Cloud Architect IV- AWS Migration Specialist

About the Opportunity

The Cloud Architect IV- AWS Migration Specialist will assist in designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure to support business objectives in an on-site and remote work environment. You will be responsible for ensuring the scalability, reliability, and security of cloud solutions while supporting the development of innovative architectures that maximize the performance of cloud environments. This role requires expertise in cloud technologies, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of both the technical and business aspects of cloud computing. The Cloud Architect IV- AWS Migration Specialist can be expected to coordinate cloud architecture across diverse areas including application development, identity and access management, and network and data management.

Supervisory responsibilities

None

Essential functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions

• Ensure security and compliance standards are maintained throughout the migration lifecycle and in the target AWS environment.
• Serve as the technical authority on AWS best practices for cloud migration, optimization, and modernization.
• Apply technical knowledge and customer insights to create a modernization roadmap and architect solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments, orchestrating key resources and infusing key infrastructure technologies.
• Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline the migration process.
• Drive cost optimization by recommending rightsizing of resources and leveraging Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and other AWS cost management features.
• Develops architecture solutions and evaluates alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services.
• Use architectural design principles to develop robust, efficient, and secure cloud solutions based on customer requirements.
• Architect, engineer, and deploy/provision secure and robust cloud services that include IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and support service quality, outage management, subscription management, correlation of usage, and charges, and cost-efficient solution architecture.
• Develops architectural strategies/solutions to ensure application high availability in both hybrid (on-premise / cloud) and fully cloud hosted applications to provide an 'always on' experience.
• Acts as a subject matter expert for cloud end-to-end architecture, including current and future providers, networking, provisioning, and management.
• Document technical designs, migration runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to refactor and modernize applications to take full advantage of cloud-native services (e.g., containers, serverless).
• Provides technical expertise in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to owners.
• Ensures delivered solutions meets technical and functional/non-functional performance requirements within.
• Evaluate, design, and implement solutions for migrating on-premise applications to cloud hosting solutions.
• Use standardized process for mapping business needs to available cloud technology options, including assessment of risks and possible mitigations.
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop tools and documentation to enable the support organizations to resolve customer issues, including complex technical scenarios dealing with the cloud architecture.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent technical degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 8+ years of experience with one or more CSP's and relevant certifications.
• Proven experience designing and deploying large-scale cloud systems and applications.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong, demonstrable experience with AWS Migration Hub and associated services (e.g., AWS Application Migration Service/MGN, AWS Database Migration Service/DMS).
• Proven ability to implement and manage migration wave planning, including discovery and dependency mapping.
• Expertise in cost optimization, performance tuning, and security hardening in the AWS cloud environment.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security, networking, and governance.
• Experience with cloud cost management and optimization strategies.
• Experience using coding languages.
• Experience architecting and building scalable, automated infrastructure.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise IT environments.
• Experience in a consultative, client-facing consulting role.
• Understanding of load balancing, geo-redundancy, CDN, and VPN technologies.
• Knowledge of Cloud Architecture patterns and strategies (including IaaS, PaaS, Security, Compute, Storage and networking).
• Functional knowledge of Infrastructure as Code.
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with "Serverless" systems.
• Relevant AWS certifications or other cloud platform certifications are strongly preferred and considered a significant differentiator.
• Experience migrating large-scale data platforms, analytics systems, or high-performance computing workloads.
• Experience migrating large-scale data platforms or high-performance computing workloads.

Physical demands

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Frequent use of a keyboard, laptop and mouse
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for working with customers, collaborating with team members

Work Environment

• Work is normally performed in an on-site and remote environment.

Proficiency Requirement:

• The employee is expected to demonstrate proficiency in all essential job functions, tools, and processes related to this position within the first 90 days of employment. This includes acquiring a thorough understanding of job-specific responsibilities, systems, and workflows as outlined during onboarding and training. Failure to meet this requirement may result in additional training, reassessment, or other actions as deemed necessary by management.

Compensation Range: $200,000 - $250,000 per year, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

GAMA-1 also offers a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) savings plan, training and career development opportunities, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO - to cover vacation, illness or disability, appointments, emergencies or other situations that require time off from work). For more information click here.

ABOUT GAMA-1

GAMA-1 is a rapidly growing technology business that is based in Greenbelt, Maryland. GAMA-1 Technologies provides strategic information assurance, information security, and business enterprise and networking solutions to the Federal Government. Our success is based on the utilization of industry and agency standards, establishment of standardized processes, and IT Services expertise. At GAMA-1, we believe employees should grow, achieve, and develop just as the company grows, achieves, and develops. GAMA-1 is committed to providing our employees with opportunities for career advancement throughout their employment. For more information, visit www.gama1tech.com.

GAMA-1 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), domestic violence victims, political orientation, status as a smoker or tobacco user, hairstyle, use of a service animal, education status, familial status, HIV/AIDS status, height, weight, reproductive healthcare decisions or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.