NEOGOV · 1 day ago
Cloud Platform Enablement Architect
Multiple Locations Statewide, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$102K/yr - $138K/yr
8+ years expNEOGOV is seeking a Cloud Platform Enablement Architect to join the Department of Commerce, focusing on redefining government systems through innovative cloud solutions. This role involves developing cloud platform architectures, enabling secure and cost-effective solutions, and facilitating the modernization of applications towards cloud-native designs.
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Responsibilities
Define and maintain the agency’s reference architectures, application patterns, and Platform Baseline Standards (PBS) so solutions meet security, compliance, reliability, and cost requirements across state-authorized environments
Create and maintain version-controlled reference architectures (web/API, event-driven, scheduled, analytics) with layered diagrams (Context - System - Component - Code) and narrative guidance in the Platform Playbook
Define PBS-compliant application patterns that specify app identity and secret use, permitted exposure of endpoints and boundary controls, required encryption in transit/at rest, mandatory app tags/metadata, app-tier backup/restore expectations, and the cost/usage signals apps must emit for reporting and guardrails
Partner with IT Operations/Security architects to design and evolve provider landing-zone architecture (e.g., Azure landing zones, shared networking, identity, logging) and consume their IaC modules (e.g., Terraform/Pulumi) inside application templates; supply application-layer requirements and integration points to ensure PBS alignment
Convert policy into policy-as-code guardrails (such as location/SKU allowlists, encryption, network exposure, tagging) and outline criteria for enforcement and exceptions
Maintain a record of anti-patterns, draft depreciation schedules, create migration documentation, and prepare sunset notifications
Develop reference dataflow and trust-boundary models for common patterns, including public web, partner integrations, and low-code extenders
Please provide platform compatibility matrices, including approved services and SKUs, as well as version and runtime baselines. Additionally, incorporate a straightforward waiver workflow documented through Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
Manage enablement as a product by providing golden paths, including repository templates, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules
Provide self-service scaffolding, including template catalogs or CLI wizards, that provisions PBS landing zones, pipeline frameworks, and sample applications efficiently
Develop and maintain repository templates and CI/CD gates, incorporating security scans, policy checks, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) plans and applications, and approvals, with semantic versioning and release notes
Curate the Platform Playbook, offering quick start guides, ten-minute tours, FAQs, and code samples, along with clear decision trees to determine the appropriate pattern usage
Conduct office hours and clinics; publish comprehensive how-to labs on authentication, API publishing, event onboarding, secret rotation, and cost tagging
Implement developer telemetry for enablement assets, such as template usage and pipeline adoption, to inform backlog priorities
Provide onboarding checklists and readiness criteria for new teams, coordinating with Operations and Security for seamless handoffs
Conduct modernization assessments and define target-state architectures, such as API-first, serverless/containers, and managed data services, with phased roadmaps
Develop migration playbooks that include strategies like strangler-fig, domain decomposition, data offload/dual-write, and blue green/parallel run, along with rollback and contingency plans
Establish API gateway standards and publish reusable API skeletons covering aspects such as authorization/authentication, versioning, throttling/quotas, error models, and deprecation policies
Define event patterns including schema versioning, idempotency keys, retries, dead-letter queues, outbox/inbox scenarios, and eventual consistency
Standardize ETL/ELT processes to analytics, incorporating lineage, quality checks, and PII handling; specify contract tests for interfaces
Govern low-code extensibility by developing an environment strategy, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), and patterns for pro-code interoperability
Define SLO/SLI guidance and establish a cross-platform telemetry model (traces/metrics/logs), including correlation/trace propagation and standard dashboards/alerts
Codify resilience practices (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, bulkheads, caching, hedging) and integrate load/performance testing guidance into templates and pipelines
Establish alert routing and severity policies mapped to business impact; provide runbook templates and define escalation paths with Operations/Security teams
Provide capacity and scaling guidance (auto scale policies, queue depth budgets, concurrency limits) specific to each archetype
