We are looking for a Full-time contractor or employee for an Cloud Data Architect role.
Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes. Investigates problem areas. Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of One Software Engineer hereafter referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification of Cloud Data Architect and the specifications outlined in this document for Health & Human Services Commission - Social Services Applications team. The Cloud Data Architect will provide strategic guidance in the development process, make technical decisions regarding solutions and explain how they will impact the organization.
As part of HHSC IT Applications – Social Services Applications initiatives, the Cloud Data Architect will be responsible for:
? Develop Database migration Cloud strategy
? Integrate on-premises Databases with Cloud Databases
? Perform database installation, upgrades, capacity planning, data migration, and performance monitoring across multiple database server architectures/systems
? Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions to minimize database downtime for planned/unplanned outages
? Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on Database Cloud Security
? Implement Oracle migration to PostgreSQL in HA deployments
? Ensure HHSC best practices and methodologies are applied to the design, deployment, and operations in the cloud.
? Define and develop blueprints and roadmaps for building solutions in the cloud (preferably AWS)
? Ensure compliance with enterprise security configuration standards
? Work closely with other teams to ensure solutions are engineered and deployed meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.
? Provide cloud operational guidance both internal and external operation teams
? Investigate and provide feedback on new AWS services and solutions.
? Performing continuous research on emerging technologies to stay updated with the best alternatives, investigate and provide feedback on new services and solutions offered by the CSP
? Providing technical oversight, review, and quality control throughout the life cycle of the implementations
? Engaging with Cloud service provider around solving technical problems in the Cloud ecosystem
? Support DevOps functions to best utilize cloud resources with software configuration management and continuous integration tools.
The Cloud Solution Architect will perform other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is preferred.
Certification:
- Cloud Solutions Architect Certification
- Cloud Infrastructure Certifications
Skills(Required):
- Hands on experience in designing, executing, and supporting IT cloud solutions.
- Experience with database installation, upgrades, capacity planning, data migration, and performance monitoring across multiple database server architectures/systems
- Experience in Database migration to Cloud
- Experience migrating Oracle to PostgreSQL in HA deployments.
- Experience migrating Oracle RAC/Exadata infrastructure to a public cloud environment
- Hands on experience with managing compute components (CPU, Memory, Hard Disk) through virtualization in AWS Cloud
- Experience with database performance tuning benchmark techniques, database sharding, table partitioning, horizontal/vertical scaling, user load, identification/measuring bottlenecks, system optimization
- Experience with data storage systems
Skills(Preferred):
- Hands-on experience as a platform engineer for Cloud platform
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodology
- Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms
- Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum)
- Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of cloud technology, including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).