ALTA IT Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of System One, a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions and integrated services. ALTA is an established leader in IT Staffing and Services, for both government and commercial enterprises across the United States, specializing in Program & Project Management, Application Development, Cybersecurity, Data & Advanced Analytics, and Agile Transformation Services. IF INTERESTED REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO KSPICER@ALTAITS.COM OR TEXT/CALL #301-252-8762 DEADLINE TO SUBMIT CANDIDATES CLEARANCE REQUIRED-SECRET- TOP SECRET IDEAL Per Federal Government -US Citizenship required Sr. Cloud Architect Azure Leads the strategic and tactical planning for migrating to the cloud and refactoring applications to leverage cloud capabilities, services, and resources Minimum Qualifications: These skills are mandatory: A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university; an advanced degree is preferred; (we prefer to have a degreed resource although we do have a conversion table if we need it) A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in the design, creation and management of cloud-based infrastructure, including virtual networks and virtual machines; Experience implementing Azure Active Directory federation between an on-premises environment and a cloud environment; A minimum of four (4) years of experience of the Microsoft Azure cloud environment required, as this position will require the candidate to design, implement and manage both IaaS and PaaS Azure offerings; Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or ARC-P cloud environments is desirable; A minimum of two (2) years of experience using the Jenkins or Microsoft DevOps for continuous integration and continuous delivery is required; Experience with transforming development and testing environments from on-premises to cloud-based; Experience in design, configuration and maintenance of IaaS in Azure or AWS (Azure is preferred); Experience in automation/configuration management (PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), Chef or equivalent); and Experience with source code repositories such as GIT, SVN, Microsoft DevOps, or equivalent. In addition to the above, we would also like the following skills (all strongly desired but not showstoppers): Manager would still like them to have. Experience managing and guiding technical resource team Experience managing on prem applications including legacy applications such as ColdFusion, MetaStorm, BizTalk, Business Objects, Delphi, etc. Experience preparing and presenting technical briefings to senior government staff Demonstrated ability with DevSecOps, CICD Pipeline and scaled Agile practices Development experience using .Net, Java and Adobe Enterprise Manager ALTA IT Services is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other factor