Cloud Solutions Architect

Taylorsville / Salt Lake City, UT 84119, UT

$110–$112 Per Hour
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Job Description

Job Title: Cloud Solutions Architect
Job Location: Taylorsville / Salt Lake City, UT 84119 (Onsite)
Job Duration: 12 Months
Hours: 20 Hours per week

Job Summary:

The client is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to support the Department of Transportation in designing, securing, and optimizing cloud solutions with a primary focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including legacy-to-cloud migrations, while providing technical leadership to development and operations teams.

Job Responsibilities:

Design and develop cloud solutions that meet business and technical requirements (primary focus on GCP; AWS and Azure also relevant)
Collaborate with stakeholders, business product owners, and DevOps teams to gather requirements and translate them into architectural designs and technical roadmaps
Provide technical leadership and guidance on cloud best practices, application hosting, and distributed architecture
Create and maintain architectural documentation, including diagrams, integration processes, and specifications
Ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and optimized for performance, reliability, and scalability
Architect and maintain cloud database systems, BigQuery data pipelines, and public/private APIs to support application integration and legacy-to-cloud migrations
Evaluate and recommend new cloud technologies, tools, and services (e.g., containers, Kubernetes/GKE, BI analytics)
Conduct regular reviews of cloud environments to identify improvements and cost optimization opportunities
Support disaster recovery planning and backup strategies and ensure high availability of critical systems
Stay current on emerging cloud technologies and industry trends to inform architectural strategy

Required Technical Skills:

In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms and services (demonstrated GCP expertise or other major public cloud provider); scalable, distributed systems and microservices architecture; Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Open Tofu, Ansible, CloudFormation, or Pulumi); networking (VPC, hybrid connectivity), security protocols, and IAM in cloud environments; containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/GKE); AI-assisted developer tools and workflows for infrastructure provisioning, code maintenance, and automated testing; strong problem-solving and troubleshooting; effective communication and leadership skills; and experience working in a cloud environment for a government, higher education, or other public-sector entity.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent related experience, where 1 year of higher education substitutes for 1 year of experience)
7+ years of experience in IT, including 3+ years in cloud architecture, DevOps, or a similar technical leadership role
Certifications such as Google Professional Cloud Architect, Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect
Experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions), and database administration/migrations (PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, BigQuery)
Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, or ISO/IEC 27001

Minimum Mandatory Requirements:

GCP, AWS or Azure certification
Infrastructure as Code experience
Experience working in a cloud environment for a public sector entity (State, Federal, Higher Ed, etc.)

Numbers & Facts

Location	Taylorsville / Salt Lake City, UT 84119, UT
Salary	$110–$112 Per Hour

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Ansibleunmatched
Application Hostingunmatched
Application Integrationunmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Architectural Servicesunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Business Intelligenceunmatched
Cloud Architectureunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Data Recoveryunmatched
Database Administrationunmatched
Database Technologyunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Disaster Recoveryunmatched
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Distributed Computingunmatched
Dockerunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Emerging Technologyunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
GitHubunmatched
Governmentunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Higher Educationunmatched
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)unmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Industry/Trade Analysisunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC)unmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Microservicesunmatched
Microsoft SQL Serverunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
PostgreSQLunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
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Public Cloudunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Security Protocolsunmatched
Software Administrationunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
System Architectureunmatched
Systems Maintenanceunmatched
Systems Scalabilityunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
Test Automationunmatched
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched
Web Hostingunmatched

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