POSITION OVERVIEW

Applies advanced IT architecture concepts and campus / medical center / OP or community-specific objectives to resolve highly complex issues with significant impact on the organization. Regularly works on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Effectively selects criteria for evaluating results.
Reporting to the Sherlock Cloud and Systems Lead, the Cloud Engineer and DevOps Lead is primarily responsible for a broad range of activities in support of driving innovation within the core competencies of the division. Provide expert knowledge of public cloud computing platforms include AWS and Azure. Responsible for performance by monitoring, maintaining, administering, developing, and testing computing, network, and application components related to large, complex computing platforms used within the Sherlock Division. Work with researchers on strategies, then translate strategies into architectural goals. Confer with the Sherlock Division leadership to achieve consensus on technical architectural direction. Analyze and propose new systems and technologies. Balance workload across multiple Sherlock Division programs/projects. Develop and maintain a disaster recovery plan for systems as well as data recovery plan in the event of a natural disaster. Exhibit technical mastery of enterprise system management, cloud computing, network architecture, operations and security, Linux operating systems, emerging computing technologies and architectures and the interrelationship of all. Provide support to the development of multi-cloud computing infrastructure per the vision of the Sherlock Division.
As a Cloud and DevOps Engineer, responsible for designing and implementing turnkey solutions that span the entire data lifecycle pipeline including ingesting & integration, storage, compute and applications. Leverages public cloud platforms to orchestrate the necessary micro-services to provide fit-for-purpose solutions that support big data, analytics and dates science use cases. Works closely with internal and customer teams to create migration and testing plans for their existing applications utilizing standard cloud services that maximize automation and focuses on an infrastructure as code methodology. Explore new technologies and patterns to see how they can be used to improve our code base, and work with teams to vet and implement the new designs and enhancements.
Collaborates with Enterprise Architects, Infrastructure Engineers, Security Analysts, ENS Engineers, Business Analysts, Service Owners, Project Managers as well as leadership and customer stakeholders to provide cost-effective, functionally optimal and architecturally sound solutions to divisional needs driving toward implementation of the architecture road map in support of Sherlock’s Strategic Plan. The Cloud Architect will promote implementation of industry best practices, perform vendor education and analysis, review business process/technology alignment, and develop roadmaps for business/technology optimization.

QUALIFICATIONS

1) Advanced knowledge of computer security best practices and policies including demonstrated experience securing most complex server-based software. Advanced knowledge of computer security best practices and policies including demonstrated experience securing most complex server-based software. Demonstrated experience with HIPAA, FISMA and NIST Security Technical Implementation Guidelines.
2) Understanding of DevOps practices and tools. Coding in Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Python, bash, and reverse-engineering source code in other languages. Demonstrated skills associated with adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
3) Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of how system management actions affect other systems, system users and dependent / related functions. Expert in cross-platform OS and application integration (Linux/Windows).
4) Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Demonstrates problem solving skills. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines.
5) Must be able to work effectively in a fluid, fast-paced agile environment.

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