NexGen Data Systems is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to lead, plan, design, deploy, and continue to support a mission critical project. The Senior Cloud Solutions Architect position will work in a supervisory role of a team of architects leading the design and recommendations.  The technical responsibilities of the Senior Cloud Solutions Architect include the design, deployment, upgrades, implementation, and support of a multi-vendor enterprise cloud network. This is a new project, and the candidate will need have the ability to learn and work in different technologies as the effort progresses.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Gathers requirements and designs Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud-based system deployments and system transitions. 
• Architecting and planning migrations to commercial cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Office 365, Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud platforms. 
• Will perform in a supervisory or technical lead role on a team of architects leading the design and recommendations. 
• Work with end users and application experts to elicit requirements for designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems in cloud-based systems.
• Lift and shift planning for existing on-premises application to cloud-based systems.
• Ingress and egress planning for data migration to and from cloud-based systems.
• Selecting the appropriate cloud service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements.
• Integration with on-premises enterprise networks and systems.
• Identifying appropriate use of cloud architectural best practices.
• Estimating cloud costs and identifying cost control mechanisms.
• Providing tasking and oversight over other technical members of the team performing the design and architecture.
• Providing technical clarity and direction to Cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Consultants.
• Reviews final work products for correctness and adherence to design concepts.

Other Duties: 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.

Desired/Required Skills: 

• Active Top Secret level government clearance or higher required.
• Must meet 8140 Department of Defense compliance requirements (Security and OS certifications)
• Quarterly travel to Charleston, SC required (two days a quarter)
• Ten years with Masters or fourteen years with Bachelors degree of professional experience with research, design, and development of computer and network software or specialized utility programs which may include database maintenance within an application area. 
• Individual shall have experience applying programming concepts in a professional or academic setting and notable experience with applying modern software development methodologies (e.g. agile, DEVOPS/DEVSECOPS) in a professional or academic setting.
• Agile Developer certification or Certified Scrum Developer certification.
• 10+ years’ experience working in and designing Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud-based system deployments and system transitions. 
• Experience architecting and planning migrations to commercial cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Office 365, Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud platforms. 
• Experience working in a supervisory or technical lead role. 
• Customer facing experience extremely preferential.
• 10+ years’ experience designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems in cloud-based systems.
• Experience estimating cloud costs and identifying cost control mechanisms.
• Lift and shift planning for existing on-premises application to cloud-based systems required.
• Providing tasking and oversight over other technical members of the team performing the design and architecture.
• Providing technical clarity and direction to Cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Consultants.
• Reviews final work products for correctness and adherence to design concepts.

About the Company:

NexGen Data Systems is an emerging technologies focused company providing expert systems and network engineering solutions to the Department of Defense. NexGen Data Systems promotes a culture of knowledge and career advancement through continued learning, keeping our team current on the latest advances in systems and networking, and enabling our team to provide the best available solutions to our clients.

Benefits:

• Company covers 100% of premiums for the employee’s medical, dental, and vision insurance and subsidizes premiums for spouse and dependents.
• Company provides short and long term disability plans.
• 401(k) match up to 10% of the employee’s salary contributions to 401(K) plan.
• Comprehensive training and development program.
• 11 paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) accrual level starts at 15 days annually.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

NOTE: US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. In order to be qualified for this position, you must be able to obtain and maintain a United States Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. We are unable to sponsor Visas at this time. NexGen Data Systems provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.