Key skills
AnsibleAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDockerElasticSearchGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusPythonSDLCTerraformBashPowerShellAIMLAnalyticsGCPGoogle CloudElasticsearchELK StackKibanaAgile
About this role
Role Overview
- Provide critical technical recommendations to resolve complex issues and guide strategic technology decisions for the PMO and ESMC
- Conduct comprehensive analyses of alternatives (AoA) for data analytics, visualization, and AI/ML platforms, advocating for Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) or Government-off-the-Shelf (GOTS) solutions where practical
- Lead long-term strategy, technology roadmap planning, and capacity planning to ensure the infrastructure meets future business goals
- Continuously monitor technical trends through independent research, reporting on new products and services that align with strategic goals
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders through briefings, whitepapers, and reports
- Perform periodic technical assessments of programs and projects, evaluating status, progress, work product quality, and schedule and cost management
- Design, implement, and manage a secure, scalable multi-cloud and hybrid hosting infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance
- Provide expertise on enhancing application architecture to leverage Cloud Native solutions (e.g., ElasticSearch, Kibana, containerization) and optimize for performance and cost on AWS GovCloud
- Assist in the sizing of application components, usage estimates, and technical support configurations
- Identify system component incompatibilities and recommend solutions for seamless integration during technology upgrades
- Collaborate with the Cybersecurity team to implement robust security protocols, manage access controls, conduct vulnerability assessments, and respond to incidents.
- Ensure all infrastructure, technical specifications, and designs meet and maintain compliance with DoD, DLA, and other relevant government security standards
- Evaluate technical specifications (i.e., design, database components, interface designs) to provide expert guidance and ensure industry best practices are met
Requirements
- Must be able to obtain a public trust
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is required
- Five to seven plus (5-7+) years of hands-on experience in systems or cloud infrastructure engineering in an advisory capacity
- Deep expertise with AWS (especially GovCloud) and practical experience with another major cloud platform (Azure or GCP)
- Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native tools (ElasticSearch, Kibana)
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Demonstrated experience working within government security and compliance frameworks (e.g., IT-II, Secret clearance environments) and supporting the SDLC for government systems
- Experience supporting Agile development methodologies
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert)
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud
- Cyber Security
- Docker
- ElasticSearch
- Google Cloud Platform
- Grafana
- Kubernetes
- Prometheus
- Python
- SDLC
- Terraform