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Steampunk is seeking an AWS Cloud Architect who is excited about designing and delivering cloud solutions in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The ideal future Punk will work within our growing DevSecOps practice to support cloud migration, optimization, and deployment on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The Cloud Architect will be responsible for the design, standards, and architectural direction of AWS environments supporting mission-critical, regulated workloads. This role will provide hands-on architectural ownership of enterprise AWS environments while partnering with stakeholders, developers, engineers, and other technical team members to implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud solutions.

• Identify and implement optimal AWS-based solutions for customers
• Design AWS cloud environments and provide technical architectural expertise for production, staging, QA, and development infrastructures operating in 247 environments
• Architect and own multi-account AWS environments using AWS Control Tower, AWS Landing Zones, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and Resource Control Policies (RCPs), incorporating established guardrails and standards
• Design hybrid connectivity architecture, including AWS Direct Connect and Transit Gateway
• Design DNS architecture, including Amazon Route 53 and hybrid DNS resolution
• Design VPC-level networking architecture and standards, including Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) and Security Groups
• Implement and oversee cloud strategies, including migrations and optimization
• Establish development tools and infrastructure to support automation
• Understand stakeholder needs and effectively communicate requirements to developers and engineers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes using AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodePipeline, AWS Lambda, and infrastructure as code
• Test and examine code written by others and analyze results
• Perform root cause analysis on complex business processes and technical components
• Ensure systems are secure against cybersecurity threats by leveraging AWS Security Hub and NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and FISMA control frameworks
• Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and fixes
• Partner with software developers and engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise cloud applications and infrastructure through infrastructure as code, including automated server and network configurations, large-scale software deployments, monitoring, testing, and CI/CD
• Document the as-is state of environments, perform gap analyses, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
• Serve as an individual contributor while mentoring junior team members, including Senior Cloud Engineers and Cloud Engineers
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement of services
• Present regular status updates and provide cross-training to team members

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 10 years of total professional experience
• 8 years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
• 8 years of hands-on Cloud Architect experience with expertise in AWS
• 8 years of experience with systems development in an Agile environment
• 5 years of experience implementing proof of concept (POC) or minimum viable product (MVP) solutions and participating in sprint demonstrations
• 5 years of experience in several of the following areas:
  • Database architecture
  • ETL
  • Business intelligence
  • Big data
  • Machine learning
  • Advanced analytics
• 8 years of experience with Git source control management (SCM) providers such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
• 8 years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 8 years of experience integrating deployments with industry-standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• Hands-on experience with AWS technologies and related tools, including:
  • AWS Control Tower and multi-account management
  • Service Control Policies (SCPs) and Resource Control Policies (RCPs)
  • AWS Landing Zones
  • AWS Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Amazon Route 53, and hybrid DNS
  • AWS Lambda
  • Terraform and Terragrunt
  • GitHub
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud environments
  • AWS Identity Center
  • Python scripting
  • Amazon S3
  • Networking, including IPv6
  • AWS CodeCommit
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • AWS Security Hub
  • Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring and logging
• Experience implementing or operating within environments requiring NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and FISMA standards
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional certification

Preferred

• Master's Degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience documenting the as-is state of an environment, performing gap analysis, and producing artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Experience scripting with Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience implementing Docker containers and utilizing container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
• Experience with automation tools, including Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $130,000 to $215,000.  The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk's total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here. 

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Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors.  Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.  If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.