Our meeting for April 2025 will take place on Wednesday, April 16th, starting at 6 PM Central Time. It will be an in-person meeting hosted at Kiewit Business Center – 12312 Port Grace Blvd, La Vista, NE 68128 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/owUDycCk6FtYTeVs8)
Our sponsor will provide food and drinks 15-20 minutes before the start of the meeting.
Topic: Sooo, you want to be a Cloud architect
The presentation will provide an overview of the essential roles, responsibilities, and daily activities of an Azure Cloud architect. As cloud technology continues to evolve, it becomes increasingly important to understand the integral functions these professionals perform in maintaining and enhancing cloud infrastructure.
Speaker: Matt Huck
Matt Huck is an Emerging Technology Architect Manager at Kiewit, where he has been contributing to innovative solutions for the past 6 years. With over 30 years of experience in Information Technology, Matt has worked with a variety of companies, ranging from startups to large enterprises. His diverse background has equipped him with a unique perspective on technological advancements.
His philosophy for technology is simple yet profound: build it for the next person who will support or enhance your creation. This mindset has guided him throughout his career and continues to shape his approach to developing sustainable and user-friendly solutions.
Sponsor: Kiewit
The technology group at Kiewit consists of over 600 IT professionals who serve the engineering and construction business in their mission to deliver important and sophisticated projects to Kiewit’s clients. Kiewit designs and builds some of the most important infrastructure that keeps modern society going. When you turn on the lights, use clean water, drive on smooth roads, receive care in a hospital building, or enjoyed amazing public spaces like Omaha’s Gene Leahy Mall, Kiewit may have played a part in making that possible. These aren’t the only things Kiewit is doing but is a good representation of the diversity of Kiewit’s business.
A business this diverse needs diverse software to help drive the vast number of business processes involved. Software developers at Kiewit experience all aspects of this diversity in their day-to-day work. They are building tools to help support important processes like project estimation, resource assignment, design tool supplements, and many more.
Kiewit is a large Microsoft Azure customer and hosts most of the custom developed applications in the cloud. The development technologies used are diverse, but primarily focus on .NET 8, React/TypeScript, and Python.
Being a 140 year old company has taught Kiewit that people are its most important asset and they have a culture to support this. In addition, Kiewit offers a number of great benefits:
– Every employee is given a $4,000 / year training budget to support their career advancement.
– The company has a 6% 401K match + a 2%-4% profit sharing contribution.
– As a large company Kiewit has the ability to provide comprehensive and competitive health benefits.
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