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Pendulum · 5 months ago

Cloud Solutions Architect - SME

Chantilly, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Pendulum is a company committed to doing right by their people and clients. They are seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect - SME to design scalable and secure cloud architectures using AWS, manage infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code, and ensure application performance through testing and monitoring.

Information Technology & Services

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Use software such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar to create user stories, plan sprints, or track work requirements

Design a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architecture using AWS services

Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform to create and manage infrastructure

Set up a development, test, and production environments, including AWS accounts, CI/CD pipelines, and version control systems

Design and develop databases, including schema design, data modeling, and data migration

Configure Cl/CD pipelines to automate deployment and testing

Develop the application

Perform unit testing, integration testing, and performance testing to ensure the application meets the required standards

Deploy the application to the production environment

Set up monitoring and logging tools to track application performance and identify issues

Perform ongoing maintenance, including bug fixes, security patches, and performance optimizations

Maintain documentation and perform knowledge transfer to ensure a smooth handover

Qualification

AWS Cloud ExpertiseSolution ArchitectureCI/CD PipelinesDatabase DesignProgramming in JavaFront-end DevelopmentAgile EnvironmentAWS CertificationsAPI ExperienceAutomated Testing Tools

Required

Clearance Level: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

Skill Level(s): Subject Matter Expert

AWS Cloud Expertise and be familiar with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lamda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB as examples

Solution Architecture in designing scalable, secure and highly available cloud architectures

Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline

programming skills in Java, Python, Node.js, C#, or Go

database design, development of database tables, views, queries, and management, including complex relational databases, SQL databases in RDS, (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB)

Front-end Development skills, with expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js

experience working in an Agile environment

Preferred

AWS Certifications: Solutions Architect, Data Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Developer

experience working within Sponsor's environment

experience working with API's communicating between systems

experience working with any software automated test tool, experience building scripts, maintaining test collections, scaling demand (stress test), etc