Cloud Architect Solutions Specialist
Bethesda, Maryland
Experience: 4
Education: BA, BS
Category: Information Technology
Contractor Work Model: Remote
Brand: ALTA IT Services
Compensation Range: 70.00 - 73.00 Per Hour
Job ID: 341733
Date Posted: 09/29/2025
Shortcut: http://jobs.systemone.com/EeAkMH
Cloud Architect Solutions Specialist
100% REMOTE - Must reside in the Washington, DC metro area
US CITIZEN; GREEN CARD HOLDER; EAD ACCEPTED
Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance
ALTA IT Services is seeking a Cloud Architect/Solutions Specialist to support one of our clients in Rockville, MD. We are looking for a bright, energetic, customer service oriented professional to join our team. The ideal candidate for this position will play a critical role in developing a cloud services delivery model for enterprise hosting and storage services, and will help to operate and maintain multiple cloud systems for the client.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Primarily responsible for the client’s cloud infrastructure architecture and associated observability / instrumentation of various services using tools such as DataDog, Dynatrace, or similar APMs.
• Develop a cloud services delivery and operational model, keeping track of cloud activities, developing and moving applications to the cloud, and specifying computing demands.
• Provide advice to leadership regarding establishing and maintaining enterprise platform and cloud services.
• Develop a well-informed cloud approach and adoption process for the IT team.
• Develop capabilities within an enterprise cloud infrastructure to host workloads across the enterprise
• Assist with infrastructure migration strategies, such as mass application transfers to the cloud.
• Monitor and maintain security and privacy compliance within cloud-based solutions.
• Respond to technical requests and incidents in a timely and competent manner, following the client's standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Identify cloud architecture frameworks to help the client accomplish its strategic goals (e.g., for multi-cloud support).
• Perform activities such as deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and management inside the cloud framework that has been created.
• Assess project-specific requirements and devise approaches to optimize resource use and enable the required scalability/flexibility for the project/workload.
• Work closely with other IT service areas, such as Identify and Access Management, Network Services, and the Information Security to develop new solutions and maintain compliance with the client's policies and procedures.
• Perform capacity planning duties to help keep track of cloud cost and usage, and ensure that contingency plans are established and available.
• Conduct migrations to transfer applications and other tools and services to the cloud.
• Ensure that critical applications hosted on the cloud are designed and optimized for high availability and disaster recovery in a cloud environment.
• Maintain the cloud hosting capabilities through code/configuration pipelines (e.g., Infrastructure as Code), and provide environments to the IC customers to build their systems and applications.
• Perform security and gap analyses on a regular basis and in a timely manner following the client's policies and guidelines.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The successful candidate must have:
• At least a Bachelor’s degree in information science, computer science, mathematics, or a related technical field
• At least 4 years of professional work experience with cloud technology and with more than one cloud service provider (CSP) platform (e.g., among Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI)
• Hands-on experience working with cloud architecture and tools
• Experience in migration of enterprise applications to the cloud
• Experience in designing, planning, implementing, and supporting enterprise applications and storage in a cloud environment using technologies such as Unix/Linux, Windows, Oracle, SQL, Java, .Net, and other web application technologies
The following lists preferred experience and qualifications:
• Active certification in any of the major cloud service providers/platforms
• Experience working for and/or with the federal government
• Experience with multiple cloud storage technologies (e.g., AWS EBS, S3, S3IA, Glacier; Azure Blob, Azure File; Google Cloud Storage, Filestore, etc.) and knowledge of the security, cost, and performance differences and implications
• Experience with capacity planning, performance analysis, disaster recovery planning, storage configuration, and/or storage consolidation
• Experience with backup and disaster recovery for cloud environments, including using cloud as an alternate location for on-premises backups
• Experience with managing cloud infrastructure as code
• You will also need a solid understanding and hands-on experience with multi-cloud architecture, cloud computing, cloud storage, and cloud support operations and technology systems, as well as experience in designing and migrating applications to the cloud.
• The person shall have a positive attitude and excellent communication skills to effectively coordinate cloud migration strategies and support for the client, including but not limited to coordinating closely with the client technical teams to ensure that approaches appropriately align to the broader enterprise capabilities.
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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