AWS Infrastructure Architect

Skills:
Skills Architecture AGILE – Agile Development Methodology Proficient (4-6 Years) No
Skills Cloud AWS-CSA Professional (cloud) Proficient (4-6 Years) No
Skills Others Azure Cloud Proficient (4-6 Years) No
Skills Others Experience building and configuring workloads Proficient (4-6 Years) Yes
Skills Others Google Cloud Platform Proficient (4-6 Years) No
Skills Others Large Migration Projects Advanced (7-9 Years) Yes
Skills Others Supporting IT Cloud Solutions Advanced (7-9 Years) Yes
Education Others Bachelor’s Degree Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related field / 15 or more years of qualifying professional experience Novice (1-3 Years) Yes
Skills Others Cloud Application Deployment Deployment of Greenfield and Brownfield applications to cloud environments. Proficient (4-6 Years) No
Skills Others Backup and recovery Proficient (4-6 Years) No
Skills Others Communication skills both verbal and written Proficient (4-6 Years) No

Description:
The Cloud Infrastructure Architect Systems will serve as a cloud subject matter expert and trusted advisor providing technical support and architectural guidance to leadership, business partners, and internal teams. TennCare Information Systems is responsible for providing high availability, performance, and support to the timely coordination and provision of health care services. The Cloud Infrastructure Architect is responsible for advanced technology architecture, engineering, and administration. This role oversees all system-related activities including the delivery of comprehensive strategies that enable infrastructure transformation, defining policy, managing priorities, infrastructure provisioning, managing budget, and ensuring that service delivery is on time, on budget, and of maximum quality. The IS Tech Consultant will accommodate the design, development, implementation, and delivery of critical services necessary to support the most vulnerable citizens in Tennessee. The IS Tech Consultant will be overseeing be responsible for validating the program activities, ensuring the operational requirements are adhered to, as well as being a subject matter expert for cloud
infrastructure-related items along with and understanding of networking and firewall rules.

Responsibilities:
1. Define enterprise (Public, Private and Hybrid) cloud strategies for cloud adoption, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring.
2. Understands networking and IP ports.
3. Understands the architecture of on-prem to cloud moves.
4. Identify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the company.
5. Work on cloud solutions across a diverse range of projects, which can include application development, identity/access management, network, and data management.
6. Engage and manage stakeholders for the purposes of gathering feedback and offering guidance.
7. Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.
8. Identify dependencies and common infrastructure components, assess migration feasibility, and develop a migration roadmap.
9. Offer guidance in techniques including bulk application transfers into the cloud, and deployment of Greenfield and Brownfield applications to cloud environments.
10. Demonstrate leadership ability to back decisions with research and the “why,” and articulate several options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation.
11. Effectively manages day-to-day activities across multiple projects.
12. Strong ability to see the ‘big picture’ and able to implement strategies that align for success in meeting TennCare goals.
13. Fosters collaboration with vendors, technical teams, and business customers by listening to concerns and needs. With this understanding, as well as the TennCare environment (architectural, political, structural), research and propose more cost-effective, efficient, and maintainable new solutions and approaches to business and technical problems.
14. Analyzes existing practices and technologies to isolate areas ripe for improvement or enhancement.