IT Technical Architect II (Cloud Operations)

Improving America’s infrastructure isn’t for the weak. It takes grit, determination, and hard work to execute high impact projects. Michels Corporation engages 8,000 people and 18,000 pieces of heavy equipment in our insatiable drive to be the best. Our work improves lives. Find out how a career as a IT Technical Architect II (Cloud Operations) can change yours.

An IT Technical Architect II is responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of the organization’s technical solutions and will serve as the technical expert on solution design, development, and implementation requirements to address business needs. The IT Technical Architect II works closely with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and IT development and operations teams to develop, maintain, and enhance our enterprise architecture. Critical for success is a deep understanding of enterprise-level software development, infrastructure, and security, as well as experience with modern technologies, public cloud platforms and industry best practices. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and strong communication and interpersonal skills are key. Must be able to work in a team environment.

Why Michels?

• We are consistently ranked among the top 10% of Engineering News-Record’s Top 400 Contractors
• Our steady, strategic growth revolves around a commitment to quality
• We are family owned and operated
• We invest an average of $5,000 per employee on training each year
• We reward hard work and dedication with limitless opportunities
• We believe it is everyone’s responsibility to promote safety, regardless of job titles.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits program, including Health, Dental, Life, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Short Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401(k) plan, Legal Plan, and Identity Theft and Monitoring Plan.  Depending on your positions and location you may participate in a different benefit plan. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and promote a strong health, safety, environment, and quality (HSEQ) culture for all employees, vendors, subcontractors, and customers to comply with HSEQ policies, procedures, regulations, and continual improvement objectives. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and risks with a commitment to correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe or nonconforming actions or conditions.
• Certified Cloud Architect preferred (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Strong design and architectural experience with hybrid cloud deployments
• Advanced experience with public and private cloud tech stacks (virtualization, systems, storage)
• Design expertise with isolated, privatized cloud solutions, gov-cloud experience a plus
• Multi-Cloud architectural experience (Hybrid, Mesh, Data Portability, Service Portability, Resilience)
• Cloud networking, software defined networks, and SD-WAN design/implementation experience
• Identity and access management leader in public cloud space (MG, RBAC, Control Tower…)
• Expert level scripting and automation abilities (PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef…)
• Strong documentation and project management skills (design, execute, maintain)
• Ability to design and communicate architecture and risk postures to others
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelors’ Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; and 4-6 years of experience as an IT Technical Architect or similar role, or an equivalent combination
• Experience with enterprise-level infrastructure design, security, and performance best practices
• Experience with project management and life cycle management methodologies

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with IT service management methodologies, such as ITIL
• Experience with cloud technologies, containerization, and microservices architecture
• Experience working with Agile methodologies