Executive Service

This position requires CJIS & FTI fingerprints.

This position also requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

STS Mission: Deliver business-driven technology solutions and services to support state government in providing value for our citizens.

STS Vision: To be a valued and trusted partner in providing outstanding, comprehensive IT solutions and services that support our customers mission to improve the quality of life of Tennesseans.

How to make a difference in this role:

Enterprise Business Solutions Architect for Cloud Technologies (Cloud Solution Architect) will be responsible for professional IT work of considerable difficulty for Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud activities within STS. Under general direction, the Cloud Solution Architect uses technology of complex difficulty to refine the approach to building, maintaining, and expanding capabilities in the State's AWS cloud environments. The Cloud Solution Architect will also contribute to policies, standards, and best practices for using the State's cloud environments. This role also assists other Cloud Enablement Team members in governance and communication with State departments. This role is also responsible for contributing to the State's standard tools for the cloud environment including containerization, a DevSecOps pipeline, security, and compliance. The associated tasks include: Designing the implementation of cloud infrastructure components such as virtual machines, networks, storage, databases, and security components leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, ELB, Lambda and others.

1. Planning the cloud platform development and deployment strategy and timeline which can include proof of concept, pilot, conversion, upgrade, and rollout of new features.

2. Implementation of automation and orchestration using AWS services such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, and third-party tools to streamline deployment and management processes.
3. Implementation of security best practices and compliance standards on the AWS platform, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, network security, and regulatory compliance.
4. Collaborating with specialists such as network, systems, database, and security personnel to ensure proper planning, implementation, and operations of the State's cloud environments.
5. Troubleshooting cloud platform problems by working with a cross-functional team to diagnose and recommend solutions.
6. Implementing and decommissioning of account resources including planning, deployment, verification, and notification to affected teams.
7. Monitoring and responding to AWS notifications on changes to resources including: notifying account team members, planning, and implementing platform and resources changes.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of AWS resources.
2. Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines using AWS services such as CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy, or GitHub to automate the build, test, and deployment of applications on AWS.
3. Implement and manage cloud technologies within a DevSecOps framework, demonstrating hands-on experience in both development and operations aspects.
4. Use Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines tailored specifically for cloud infrastructure, ensuring efficient and automated deployment of resources.
5. Works with cloud platform team members to ensure the compliance of security policies and standards in cloud design and implementation.

6. Researches and evaluates current and emerging cloud technologies.
7. Provides guidance to cloud platform development teams to ensure utilization of implementation patterns (Infrastructure as Code), and consistent use of State approved tools.
8. Works with lead personnel to ensure the cloud platform code follows best practices and standards and appropriately utilizes standard State approved cloud tools.
9. Works with specialists such as network, systems, database, and security personnel to ensure proper planning, implementation, and operations of the State's cloud environments.
10. Assists in the management of monitoring of cloud resources, identification of performance bottlenecks, and optimization of resource utilization through capacity planning, performance tuning and cost optimization.
11. Troubleshoots cloud platform problems by working with a cross-functional team to diagnose and recommend solutions.
12. Resolves incidents, problem reports, and logs to perform root cause analysis.
13. Creates and maintains technical documentation, guidelines, and knowledge base articles to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration within the team.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data science, information science or related field, or equivalent work experience. A graduate degree is an advantage.

Experience:
1. Five or more years of experience working with the AWS cloud platform.
2. Ten or more years of experience working within software development or Internet-related industries.
3. Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud.
4. Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical solutions.
5. In-depth knowledge of and experience with contemporary cloud practices and methodologies, adept at navigating and optimizing cloud environments to align with modern industry standards and best practices.
6. In-depth knowledge of using both automation and management console in the monitoring and implementation of cloud resources.
7. Experience in designing, developing, and managing cloud-based infrastructure and applications.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessees Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the States policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that persons race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veterans status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.