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Slalom Consulting

Cloud & DevOps Principal

Slalom Consulting, Washington, DC


Cloud & DevOps Principal

*Please note: Employees must live within a commutable distance of DMV area and must be willing to be onsite at the client and/or Slalom office when needed.

Who You'll Work With

As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have a passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies.

Do you want to lead a talented team of innovative software engineers and architects, working to develop and craft solutions for our clients? If so, come join Slalom DC as an Engineering Solutions Leader, connecting our client's most complex and interesting business problems with our tremendous Slalom talent and capability.

As a leader within our Technology Enablement practice, you will work with clients to scope and shape solutions with an-outcome-oriented mindset, building relationships with businesses and delivering exceptional and sustainable results. You will help lead our team - coaching, mentoring, and promoting the growth of our team members to build expertise and expand our capabilities. You will be focused on the delivery of complex digital solutions - spanning the gamut from architecting applications, rationalizing technology decisions with a whole business mindset, building microservices, cloud migration, cloud native applications, APIs, AI, and more.

Come innovate with us and create new growth opportunities for Slalom! #LoveYourFuture.

What You'll Do
  • Empower our clients to implement cloud-based solutions utilizing the AWS/Azure platforms.
  • Responsible for setting the overall direction of the technical solution and implementation of enterprise applications
  • Provide designs for engineers on the project on how to deliver programmatic elements of the implementation
  • Own the content and lead workshops on technical topics with the client
  • Develop architectural artifacts to lead the delivery of a successful implementation
  • Engage with technical stakeholders of the client and third parties to understand how their systems work
  • Get closer to business stakeholders and shaping solutions that deliver business outcomes
  • Be part of growing client relationships

What You'll Bring

A Sr Cloud Architect should be proficient to advanced in several of the technologies below and should have demonstrated expertise in one or more areas:
  • A proven track record in solving client problems
  • Experience architecting a wide range of AWS solutions including multi-account landing zones, advanced hybrid network integrations, migrations, cloud-native applications, microservices, or data streaming.
  • Experience architecting and delivering custom production enterprise applications on AWS
  • Experience transforming legacy applications into cloud-native applications
  • Experience in application lifecycle management (ALM) and DevOps automation including CI/CD pipeline architecture using tools such as CodePipeline, GitHub, and GitLab CI/CD
  • Knowledge of serverless & micro-service management using Lambda, ECS, and EKS
  • Knowledge of modern system integration & analytics services like API Gateway, Eventbridge, Kinesis, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, and OpenSearch Service (formerly Elasticsearch)
  • Experience with identity and security administration platforms such as IAM, Directory Services, AD Connector, Config, GuardDuty, Inspector, and Security Hub
  • Knowledgeable in AWS Platform Data services such as Redshift, Dynamo, S3, and RDS
  • Experience performing AWS well architected framework reviews and other similar environment evaluations


About Us

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 49 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 12,000+ strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We're honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is $135-$220K subject to change and may be modified at any time.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.