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Azure Cloud Architect job at General Dynamics Information Technology. Bethesda, MD. We are GDIT. We stay at the forefront of innovation to solve complex technical challenges. GDIT is your place. Make it your own by discovering new ways to securely and expertly apply the latest technology. Own your opportunity at GDIT by playing an important role in providing the technologies and services that millions of researchers and health professionals depend on, every day. Our work depends on an Azure Cloud Architect joining our team to support one of our Federal customers in the DC Metropolitan area. At GDIT, we foster a people-centric environment. As an Azure Cloud Architect supporting GDIT’s Federal Health Division, you will be trusted to support cloud contracts for multiple customers in multi-cloud environments with other technical engineers and architects spanning AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure technologies. In this role, a typical day will include: • Leads the team in supporting operations and management of applications on cloud platforms. • Provides architecture support for Azure tenant hosting Microsoft 365 and AD. • Maintains strategic alignment with all customer IT roadmaps, ensuring that technical solutions in development are aligned to objectives. • Assists in defining technical requirements for CSP service offerings that meet long-term objectives, in collaboration with the customer. • Provides technical input, cross-functional collaborations, and makes architecture recommendations in alignment with industry best practices; e.g., providing technical input to cloud services product roadmaps; producing whitepapers and/or technical requirements documentation; producing Architecture documents and artifacts. • Consults and engages with customers to help them understand what options they have in the cloud and identifies the optimal platform and architecture for their workloads • Meet with customers to understand the workload(s) they plan to deploy • Review architectures and make recommendations • Gather networking requirements and any special configurations needed • Help customers identify the appropriate CSP for their workload(s) • Provide guidance to customers on how best to manage their workload(s) • Provide guidance on security best practices • Onboard new customers and projects into the environment. • Provides support for AI/ML workloads helping customers get started. • Provides tier 2 or tier 3 troubleshooting to ensure the cloud environment is configured to perform AI/ML tasks. Interfaces with CSP support to resolve issues. • Works with relevant security teams and personnel to monitor and maintain all security controls for the enterprise cloud environments to adhere to the ATO at the assigned FISMA moderate designation level (currently moderate). This includes, but is not limited to, remediation of POA&Ms items and other continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) requirements. • Participates in performance testing and security testing of environments in support of risk remediation and to verify compliance of the ATO. • Provides after-hours support to the team as needed to resolve critical incidents and meet operational architectural needs. WHAT YOU’LL NEED: • 9+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work experience • Azure Associate level certifications and at least one professional certification. • Deep, hands-on technical experience with cloud technologies and hybrid cloud architectures • Experience with cloud hosted databases such as Azure SQL • Hands-on experience migrating on-premise workloads to the cloud • Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware • Automation experience with at least one CM/CI tool such as OpsWorks, Puppet, Jenkins, Ansible, and Azure Resource Manager • Solid understanding of alerts and monitoring tools, and system management tools • Experience with fundamental storage concepts: filesystems, backup, cloning, snapshotting, logical volume management, disk encryption. • Understanding of Web and Application Server technologies (such as Apache Apache Tomcat, JBoss, WebSphere, IIS) • Proficient with segmentation, isolation, and micro-segmentation networking concepts, Firewalls, NAT, SNAT, DNAT, and Load Balancing technologies. • Demonstrated hands-on experience in server systems engineering and administration (or equivalent combination of education and experience) • Subject Matter Expert in Azure, including professional experience architecting and operating solutions built on Azure • Strong understanding of Azure technologies (VNet, Azure SQL Database, IAM, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Load Balancer) and others • Experience with High-Availability, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Database Concepts, System and Software • Strong understanding of application, server, and network security and government requirements such as FISMA/FedRAMP • Direct experience in an enterprise large-scale hosted computing environment • Experience with hybrid Cloud environments • Experience assessing, planning, designing, and migrating/transforming legacy applications to the Cloud • Working knowledge of software development tools, web services, and methodologies DESIRED EXPERIENCE: • Azure Professional level certifications strongly preferred • Experience implementing enterprise cloud storage and disaster recovery solutions • Strong CLI and API scripting (e.g., PowerShell, JSON, Bash, Perl, Ruby, Python) • Apache & Tomcat administration experience • Proficient in orchestration and workflow automation and development • Software Development Life Cycle, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery • Continuous integration/continuous deployment experience is strongly preferred • Knowledge of DevOps technologies is preferred • Container systems (Kubernetes, Mesosphere, Docker) • Experience with other cloud environments such as AWS, Google, or others are a plus WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU: • 401K with company match • Customizable health benefits packages • Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career • Rewards program for high-performing employees Not sure this job’s the one for you? 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