What You Will Do:The Enterprise Architect will be a technology planning and governance role with enterprise level influence at Guidehouse. This role will play an integral role in helping driving the maintaining and improving the roadmap of the company's technology strategy and processes. Act as a leader and set architecture direction for strategic technology projects. This role will partner with internal technology groups to ensure that proposed technical solutions align with the company's overall objectives. It will also serve as a strategic mean member to business & IT, internal innovation teams, and IT functional areas by helping them identify and take advantage of new opportunities while providing guidance and ensuring solutions align with the business and IT strategy.Job DescriptionResponsibilities:Drive enterprise architecture activities with a "˜business outcome' lensBuild and evolve a business technology strategy including the strategic roadmap for IT systemsWork on developing IT strategies and roadmaps to drive investments in enterprise capabilitiesEstablish application and technology portfolio management processes and tools to provide transparency and reduce technical debtIdentify opportunities to digitize business processes and experience with internal innovation teamsMaintain architecture governance, technology standards processes and reference architecture developmentEvaluate business, information, application, and technology views of the solutions and identify risksRemain intimate and knowledgeable on cloud technologies and cloud and hybrid cloud frameworksMonitor new technological advances in application development and information technologiesPartner with business and technology leaders to understand and translate business objectives into technological solutionsDefine and develop audit and review checklists ensuring compliance to enterprise standardsDefine and improve architecture processes and artifactsContribute to peer reviews, technical audits, and technology standards processesCollaborate with and mentor other enterprise engineers, junior architectsPerform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectivesWhat You Will Need:Bachelor's Degree, plus 8 years of experience OR 12 years of experience can be substituted for degreeAbility to obtain a National Security Clearance or a U.S. Federal Government Public TrustThe candidate must be a certified AWS Solution Architect-ProfessionalDemonstrated ability to learn and document new technologiessolutionsHands-on experience designing & deploying cloud architecture on AWS in an enterprise environment. Experience in other technical roles such as systems engineer or infrastructure analystSignificant years of hands-on experience delivering solutions running in an enterprise cloudEvaluate Cloud Application requirements and make architectural recommendations for implementation, deployment, and provisioning in AWS.Experience working with microservices or data processing workloads with tools such as Docker or Kubernetes.Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability.Strong hand-on experience with writing Terraform code to deploy AWS resources including the creation and use of Terraform modules.The candidate must have familiarity with AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), CloudFormation (CF) & Terraform templates, Windows & Linux environments, and the AWS Billing & Management Consoles. Deploying and provisioning in an production environment AWS resources including IaaS: EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, ELB, IAM, Security Groups, Cloud Watch, VPC, Route53, Subnets, Routing Tables, Internet Gateways, certificates, autoscaling groups, PaaS services: EKS, ECR, ECS, Fargate, Code Deploy, Code Commit, and other SaaS services.Strong knowledge of data management concepts, network engineering concepts and architecturesStrong knowledge of security controls and basic security architecture patterns and practicesExperience designing, integrating, and managing complex technology solutionsThe ability to "think big" and challenge conventional wisdom regarding technology refresh and hypeMust be able to work East Coast US business hoursWhat Would Be Nice to Have:BABS in Computer Science or related field preferredExperience with ServiceNow is a plusExperience working in an ITIL environmentExperience working with C-Suite level executivesThe annual salary range for this position is $132,600.00-$198,800.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.What We Offer:Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.Benefits include:Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision InsurancePersonal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid HolidaysPosition may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonusParental Leave and Adoption Assistance401(k) Retirement PlanBasic Life & Supplemental LifeHealth Savings Account, DentalVision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending AccountsShort-Term & Long-Term DisabilityStudent Loan PayDownTuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning OpportunitiesSkills Development & CertificationsEmployee Referral ProgramCorporate Sponsored Events & Community OutreachEmergency Back-Up Childcare ProgramMobility StipendAbout GuidehouseGuidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
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AWS Senior Cloud Solutions Architect