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Sparibis

Senior Cloud Architect

Sparibis, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022


Location:

100% remote

Years' Experience:

10+ years development experience

Education:

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or IT related field

Security Clearance:

Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain up to a Secret security clearance. NOTE: United States Citizenship is required as part of the eligibility criteria to be able to obtain this type of security clearance.

Key Skills:Proven hands-on experience designing, installing, configuring, operating, and monitoring CI/CD pipeline tools, specifically GitLab Ultimate, Docker, Terraform, CloudWatch, AWS, and Ansible5+ years of experience with Kubernetes, GitOps, Docker, and cloud deployment technologiesStrong knowledge of Linux (RHEL preferred) and scripting tools such as Python, Bash, PowerShellIn-depth knowledge of AWS managed services, automation, and orchestration.Experience with cybersecurity requirements such as secure-by-design and zero-trust architectureCurrent AWS Solution Architect certification is required.Must be willing to obtain a CompTIA Security+ certification.Responsibilities

Serve as a mentor to junior Cloud and DevOps engineers. Provide technical guidance to application teams to use cloud technologies and implement cloud infrastructure as needed.Serve as a design engineer for futureSupports the planning, design, and implementation of AWS application cloud architectures.Plan, develop, and deploy infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible tools.Ensures compliance with security requirements by implementing and managing security controls and policies within the cloud environment.Work with architecture, DevOps, Ops, and application teams to support documentation of application internal/external interface requirements for Development, Testing, Staging, and Production environmentsWork with application teams to ensure compliance with High Availability and Disaster Recovery plansImplements middleware application-specific requirements as neededImplements migration efforts with application teams, including data migration.Qualifications

10+ years of experience planning, building, and supporting AWS Cloud and DevOps environment with increasing complexityMust be able to obtain a Secret security clearanceBachelor Degree in IT related field requiredExtensive Experience designing and building web application environments on AWS, including services such as Lambda, ELB, ECS, EKS, WAFv2, Route53, AWS AppStream, AWS Workspaces etc.Extensive Experience with CI/CD frameworks (i.e., Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)Extensive Experience in automation and scripting tools (i.e., Bash, Python, Shell, Perl)Extensive Experience in deploying cloud resources using IaC tools specifically Terraform and AnsibleExtensive Experience with application and system performance monitoring and logging tools like Cloud Watch, App Dynamics, and Splunk. Create CloudWatch rules to capture the app alerts and send notificationsExperience with automating workflows through GitLab Ultimate, Ansible, and LambdaExperience in designing and building of CIFS and NFS on-premises File share migration using AWS Datasync and VPC endpoints to AWS storage services S3, EFS or FSx.Experience in creating build plans for AWS deployment by listing out compute resources, Security groups, LB, target group, NACL and all other components for various environments (Dev, TQA, and Prod etc.)Experience determining and implementing middleware requirements as a bonusFamiliar with RDS databases (Oracle, SQL, and/or Postgres)

About Sparibis

Sparibis LLC is a professional solution firm that Clients rely on to access the best talent to drive their business success.

Sparibis is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.