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Title: AWS Cloud Architect
Start Date: ASAP
Bill Rate: TBD
Position Type: Contract 
Locations: Chicago, IL

Job Profile Summary:

The incumbent will perform Cloud Solution Architecture for strategic and customer-driven initiatives and will partner with other Domain Architects and DEVOPS engineers to engage customers and stakeholders to clarify expectations, apply relevant standards and best-practices, and drive the delivery of Cloud solutions and services. This will be a collaborative role, necessitating strong interpersonal and influencing skills in addition to broad IT domain knowledge, particularly in IaC, DevOps, and Cloud Security and Governance practices.


Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Analyze new solution requests, solicit and clarify non-functional requirements, and formulate conceptual and physical architectures, to rapidly deliver infrastructure solutions in a fast-paced, multi-vendor, cloud-first environment
  • Lead deployment of projects, creation of design collateral, and mentoring other team members
  • Consult and advise the development team on cloud infrastructure and cloud development best practices
  • Collaborate with DEVOPS engineers to design and build automation solutions
  • Interface with other cross functional domain architects and engineers
  • Uses own subject matter expertise and appropriate stakeholders to evolve infrastructure standards that improve time to market, economics, and brand protection for global technology solutions
  • Support Enterprise Architecture activities by driving service roadmaps, strategic planning, and optimization in AWS, and taking a lead role in setting organizational standards for the optimal use of technologies

​Qualifications: Experience/Education Required:
  • 5 years experience in a senior-level Infrastructure Solution Architecture role
  • 2 years minimum direct experience in architecting solution in AWS
  • Broad exposure to multiple areas of technology, particularly cloud infrastructure and operations management, DevOps, and security
  • Knowledge of IaC concepts and toolchain (eg; Atlassian and HashiCorp product suite, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, CFT,  Artifactory, etc.)
  • Knowledge of AWS network connectivity design concepts
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a predominantly supplier-enabled, outsourced technology delivery environment
  • Excellent written, verbal, and meeting facilitation skills
  • Experience with agile methodologies, particularly Kanban
  • Experience in global and retail environments highly desired

Physical Demands:
  • Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards
  • Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.
  • Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard and monitor
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