding of scaling technologies and solutions, experience with AWS or other clouds, familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other container platforms, security, penetration testing and threat detection tools, and experience wServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or Aviatrix.
- Background in DevOps, Software Development, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering.
-Experience with configuration management and continuous deployment.
-Experience with Linux and Windows system administration.
- Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure solutions, including enterprise directories, on-premises hosting platforms (vSphere/Hyper-V), and datacenter storage and networking.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
-Bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and 8+ years of technical architecture experience and relevant hands-on engineering.
Additional Sills: REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):- Public Cloud infrastructure expertise: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Terraform.- Ability to integrate Cloud/ DevOps platforms with third party tools. - Experience with AWS Governance and Best Practices (IAM, Organizations, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.).- Experience of Azure Governance and Best Practices (RBAC, Azure AD, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)- Advanced knowledge of automation tools, including configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, or Chef) and infrastructure provisioning (AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, or Terraform)- Proficient in scripting languages (PowerShell / CLI).PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):- Expertise in Terraform infrastructure as code, understanding of scaling technologies and solutions, experience with AWS or other clouds, familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other container platforms, security, penetration testing and threat detection tools, and experience wServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or Aviatrix.- Background in DevOps, Software Development, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering. -Experience with configuration management and continuous deployment. -Experience with Linux and Windows system administration.- Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure solutions, including enterprise directories, on-premises hosting platforms (vSphere/Hyper-V), and datacenter storage and networking. Skills: Category Name Required Importance Level Last Used Experience Cloud cloud platforms / environments Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Cloud Installing Datacenter and Cloud Infrastructure Yes 1 Lead Currently Using 4 - 6 Years Specialties Azure Cloud and Virtualization Yes 1 Lead Currently Using 6 + Years Azure Cloud Infrastructure Architect - 50% Onsite/50% Remote in Columbia, SC