Need candidates from North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia ONLY - Only W2
Opportunity to:
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of a modern Azure cloud-native integration platform supporting statewide agencies, SCEIS, and enterprise HR and ERP systems.
- Establish scalable integration patterns using APIs, event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and cloud-native Azure services.
- Design and guide implementation of a statewide Azure data lake and supporting data engineering capabilities.
- Provide technical leadership for DevOps, GitOps, CI/CD, security, observability, and operational readiness.
- Define architecture standards, technical patterns, and governance practices that support secure, reliable, and maintainable enterprise solutions.
- Mentor developers, engineers, and architects while supporting knowledge transfer and long-term internal capability development.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise Azure cloud solutions supporting DEA''''s modernization initiatives.
- Design and establish scalable cloud-native integration patterns utilizing APIs, event-driven architecture, data integration, and Azure platform services.
- Provide technical leadership and architecture guidance to development teams, project teams, and
- implementation partners throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, technical documentation, governance practices, and solution recommendations aligned with enterprise objectives.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and vendors to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable enterprise solutions.
- Mentor technical staff and support knowledge transfer while promoting cloud engineering best practices and continuous improvements.
Required skills (must include years of experience, in order of importance)
- Minimum of 10 years of experience designing, developing and implementing enterprise technology solutions.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience designing and implementing cloud solutions and cloud-native architectures using Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), or
- comparable enterprise cloud platforms.
- Demonstrated experience designing enterprise integration solutions utilizing REST APIs, event-
- driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and distributed systems.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise data platforms using cloud-based data lake, analytics, or data engineering technologies. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and development automation using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, scalability, performance
- optimization, monitoring, and operational support.
- Experience establishing cloud architecture standards, technical design pattern, governance practices, and solution documentation.
Required Education:
- Bachelor''''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering Data Science, or a related
- technical field. An equivalent combination or relevant education, professional certifications, and progressively responsible experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
Preferred Skills (Rank in order of Importance):
- Experience integrating SAP, SAP S/4HANA, ERP platforms, HR systems, or enterprise financial
- applications.
- Experience supporting large-scale government, public-sector, or highly regulated technology
- Experience with Azure API Management, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid, Ivalua, or other
- ERP systems.
- Experience establishing enterprise architecture standards, cloud governance practices, and
- Microsoft Azure, TOGAF, or comparable cloud and enterprise architecture certifications.
Required / Preferred Certifications:
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture Certification