Cloud Architect, HARN1024, Atlanta GA
Job Description:
Harness Solutions is looking for an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect capable of working with clients to architect solutions and leverage cloud solution providers. Candidates should have a good mix of team leadership, consulting skills, solution architecture and technical sales expertise, as well as proven experience with cloud solution providers.
Qualifications
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with clients, lead developers and implementation teams to identify appropriate technology and cloud hosting solutions.
- Lead and supervise technology teams developing and/or migrating client solutions to Amazon Web Services.
- Work with customers to define business and technical requirements.
- Define solution architecture, evaluate hosting options, develop implementation plans and budgets, and identify risk mitigation plans.
- Define, document, and communicate the project progress to client stakeholders and project teams.
- Provide technical sales support
Basic Qualifications:
- 10+ years' experience in software engineering and consulting roles.
- At least 3+ years in enterprise, solution, system and/or software architecture, with proven, successful history of enterprise-level implementations and integrations.
- At least 2+ years architecting solutions for the cloud, including 1+ years' leveraging Amazon Web Services. Candidate must demonstrate experience in the following areas:
- Cloud reference architectures and best practices
- Designing, developing and deploying secure, distributed, scalable, and highly available systems in cloud and hybrid environments
- Migrating of existing applications to the cloud, including "lift and shift" and cloud modernization approaches
- Handling of data ingress and egress from the cloud
- Selecting appropriate cloud services based on elicited data, system, and security requirements
- Estimating cloud costs, and identifying associated cost-control mechanisms
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Experience architecting solutions with multiple Federal agencies.
- Experience managing IT development projects and mentoring technical staff.
- Someone who is organized, strategic, energetic, deeply knowledgeable about the latest web technologies and trends, cloud hosting, and passionate about their work.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and guide team members and elimination of roadblocks to ensure high team performance.
- Strong communication skills, providing demonstrations, briefings, and business calls to senior government officials.
- Ability to set expectations develops project plans, manage personal workload and communicate effectively to all levels of stakeholders.
- Able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
