Senior Cloud Architect - Tampa, FL

Senior Cloud Architect – Tampa, FL

Job Description

If you are passionate about technology, have an active TS/SCI clearance, and want to build a successful career in cloud, cyber, and machine learning, Ampsight is interested in you. We are looking for a Senior Cloud Architect with an active TS/SCI clearance based in Tampa, Florida. The Architect will work on a high-performance agile team with other talented engineers, architects, and data scientists to design/ integrate systems, create cutting-edge solutions optimized for Amazon Web Services (AWS), and provide hands-on cloud, analytics and machine learning consulting services to defense and intelligence customers in the federal government. Candidates that possess a solid understanding of AWS services and solutions who have years of hands-on experience creating secure, resilient, and elastic systems for AWS and C2S/C2E are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conducting architecture trade studies, assessments, and prototyping
• Developing cloud architectures and solutions
• Conducting capability assessments and developing cloud migration strategies
• Optimizing systems and capabilities for performance and scale in the AWS cloud
• Leading developers during implementation
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid experience designing, configuring, and optimizing AWS cloud infrastructure
• A deep understanding of security principles
• Extensive experience leading troubleshooting, capacity planning, systems analysis, and performance analysis activities
• 5 years of experience with Linux/Unix development
• Extensive experience writing production-quality code in multiple languages ( 1 for Scala, Python, Go or any functional language)
• Experience with DevOps
• In-depth knowledge of infrastructure operations and principles
• Experience designing systems architecture to achieve the right balance of performance, risk, and cost
• Solid written and oral communication skills
• A desire to lead, mentor and coach engineers
• Experience leading agile development teams
• At least one AWS Certification
  
  

Requirements

• 15 years of experience designing & developing software systems
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field ( 1 for advanced degree)
• An active TS/SCI clearance
• Willing to go onsite as needed
  
  

Benefits

• Stock options, our success is your success
• Discretionary performance based bonus(es)
• 10 paid floating holidays and 1 paid holiday per year
• 20 days PTO per year
• 401k plan with 4% match (assuming 5% employee contribution)
• Health care, dental, and vision with company contribution
• Short and long-term disability
• Life insurance
  
  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.