Hi,
Please find my direct client job requirement for your consideration.
Title: Cloud Architect {Min. 5+ Yrs. Exp.}
Location: Atlanta, GA (Telecommuting)
Duration: 09 Months
DCH is seeking a qualified candidate to serve full-time, on a contract basis, as a Cloud Architect for the MEST implementation.
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) is in the process of transforming existing legacy Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) into a modern, loosely coupled, modular system where the modules interact via an Integration Platform. The qualified candidate must work efficiently and effectively and possess a variety of technical skills and experience related cloud architecture, preferably AWS.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Drives requirements for integrating cloud capabilities and scenarios supporting the service, including service availability, quality, outage management, subscription management, correlation of usage and charges, and cost-efficient solution architecture.
• Provides technical guidance regarding performance, scalability, security, design, and implementation of cloud services.
• Plan, design and develop solutions to meet customer needs by translating business requirements into system designs
• Supports management in implementing next generation network infrastructure leveraging AWS
• Experienced in designing and implementing high availability solutions in the cloud
• Building and deploying virtual private cloud with high security
• Experienced in networking and core internet protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, routing)
• Experienced in automation technologies
• Leverage platform Monitoring Services to maintain SLAs and overall platform performance
• Document processes and system configurations
• Monitor system performance
Qualifications/ Preferred Qualifications
• Facilitating the development, testing, and deployment of complex IT system in a multi-tier cloud environment.
• Experience in cloud network layer security including, but not limited to, firewall filters, security groups, IPSec Tunnels, Client VPNs, IPS/IDS, end points
• Experience in cloud application layer security including, but not limited to, web application firewall, TLS encryption, vulnerability management
• Cloud technology hands on specialization including, but not limited to, virtualization, storage, database, network & content delivery, Analytics, security compliance, customer engagement
• Experience in data security and encryption
• Experience in configuration, deployment and management of Cloud/on-prem infrastructure
• Use of Microsoft Office environment (Project, Power Point, Excel, Word, Visio) in managing projects
• Experience as an architect to identify and assess risks, develop alternative approaches for mitigation, and document recommendations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication capabilities, including proactive information dissemination, meeting facilitation and presentations.
• Ability to advise business and IT stakeholders in an objective and professional manner
• Demonstrated experience with AWS environment
Education:
• BA or BS in Business Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field is preferred
Required / Desired Skills:
| | Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| Experience in cloud infrastructure setup | Required | 5 | Years |
| | | | | |
| Experience in cloud networking | Required | 3 | Years |
| Experience in cloud security, both in application and networking | Required | 3 | Years |
| Experience in cloud storage | Required | 3 | Years |
| Agile methodology | Required | 3 | Years |
| Knowledge of AWS Services | Highly desired | | |
| Intermediate Level knowledge of MS word, Excel, and Powerpoint | Highly desired | | |
| Medicaid or MMIS experience | Highly desired | | |
| SQL Skills | Highly desired | | |