IT Enterprise Architect

Immediate need for a talented IT Enterprise Architect. This is a 06+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Richmond, VA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

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Job ID:26-32659

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Pay Range: $85 - $90/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

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Key Responsibilities:

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• Develop and maintain enterprise cloud strategies, architecture principles, and reference architectures.
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• Lead enterprise cloud transformation, hybrid-cloud migration, and application modernization initiatives.
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• Collaborate with business and technology leaders to align cloud architecture decisions with organizational goals.
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• Design secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
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• Establish architecture standards and governance frameworks for cloud infrastructure, networking, identity management, security, storage, databases, and integration.
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• Conduct architecture reviews, evaluate technical solutions, identify risks, and recommend improvements.
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• Implement cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, network segmentation, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery.
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• Promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, GitOps, policy as code, and automated security practices.
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• Guide cloud-native application development using microservices, APIs, containers, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies.
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• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies, vendor solutions, and enterprise platforms.
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• Drive cloud financial management (FinOps), cost optimization, and technology lifecycle management.
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• Identify technical debt, infrastructure gaps, and modernization opportunities.
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• Mentor architects and engineering teams while communicating architecture recommendations to senior leadership and technical stakeholders.
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Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

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• 10+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Solution Architecture, or large-scale technology transformation.
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• Strong experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure cloud architecture.
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• Proven experience developing enterprise architecture strategies, technology roadmaps, and reference architectures.
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• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, application architecture, data architecture, integration, networking, and security.
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• Experience with cloud migration, hybrid-cloud environments, and application modernization.
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• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
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• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, DevOps practices, and automated security controls.
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• Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, and serverless computing.
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• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, encryption, network segmentation, compliance, and disaster recovery.
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• Experience with cloud cost optimization, FinOps, vendor management, and architecture governance.
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• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
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• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or Associate.
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• AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
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• AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty.
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• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
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• Azure Security Engineer Associate.
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• TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture experience.
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• Additional certifications in cloud security, networking, Kubernetes, FinOps, or DevOps.
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Our client is a leading utilities sector Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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