ON SITE REQUIRED: 3 days/week (parking available on site at no cost for contractors)
DURATION: 12 Months
Location: Richmond, VA
DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Azure Architect will be advising agencies on architecture and security concerns associated with Azure including in-place migrations/refactoring.
- Architects will need to make recommendations on lift and shift and on-premise to cloud native migrations.
- Architects will need to make recommendations with refactoring within the Azure environment.
- Architects will need to conduct testing within Azure to show minimal viable product of an architecture.
- Architects will need to understand available offerings from COV, MSI and other connected parties.
- Architects will make configurations to Azure in support of agency-level objectives. Configurations will be primarily to Azure-based services.
- Architects will need to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements.
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience - Strong knowledge of cloud fundamentals Required 5 Years
- Knowledge of single and multi-cloud strategies and implications Required 5 Years
- Knowledge and experience in designing cloud solutions encapsulating all aspects of design that meet business requirements. Required 5 Years
- Strong knowledge and experience with Azure network and storage architectures Required 5 Years
- Strong knowledge and experience with Azure Services (examples Azure Key Vault, Entra ID, etc.) Required 5 Years
- Strong knowledge and experience with Azure Functions, Azure Web App/App Service, Containers, microservices architecture and serverless architecture. Required 5 Years
- Demonstrated knowledge of cloud security principles including zero-trust, network segmentation, just-in-time access, conditional access etc. Required 5 Years
- Knowledge of availability options. Demonstrated experience architecting solutions that meet RPO and RTO objectives in Azure. Required 5 Years
- Effective documentation writing. Candidate should be able to write professional documentation including position papers, architecture documentation a Required 5 Years
- Experience in managing cloud-based security posture activities including vulnerability remediation, perimeter defense architecture, encryption in tran Required 5 Years
- Knowledge and experience in DevOps including Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Required 5 Years
- Knowledge and experience in data storage products like SQL Server, Oracle. Knowledge of non-relational data storage products like Cosmos DB. Required 5 Years
- Experience as an on-premise architect 5+ years Required 5 Years
- Strong communication skills. Candidates should be able to effectively communicate with technical and business staff. Required 5 Years
- Microsoft Certification in Azure Solutions Architect.