Functional Architect

Proven experience leading cloud engineering teams in a large enterprise or public sector environment

cloud certification in AWS and/or Azure

Key Skills Summary

Leadership & Strategic Alignment

• Proven leadership of Cloud & Compute Architecture or Engineering teams in large enterprise or public-sector environments.
• Ability to align technology strategy, standards, and roadmaps with CIO/CTO vision and enterprise objectives.
• Experience managing matrixed organizations and cross-agency IT operations.
• Strong customer-oriented and service-driven mindset.
• Skilled in establishing and maintaining unified IT team culture across multiple departments.

Cloud Architecture & Engineering

• Deep expertise in cloud technologies
  , including:
• AWS:
  EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch
• Azure:
  Virtual Machines, VNets, Resource Manager, Monitor, Security Center
• Hands-on experience in
  hybrid and multi-cloud architecture
  design, deployment, and management.
• Knowledge of
  IaaS
  and
  PaaS
  design principles—focused on scalability, performance, and security.
• Experience with
  cloud governance frameworks
  , including tagging, RBAC, and compliance enforcement.
• Familiarity with
  government/sovereign cloud environments
  (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government).
• Expertise in
  cloud cost optimization, automation, and orchestration
  .

IT Operations & Service Management (ITSM)

• Strong experience designing and maturing ITSM processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Knowledge, Service Catalog).
• Ability to measure and improve ITSM performance metrics (SLAs/KPIs).
• Proficiency in developing dashboards and executive reports for operational performance.
• Skilled in managing large-scale enterprise compute and cloud infrastructure operations.
• Proven record of improving service availability, resiliency, and continuity.

Business & Technical Governance

• Ability to develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and technology justification reports.
• Experience defining policies, procedures, and operational standards for cloud and compute services.
• Strong understanding of
  continuity planning
  ,
  disaster recovery
  , and
  risk management
  for enterprise systems.
• Skilled in
  capacity planning
  ,
  performance tuning
  , and
  resiliency design
  .
• Experience monitoring compliance with enterprise and government IT standards.

Analytical & Communication Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in executive reporting and stakeholder alignment.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into clear business terms.

Additional

• Knowledge of ITSM tools and enterprise monitoring solutions.
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives and process automation.
• Willingness to travel as needed (including overnight trips).