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The Kenific Group, Inc is Hiring a Senior Cloud Architect Near Washington, DC
Company Overview
The Kenific Group, Inc. (KGI) is a private, small business based in the Washington, DC area. KGI was founded in 2011, initially providing acquisition and supply chain management services to the US Coast Guard. KGI has used this experience to expand our service offerings to other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In the past 10 years we have grown our service offerings to include infrastructure resiliency, contact center operations, information technology, software engineering, program management, strategic communications, engineering, and cybersecurity. We have also grown our customer base to include commercial clients.
Position Overview
KGI is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to work on a federal project alongside a growing team of engineers. This person will provide technical consultation and offer solutions to complex IT/cloud challenges. A successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of Amazon Web Services with proven experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions. They will demonstrate and apply technical and functional expertise in AWS to analyze, optimize, and modernize existing cloud architectures for our federal client.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical consultation and offer solutions to complex IT/cloud challenges
- Design and guide implementation of cloud Enterprise IT architectures
- Ensure consistency through technical design, engineering, and sustainment efforts
- Review existing infrastructures and recommend improvements to provide optimizations and additional benefits to our large federal client
- Design and develop cloud solution architectures and manage the transformation of current infrastructure and applications as they are replaced by cloud solutions
- Communicate with project manager(s) to interpret customer requirements.
- Code and unit test application software
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer-related discipline
- AWS Solutions Architect certification
- 8 years' experience implementing, supporting, and developing in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment
- Experience with containers in Cloud deployments, such as Docker, Elastic Container Service (EC2), and Kubernetes
- Direct experience and expertise performing Cloud Platform Management and Support
- Experience with the cloud migration process
- Experience architecting, implementing, and managing complex networks in a cloud environment
- Experience providing consulting and functional support to full lifecycle of a federal cloud implementation
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact clearly and succinctly in written and oral presentations
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and organized
Preferred Skills
- Working knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology
- JIRA/Confluence
- Additional cloud certifications
- CISSP
Clearance Requirements
U.S. citizenship required - must be able to obtain DoD Secret Clearance
Benefits Overview
We are always looking for good people! The Kenific Group is committed to providing its employees with competitive salaries and benefits in order to increase employee satisfaction and productivity. In addition to our benefits, we also offer SmartBenefits through the Washington Metro Area Transportation Authority, where you specify an amount of your pre-tax wages be paid directly to your SmarTrip account. In some cases, tuition assistance may be available for continuing education expenses and certifications related to their position. Additional details may be found at https://kenificgroup.com/careers/
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Job Summary
Full Time
Business Services
$124k-152k (estimate)
08/07/2023
04/30/2024
kenificgroup.com
FAIRFAX, VA
50 - 100
2011
DOUG SUBOCZ
<$5M
Business Services
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About The Kenific Group, Inc
The Kenific Group, (KGI) is a private Washington, DC based holding company. KGI and its portfolio of companies provide product development, IT, Engineering, and Management Consulting solutions to both commercial and government clients. Founded in 2011, The Kenific Group prides itself on integrity and customer satisfaction, providing innovative solutions based on long-term customer goals.
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