Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
You will design and lead cloud adoption — leveraging AI — across a large-scale enterprise IT environment, translating business needs into scalable, secure, and cost-effective Google Cloud solutions.
Position Responsibilities:
• Design & Architect — Build cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) aligned with a Microservices/SOA framework; produce implementation-ready documentation including bill of materials and cost estimates.
• Define Standards — Develop and publish cloud policies, design patterns, and reference architectures for consistent, repeatable solutions.
• Lead Cloud Adoption — Champion cultural change, build roadmaps, and communicate cloud strategies to stakeholders at all levels.
• Document Solutions — Prepare solution descriptions, technical approach, assumptions, risk assessments, and mitigation plans.
• Govern Architecture — Ensure all solutions comply with enterprise technology standards, security requirements, and industry best practices.
• Enable Teams — Identify skill gaps, develop training materials, and deliver technical guidance to engineers and management.
• Manage Vendors — Interface with vendors to ensure standard architectures are followed across projects.
• AI Integration — Leverage AI to accelerate on-prem-to-GCP migration and automate systems, applications, and workflows to improve efficiency and decision-making.
• Automate & Integrate — Automate complex tasks and integrate cloud services with on-premise and third-party platforms.
• Troubleshoot — Act as an IT SWAT team member for high-priority problem resolution across design, development, and operations.
• Communicate — Translate complex technical concepts for both technical teams and executive leadership; produce briefings, technical documentation, and architecture diagrams.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree and 13 years of IT experience or 17 years of IT experience without a degree.
• Must be eligible for a Position of Public Trust, including U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, five years of U.S. residency, and no more than six months of international travel in the past five years (excluding travel for U.S.-based work or Military Service).
• Active Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certification required.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and scaling solutions on Google Cloud.
• Ability to integrate GCP with SaaS and on-premise platforms (Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Linux, etc.).
• Current knowledge of AI and Industry trends, applied to modernize and accelerate software delivery practices (Agile, TDD, CI/CD) and enterprise IT standards.
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure: networking, compute, storage, virtualization, high availability, and monitoring.
Preferred Qualifications
• Scripting/automation proficiency: Python, Shell, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Kafka deployment in production environments.
• Proficiency in Generative AI and prompt engineering.
• Knowledge of IT compliance frameworks (SOX, PCI) in cloud environments.
• Experience with ITSM/ticketing system integrations and workflow processes.
• Familiarity with monitoring-as-code practices and version control systems.
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 13 years of IT experience, or 17 years of IT experience without a degree
- Eligibility for a Position of Public Trust, including U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, five years of U.S. residency, and no more than six months of international travel in the past five years
- Active Google Cloud Platform certification
- Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and scaling solutions on Google Cloud
- Ability to integrate GCP with SaaS and on-premise platforms, including Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, and Linux
- Current knowledge of AI and industry trends applied to software delivery practices and enterprise IT standards
- Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, including networking, compute, storage, virtualization, high availability, and monitoring
- Scripting or automation proficiency with Python, Shell, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or similar tools
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Kafka deployment in production environments
- Proficiency in generative AI and prompt engineering
- Knowledge of SOX and PCI compliance frameworks in cloud environments
- Experience with ITSM or ticketing system integrations and workflow processes
- Familiarity with monitoring-as-code practices and version control systems
Orion Innovation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Orion Innovation and has not been reviewed or approved by Orion Innovation.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Orion highlights health and well-being initiatives such as fitness, mindfulness, and flexibility/remote options, reinforced by recognition like Cigna’s Healthy Workforce Designation. Flexibility via hybrid/remote work is positioned as a consistent part of the overall rewards experience.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is characterized as moderately satisfactory overall, with pockets where compensation is viewed as fair, particularly for some software engineering and certain U.S. roles. Public snapshots also indicate that competitiveness can be stronger in specific markets and functions.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Performance-linked outcomes are implied through mentions that hikes can be good when performance is demonstrated. Learning and development programs are also emphasized as part of the broader value proposition tied to career growth.
Orion Innovation Insights
What We Do
Orion is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Headquartered in Edison, NJ, we have a global team of 6,200+ associates, with engineers in 14 major delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. For over 25 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for our clients. Our transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, empowering our clients to operate with agility at scale. Our mission is to serve as an agile and trusted partner for business transformation initiatives, providing deep emerging technology, experience design, and domain expertise. Our business has more than tripled over the last three years. We have grown aggressively both organically and inorganically, adding new clients, complementary skills, domain expertise, and strengthening our global footprint.
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