Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

MJB 5150 Consulting LLC
Lansing, MI, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary to permanent
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$197,600.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

.NET Framework Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Continuous Integration DevOps Identity and Access Management Linux System Administration Cloud Services
+26 more
Azure DevOps Pipelines Runbook Shell Script Software Engineering Vault (Revision Control System) YAML Datadog Data Logging Java Application Server Istio HybridCloud Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Git Cloudformation Amazon Relational Database Service Containerization Git Flow Kubernetes Cloudwatch Api Gateway Elastic Beanstalk Terraform Splunk New Relic (SaaS) Software Version Control Docker

Job description

MJB Recruiting is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect for a major State of Michigan enterprise cloud migration initiative supporting large-scale AWS modernization and CI/CD automation efforts.

This is a highly technical, hands-on cloud engineering and architecture role focused on AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes/EKS, GitOps, Azure DevOps pipelines, Terraform, and enterprise cloud migration delivery.

IMPORTANT:

  • Hybrid role - onsite in Lansing, MI required from Day 1 (2 days/week)
  • NO remote-only option
  • Local Michigan candidates strongly preferred
  • Non-local candidates must relocate at own expense
  • In-person interviews required
  • Interviews expected between 5/25 - 5/29
  • Submission deadline: 5/20/26 at 10:00 AM EST, * Lead AWS platform configuration and enterprise cloud migration initiatives
  • Build and manage AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager environments
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, Flux, GitOps, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (preferred)
  • Configure observability, logging, alerting, monitoring, and production support readiness
  • Partner closely with application development teams, infrastructure teams, DBA teams, and technical leadership
  • Produce architecture documentation, operational runbooks, and deployment standards

Requirements

Do you have experience in YAML?, * 5-6+ years hands-on AWS production experience

  • Strong Kubernetes/EKS administration and troubleshooting experience
  • Production GitOps experience with ArgoCD or Flux (required)
  • Strong Azure DevOps Pipeline (YAML) experience
  • Docker/containerization expertise
  • Terraform or CloudFormation Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Linux administration and shell scripting
  • Strong Git/source control experience
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred:

  • AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps certifications
  • CKA or CKAD certifications
  • Experience migrating .NET or Java applications to AWS
  • Experience with DataDog, Splunk, New Relic, Istio, Vault, or API gateways

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a large-scale enterprise AWS cloud transformation initiative within a highly visible State of Michigan environment.

Benefits & conditions

525 West Allegan Street, Lansing, MI 48933 Hybrid work $95 an hour - Contract

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