Cloud Infrastructure Architects (Contract position)

Cloud Infrastructure Architects (Contract position) West Sacramento, CA Job Details Contract $75 an hour 1 day ago Qualifications Data encryption Cloud identity and access management (IAM) System hardening Network design Data storage Azure Go Incident management Automation Amazon EC2 Ansible Technical documentation 5 years Infrastructure as Code (IaC) IT system monitoring High availability architecture System design Configuration management Scalable systems Windows Hyper-V Tanium Master's degree Infrastructure architecture design Digital transformation System maintenance Change management IT infrastructure

AWS Microsoft Certified:

Azure Solutions Architect Expert Solution architecture design Docker Patch management Bachelor's degree Machine learning Terraform Azure Virtual Machines Cloud networking Server virtualization Ruby Business continuity planning Technical writing Scalability Vulnerability management IT Cloud Architecture Design (Architecture design skills) Systems & applications support Linux Windows Server administration Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Business requirements Senior level AI Cloud monitoring Linux administration Project stakeholder communication Python Azure Virtual Network (Vnet) Virtual Private Clouds Consulting firm experience High availability AWS Certified Solutions Architect -

Professional Microsoft Certified:

Azure Administrator Associate Identity & access management Analytics System performance monitoring AWS CloudFormation IT disaster recovery planning Full Job Description Overview Join our dynamic team as a Cloud Infrastructure Architect on a contract basis and lead the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge cloud solutions. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in cloud architecture, virtualization, and system design to build scalable, secure, and efficient cloud infrastructures that support enterprise digital transformation initiatives. Your innovative approach will empower organizations to harness the full potential of cloud computing, ensuring robust and flexible environments tailored to business needs.

Duties:

Architect end-to-end cloud solutions by creating comprehensive blueprints for networks, servers,storage. security frameworks, IAM roles and access, network segmentation, encryption, anddeploymentenvironments that align with business requirements. Design environments that span on-premises and multiple public cloud providers, and optimize resourceplacement. Establish architectural standards and best practices for various infrastructure services including tagging,guardrails, Cloud Service Providers (CSP), naming conventions, etc. Define standards for automated provisioning and configuration to ensure repeatable and consistentdeployments. Design high-availability systems and comprehensive backup strategies to ensure minimal downtime and business continuity. Use monitoring and analytics to analyze cloud spending and design cost-effective solutions by right­sizing resources and leveraging reserved capacity. Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, such as native services, artificial intelligence, and serverless computing to improve system performance. Provision and manage specialized high-performance computing clusters specifically for training largelanguage models (LLMs) and to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning(ML)workloads. Support, maintain, and administer enterprise physical and virtual server environments. Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Microsoft Windows Server and Linux operating systems. Support and administer virtualization platforms, including Microsoft Hyper-V. Perform routine server patching, updates, and vulnerability remediation in accordance with client security and change management policies. Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity; identify and remediate infrastructure issues. Participate in infrastructure lifecycle management, including hardware refreshes and system upgrades. Provision, configure, maintain, upgrade and support cloud infrastructure resources in AWS andMicrosoft Azure. Support server-based workloads including AWS EC2 instances, EBS volumes, VPC components, IAM roles and policies, and Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, and storage services. Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and cost efficiency. Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure incidents and service disruptions. Support hybrid connectivity and integration between on-premises and cloud environments. Perform routine server patching, updates, and vulnerability remediation in accordance with Client security and change management policies. Support enterprise backup and recovery solutions for on-premises and cloud-hosted systems. Perform backup monitoring, restore testing, and recovery activities as required. Assist with disaster recovery planning, documentation, and testing efforts. Create, update, and maintain technical documentation, including architecture blueprints, detailedinfrastructure design, system diagrams, configuration documentation, and standardoperatingprocedures. Provide knowledge transfer and technical guidance to Client staff as requested. Provide infrastructure support, including incident, problem, and change management activities. Collaborate effectively with Client staff, vendors, and stakeholders. Communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations clearly and professionally. Adhere to Client policies, procedures, security standards, and service level expectations. Comprehensive blueprints and roadmaps for hybrid infrastructure architecture. Detailed infrastructure design documentation and system diagrams. Status reports as requested by Client. Backup and recovery test results and documentation. Knowledge transfer materials and operational runbooks. Requirements 1.One or more of the following certifications. Include certification date below. a.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional.b.

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert.c.

Certified Kubernetes Administrator. At least five (5) years of experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools likeTerraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation or something similar. At least five (5) years of experience developing automation scripts and managingcloud functions using Python, Ruby, Go or something similar. At least five (5) years of experience providing operational support, maintenance,monitoring, and incident resolution for cloud-based infrastructure services,including server-based workloads hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS),Microsoft Azure, or comparable public cloud platforms. At least ten (10) years of experience performing IT infrastructure engineering,administration, and operations support for enterprise computing environments,including physical and virtual servers, cloud-based instances, storage systems, backupplatforms, and related infrastructure components. At least ten (10) years of experience supporting, maintaining, and troubleshootingMicrosoft Windows Server and/or Linux server operating systems in a productionenterprise environment, including server patching, vulnerability remediation, andsystem hardening. Experience providing consulting services to State and/or Federal agencies in the USA. Experience with modern architecture patterns and standards, and designing cloud solutions foravailability, reliability, scalability, security and cost-effectiveness. Experience architecting for high-performance serverless computing and managing applications in containers at scale using Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with public cloud infrastructure services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS)and/or Microsoft Azure, such as AWS EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, and Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Storage Accounts, and identity and access management services. Experience with virtualization technologies, including Microsoft Hyper-V and/or comparableenterprise virtualization platforms, supporting server provisioning, performance tuning, andlifecycle management. Experience with enterprise backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions, includingbackup scheduling, restore testing, and recovery procedures for both on-premises and cloud-hosted workloads using tools like Veeam. Experience with server patching, update management, and configuration managementprocesses to ensure system security, stability, and compliance using tools like Tanium. The proposed project person will be able to adhere to the hybrid working model by working on-site 2-3 days per week at client location.

Pay:

$75.00 per hour Application Question(s): able to adhere to the hybrid working model ?

Experience:

Consulting Exp. to State and/or Federal agencies in the USA.: 1 year (Required) (IaC) using tools likeTerraform, Ansible or similar: 5 years (Required) develop,manage cloud functionsPython, Ruby, Go or similar: 5 years (Required) operation, maintain,monitor, incidentresolve cloud infra: 5 years (Required) IT infra eng,admin, and operations support enterprise infra: 10 years (Required) backup, recovery, and DR solutions like Veeam?: 10 years (Required) Exp. with public cloud infra services

AWS/Azure:

10 years (Required) serverpatch, update & config mgt, security tools Tanium?: 10 years (Required)

License/Certification:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (Preferred) Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Preferred) Certified Kubernetes Administrator (Preferred)

Work Location:

Hybrid remote in West Sacramento, CA 95605