Chief Cloud Architect with Security Clearance - Herndon Virginia

Company: SAIC
Location: Herndon, Virginia
Posted On: 04/26/2024

Description SAIC's National Intelligence Community (NIC) Business Unit, USG Mission and Information Technology Division, provides solutions and services supporting digital modernization programs in areas such as systems engineering, multi-cloud computing, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, quantum computing, application development, DevSecOps, cloud network operations, and secure communicationsWe are seeking a highly motivated Chief Cloud Architect to join our multi-million dollar National Intelligence program supporting the Cloud Investment Multi-Cloud Management (CIMM) teamAs a contributor to the Intelligence Community's first multi-cloud initiative, you will be at the epicenter of emergent cloud computing technologies, establishing a foundation that will evolve to include all agencies within the ICAs a Cloud Architect, you will advise Government IT teams on the design and build of single- or multi-cloud computing architecture solutions that meet mission requirements, and develop future technology and architectural advancements to support the Government's architectural strategy, cloud migration, and continued evolutionResponsibilities include:--- Advising senior business and technical personnel to aid in the delivery of robust, scalable cloud architectures that meet or exceed mission requirements--- Providing advisory services to maintain and evolve the future-state service provider-authorized, multi-cloud architecture, and knowledge database based on ever-changing IC mission needs and ensuring optimization of cost, consumption, and performance of services are achieved across all Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)--- Serving as a cloud agnostic advocate and helping to educate the Government customer on cloud services appropriate to meet mission requirements--- Supporting the development and maintenance of data models, data dictionaries, data maps, and other architecture artifacts across the enterprise--- Designing all cloud solutions in alignment with applicable policies, standards, and practices--- Providing creative and innovative architectural solutions to ill-defined requirements--- Reviewing and accessing impact of proposed scope changes to future architectures--- May be required to provide cloud agnostic technical guidance in the formulation of customer multi-cloud work statements Qualifications Required :--- Active TS/SCI with FSP Polygraph--- Bachelors and eighteen (18) years or more experience; Masters and sixteen (16) years or more experience; PhD or JD and thirteen (13) years or more experienceAdditional years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.--- Five (5) or more years of experience in a cloud and/or hybrid environment--- Five (5) or more years of demonstrated experience in one or more of the following activities:--- IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services (e.g., compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, and databases)--- Designing and deploying cloud solutions to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)--- Large-scale data architecture, data modeling, database design, and information systems implementation--- Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in enterprise data strategy, data governance practices, data stewardship principles, data standards, and metadata management best practices--- Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end designs for systems that involve multiple interfaces and support data repositories--- Strong customer service skills, teaming skills, and the ability to collaborate within a cross-functional team, as well as the CSPs (AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Oracle)--- Certification(s):--- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner--- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate--- Cloud related (e.g., DevOps, Security, and/or ML) Desired :--- Certifications in any of the following CSPs:--- Azure--- OCI--- GCP--- IBM--- Strong analysis and quality assessment skills--- Experience with successful full life cycle cloud development projects--- Experience with various Linux and Microsoft Windows OSs distributions--- Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) and databases--- Experience migrating both custom built and enterprise apps to and from on-prem to cloud--- Experience debugging performance and technical issues--- Experience building and deploying systems in the cloud using continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) frameworks and infrastructure automation--- Ability to explain technical issues clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadlineCovid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boostersCustomer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. More...

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