Capture post-incident learnings and incorporate improvements back into patterns and best practices
Implement lightweight architecture governance, lead value-driven road mapping initiatives, and manage platform changes to ensure standards coherence, increase adoption, and facilitate evolution with minimal disruption, all while upholding fiscal responsibility
Chair and facilitate architecture reviews, document decisions and conditions in ADRs, and manage waivers with compensating controls and time-boxed expirations
Perform thorough trade-off analyses between SaaS, PaaS, and custom solutions, including ROI and TCO rationales. Integrate cloud service cost controls (such as budgets and quotas, tags and labels, right sizing, and idle resource termination) into templates and pipelines
Maintain a modernization roadmap sequenced by value and risk, coordinate release communications, opt-in pilots, feature flags, and deprecation timelines with change-advisory practices
Operate pattern communities of practice; align with Security, Data, Enterprise Architecture, and Operations on cross-cutting standards
Monitor adoption and satisfaction of platform assets; adjust the roadmap based on measurable outcomes and stakeholder feedback
Qualification
Required
Eight (8) years of professional IT experience in 2 of the following 3 IT disciplines: Cloud Platform Architecture & Enablement, Application & Integration Architecture, Developer Enablement & DevOps
OR Associate's degree in IT program or closely related field and six (6) years of recent professional experience listed above
OR Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Technology program or closely related field and four (4) years of recent professional experience listed above
Experience must include at least one (1) year serving as a technical lead (non-supervisory), such as leading architecture reviews, facilitating design decisions, mentoring engineers, and documenting Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
Experience in effectively communicating and aiding a diverse set of information technology peers
Two (2) years or more of hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (for example, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP); government-authorized offerings acceptable), with an emphasis on Platform as a Service (PaaS)/serverless and platform services (not only Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) virtual machines)
Demonstrated proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD automation, including authoring or maintaining reusable modules/templates and pipeline policies/gates
Demonstrated experience embedding Security-by-Design and compliance (identity/workload identities, centralized secrets, encryption, data classification/protection, policy-as-code) aligned to state frameworks (for example, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, HIPAA, CJIS) as applicable
Demonstrated experience producing architecture artifacts (reference architecture, PBS, landing-zone patterns, ADRs, playbooks) and maintaining a versioned Platform Playbook or equivalent documentation
Preferred
Bachelor's/Master's degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity/Data/IS, or formal training in TOGAF, ITIL 4, or Prosci/ADKAR
Certifications in public sector security/compliance (e.g., CCSP, CISSP/CISM), FinOps Practitioner, or training in records/accessibility (e.g., Section 508/WCAG)
Experience with interagency design, establishing and managing trust boundaries, creating and negotiating data-sharing agreements, and developing and maintaining canonical data definitions
Experience in Continuity of Operations (COOP) leadership, including participation in tabletop exercises, development of minimum viable service patterns, and creation of reconstitution playbooks
Experience in translating policies and managing control inheritance, including mapping statutes and regulations to technical control sets, creating shared-control matrices, and developing evidence plans
Experience in platform product analytics and adoption management, including KPIs/OKRs, usage telemetry for enablement assets, and release impact assessments
Experience in managing enterprise change for standards, including deprecation campaigns, migration windows, opt-in pilots, and stakeholder communications
Expertise in accessibility, records management, and e-discovery governance, including retention schedules in cloud environments, litigation hold/e-discovery workflows, and 508/WCAG compliance reviews
Experience in instructional design for technical audiences, including curriculum development, lab creation, internal badging, and community practice facilitation
Benefits
Medical and dental insurance benefits
Retirement and deferred compensation plans
11 paid holidays each year
14-25 vacation days per year (depending on length of employment)
8 hours of sick leave per month (if full time employed)
Bereavement leave
An employee assistance program
Other benefits
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
501-1000 employees
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