July 31, 2026

Cloud Architect AWS

NovaLink Solutions Columbia, South Carolina

This position will be used to further develop the State of South Carolina Cloud Strategy,

work with State agencies for adoption and support the managed cloud broker.

Why is this position open (new role, increased workload, new dept, resignation, promotion)?

New Position

Background screenings required for all Admin postings:

7 year standard Background check

Credit history

Driving Record (MVR)

E-Verify

Sled Check

CJIS certification will be required for this position and processed by client

Yes

Scope of the project:

Assist with day to day operations and migrations to AWSAzure Cloud infrastructure as

the organization transitions to a managed cloud broker.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

Perform system administration, automation, and development tasks for the Cloud ManagementPlatform (CMP).

Work with DTO and customer personnel to facilitate migrations to the DTO cloud infrastructure.Maintain continuity of shared services offered across AWS and Azure.Required skills

10 years infrastructure, systemsengineering, DevOps, or architecture

8+ years technical architecturePreferred Skills

Expertise in Terraform infrastructure ascode, understanding of scaling technologies

and solutions, experience with AWS or

other clouds, familiarity with Kubernetes,

Docker, or other container platforms,

5-7 years AWS (IAM, Organizations,Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt

controls, etc.)

3-5 years Azure (RBAC, Azure AD,Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt

controls, etc.)

3-7 years enterprise cloud architecture orgovernance

3-5 years Terraform and infrastructure asa code

3-5 years cloud migrations and platformoperations

3+ years technical leadership andknowledge transfer

Public Cloud infrastructure expertisesecurity, penetration testing and threat

detection tools, and experience

wServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or

Aviatrix.

Background in DevOps, SoftwareDevelopment, Site Reliability, or Systems

Engineering.

Experience with configuration managementand continuous deployment.

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or

information systems and 8+ years of

technical architecture experience and

relevant hands-on engineering.

Required / Preferred Certifications:

AWS andor Azure certifications

preferred

First week on site to get acclimated to team.

After that, consultant should plan 3 days per

month onsite. Remainer of time is remote.

Onsite cadence will be scheduled with the

manager after start. Vendor partner needs to

be aware they will be an onsite element and

plan accordingly

RequirementsRequired SkillsSkill Type

Skill Name

[Education \/]

Bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and 8+ years of technical architecture experience and relevant hands-on engineering.

[Skill \/]

10 years infrastructure, systems engineering, DevOps, or architecture

[Skill \/]

8+ years technical architecture

[Skill \/]

5-7 years AWS (IAM, Organizations, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)

[Skill \/]

3-5 years Azure (RBAC, Azure AD, Networking Architectures, Cost Mgmt controls, etc.)

[Skill \/]

3-7 years enterprise cloud architecture or governance

[Skill \/]

3-5 years Terraform and infrastructure as a code

[Skill \/]

3-5 years cloud migrations and platform operations

[Skill \/]

3+ years technical leadership and knowledge transfer

[Skill \/]

Public Cloud infrastructure expertise

Preferred SkillsSkill Type

Skill Name

[Certification \/]

AWS andor Azure certifications

[Skill \/]

Expertise in Terraform infrastructure as code, understanding of scaling technologies and solutions, experience with AWS or other clouds, familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other container platforms, security, penetration testing and threat detection tools, and experience wServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and/or Aviatrix.

[Skill \/]

Background in DevOps, Software Development, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering.

[Skill \/]

Experience with configuration management and continuous deployment.

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