Security Architect - Consultant - Cloud Engineer

The State of South Carolina is looking for a Security Architect - Consultant (Cloud Engineer)

Why is this position open: New Position - The Department of Technology Operations needs assistance with supporting deployment and management of the State-Wide Information Technology Shared Services Cloud initiatives and projects.

Will close to submissions on 08/04 at 5:00PM EST.

Interview Process: 1 round, Virtual/Online

Duration of the Contract: 12 months

Possibility for Extension: Yes

Work Location: Hybrid (3 days per month onsite)

Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident. No relocation allowed.

Full job description attached & required/preferred skills are stated below.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and 8+ years of technical architecture experience and relevant hands-on engineering.
• 10 years infrastructure, systems engineering, DevOps, or architecture
• 8+ years technical architecture
• 5-7 years AWS (IAM, Organizations, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
• 3-5 years Azure (RBAC, Azure AD, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
• 3-7 years enterprise cloud architecture or governance
• 3-5 years Terraform and infrastructure as a code
• 3-5 years cloud migrations and platform operations
• 3+ years technical leadership and knowledge transfer
• Public Cloud infrastructure expertise

Preferred Skills

• AWS and\or Azure certifications
• Expertise in Terraform infrastructure as code, understanding of scaling technologies and solutions, experience with AWS or other clouds, familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other container platforms, security, penetration testing and threat detection tools, and experience wServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or Aviatrix.
• Background in DevOps, Software Development, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience with configuration management and continuous deployment.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Perform system administration, automation, and development tasks for the Cloud Management Platform (CMP).
• Work with DTO and customer personnel to facilitate migrations to the DTO cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain continuity of shared services offered across AWS and Azure.

Required skills

• 10 years infrastructure, systems engineering, DevOps, or architecture
• 8+ years technical architecture
• 5-7 years AWS (IAM, Organizations, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
• 3-5 years Azure (RBAC, Azure AD, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)
• 3-7 years enterprise cloud architecture or governance
• 3-5 years Terraform and infrastructure as a code
• 3-5 years cloud migrations and platform operations
• 3+ years technical leadership and knowledge transfer

• Public Cloud infrastructure expertise

Preferred Skills

• Expertise in Terraform infrastructure as code, understanding of scaling technologies and solutions, experience with AWS or other clouds, familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other container platforms, security, penetration testing and threat detection tools, and experience wServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or Aviatrix.
• Background in DevOps, Software Development, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience with configuration management and continuous deployment.

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and 8+ years of technical architecture experience and relevant hands-on engineering.

Required / Preferred Certifications:

AWS and\or Azure certifications preferred

First week on site to get acclimated to team. After that, consultant should plan 3 days per month onsite. Remainer of time is remote. Onsite cadence will be scheduled with the manager after start. Vendor partner needs to be aware they will be an onsite element and plan accordingly.