Cloud Architect Position at Penn State University

1 month ago

University Park, United States The Pennsylvania State University Full time
Job Description and Requirements

We are seeking a highly skilled IT Cloud Architect to join our team at The Pennsylvania State University's Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). The successful candidate will design and implement a secure, cloud-based infrastructure to support mission-critical operations.

The ideal candidate will have experience in developing infrastructure as code, designing and deploying cloud services, and managing security solutions. They will also have excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work with a team of highly skilled researchers and engineers.

The salary range for this position is $97,100.00 - $145,700.00, and the working location can be fully on-site or hybrid on-site/work from home located in the State College, Pennsylvania area.

ARL is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation and serves as a University center of excellence in defense science, systems, and technologies with a focus in naval missions and related areas.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement a secure, cloud-based infrastructure to support mission-critical operations
  • Develop and coordinate cloud architecture across diverse areas, including application development, identity and access management, network and data management, and security
  • Lead the security solution design, development, testing, and implementation of new cloud-based initiatives
  • Collaborate with peer architects and technical leaders to find opportunities to refactor code, improve product capabilities, or perform capability rationalization
  • Participate in high-level enterprise architecture analysis, evaluation, design, integration, documentation, and development

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Development of infrastructure as code (IaC) such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation
  • Success in designing, developing, deploying, or testing in cloud services from AWS and using tools, including EC2, S3, ELBs, RDS, VPCs, security groups, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, or IAM permissions and Azure
  • Experience with microservices and containerization, such as orchestration, cluster management, and container storage, including Docker, Kubernetes, or Rancher
  • Willingness to obtain minimum DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT II Baseline Certification (e.g., Security+, GSEC, SSCP)

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Active government security clearance
  • Cloud Certifications (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
  • Experience working within the parameters detailed via DISA STIGs
  • Past success managing and migrating workloads to the Public Cloud
  • Experience in implementing GCC High M365 tenant for US government entities
  • Experience in both setting up a green field tenant and/or migrating from on-premise to M365

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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