Hybrid Senior Azure Cloud Architect

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About the role

  • Cloud Architect designing scalable and secure cloud solutions on Azure for U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture. Leading development efforts and ensuring best practices in deployment and security.

Responsibilities

  • Design and architect SCCA-aligned, scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions across Azure and others
  • Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals
  • Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks
  • Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements
  • Implement / integrate with identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks
  • Optimize Azure services, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems.
  • Support the design and development of Shared Services.
  • Configure and troubleshoot cloud software systems.
  • Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
  • Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management
  • Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations

Requirements

  • Master’s Degree and 15+ years or more of experience; additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
  • Must have an active Secret clearance.
  • US citizenship required
  • Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
  • Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position
  • Experience administering Windows and Linux Servers, and related services
  • Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
  • Experience with Azure console, Azure cloud services and architecture patterns, Ansible, Terraform/Terragrunt, Atlassian products, Git, and familiarity with Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA)
  • **Technical Leadership**
  • Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
  • Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership
  • Provide leadership to engineering teams of 3 to 4 engineers and technical specialists on cloud-native capability design and deployment
  • Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions

Benefits

  • **SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:**
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • AD&D
  • STD
  • LTD
  • Company paid Life Insurance
  • 401k with employer contribution
  • Paid Time Off
  • Pet Insurance

Job title

Senior Azure Cloud Architect

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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