Cloud Solution Architect

Title: Cloud Solution Architect

State Role Title: 39113

Hiring Range: $140,000 - $160,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location:Central Office

Agency Website:www.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is seeking a highly skilled professional, with advanced expertise in solution development, to serve as a Cloud Solution Architect to support a modern cloud-based ecosystem. This position requires technical proficiency in cloud initiatives and adherence to software engineering best practices. This role involves implementing technology solutions that enhance business decision-making and processes across all business units, in alignment with the agency's architectural roadmap and enterprise goals, and involves training teams on leveraging the possibilities of cloud technologies to ensure successful adoption and implementation. Additionally, this position will engage in a broad range of tasks related to the development, deployment, and maintenance of cloud-based infrastructure and applications. Responsibilities include enabling collaboration, automation, and efficiency in the development of cloud-based systems, thereby facilitating the rapid delivery of high-quality software and services to customers.

Additional responsibilities include:
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and convert them into actionable solution components aligned with DBHDS's Enterprise Solution architecture patterns, procedures, and policies.
• Design and develop scalable, resilient cloud solution architectures and engineering solutions using cloud-native services and technologies.
• Develop front-end components and back-end services to create cohesive applications within cloud and hybrid infrastructures.
• Create comprehensive solution documentation detailing the design, testing, and production support processes and procedures.
• Set up and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate updates and feature deployments.
• Ensure solution completeness through thorough testing and quality assurance processes, ensuring compliance with security policies and best practices.
• Manage configuration drift and ensure consistency across different environments, using tools like AWS Code Build/Deploy and AWS CloudFormation.
• Apply DevOps principles to streamline the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and enhance automation.
• Deploy solutions to various environments, establish monitoring processes, and ensure ongoing operational stability and application resiliency through system stress testing and feature enhancements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand change requirements, provide technical expertise, and ensure solutions align with business needs.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement to enhance solution efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Develop proof of concepts for new and emerging technologies aligned with agency vision, contribute to technology skill enhancement, and champion working groups and tool evangelization.
• Participate in research and development initiatives to explore new technologies and methodologies and exhibit subject matter expertise on application engineering topics.
• Invest in continuous learning and apply a programmatic approach to enterprise information management to identify, prioritize, and execute IT initiatives aligned with DBHDS strategies and business outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience translating business requirements into fully tested solution workflows by designing, implementing, and maintaining technology assets using approved tools for both cloud (e.g., AWS, Azure) and on-premises environments.
• Strong proficiency in cloud platforms, leveraging native cloud services for solution engineering.
• Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining APIs specifically tailored for cloud environments (e.g., AWS API Gateway).
• Understanding of cloud networking concepts (e.g., VPCs, subnets, security groups) and cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM).
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Experience with serverless computing concepts, event-driven architecture, and serverless platforms (e.g., AWS Lambda).
• Experience with automating the provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure using tools like AWS CloudFormation and Terraform.
• Ability to write scripts and automate tasks using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Node.js).
• Experience in setting up alerts, dashboards, and logs for cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, including developing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, version control, and collaboration tools (e.g., Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline).
• Experience providing support and training to end-users for improved solution literacy and tool usage in a cloud ecosystem.
• Ability to analyze business process life cycles to identify opportunities for automation and simplification, implementing appropriate solutions.
• Ability to collaborate with product and business owners to deliver robust cloud-based solutions, demonstrating excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams, build rapport and relationships with peers and end-users, and interface amicably with business partners.

Additional Considerations

• Experience building products in a modern cloud ecosystem.
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional and at least one AWS Specialty certification.
• Experience in computer systems concepts and design, and Industry certifications.

DBHDS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, disability, genetic information, age, retaliation, parental status, pregnancy, military service/status, or other non-merit factor. We commit to a diverse and inclusive workforce that is reflective of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In addition, the Commonwealth of Virginia/DBHDS offers excellent health and life insurance benefits, access to Short-Term (STD) and Long-Term (LTD) Disability benefits, twelve (12) paid holidays and other leave benefits, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This position is eligible for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.

For consideration, interested applicants must apply by completing the online application. A resume may also be included with your submission. However, emailed, faxed, and hand-delivered applications and/or resumes will not be accepted. This position is open until filled; however, applications/resumes will begin to be reviewed within seven (7) business days of the date of this posting. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act.

DBHDS welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the U.S. For more information on how to seek this authorization, please refer to Working in the United States or contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office directly.

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Contact Information

Name: ShaKiera Miles

Phone: N/A

Email: shakiera.miles@dbhds.virginia.gov - Inquiries Only/No Submissions, to include resumes.

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.