Business Title: Lead Specialist, Federal Cloud Engineer Requisition Number: 112154 - 21 Function: Advisory Area of Interest: State: DC City: Washington Description: The KPMG Advisory practice is currently our fastest growing practice. We are seeing tremendous client demand, and looking forward we don't anticipate that slowing down. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility and leading market tools, we make sure our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory. KPMG is currently seeking a Lead Specialist to join our Federal Advisory practice. Responsibilities: * Serve as key advisor in client facing role to drive the architecture and design of comprehensive modern cloud solution including creating and maintaining architecture diagrams for applications, infrastructure and platforms. 
* Utilize automation tools to deploy and manage cloud infrastructure and applications which included using containerization technologies such as Kubernetes and scripting cloud infrastructures. 
* Monitor the performance and security of cloud systems to identify and remediate any issues that arise then work to optimize cloud systems for cost and efficiency. 
* Provide technical support to customers and internal team, answering questions about the cloud infrastructure and troubleshooting issues as needed. 
* Stay up to date on the latest cloud technologies and trends to ensure that the customer's solutions remain cutting-edge and effective. 
* Effectively delegate tasks to the appropriate team members based on their strengths and expertise, while foster cross functional collaboration to ensure seamless execution of projects and initiatives. 
Qualifications: * A minimum of five years of experience with DevOps/Sys Admin in a cloud hosted environment; U.S. Federal government consulting experience preferred
* Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; Master's degree from an accredited college/university preferred
* Experience in designing cloud architectures and implementing production infrastructure and applications in an AWS environment
* Experience with Python Scripting, PySpark, SQL, AWS Glue and AWS Networking
* Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal government security clearance within a reasonable period of time
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