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Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
Polygraph
IT - Hardware
Springfield, VA (On-Site/Office)
Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Senior Cloud Architect at GDIT. As a Senior Cloud Architect you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you'll make the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.
We are on a mission to harness the power of cloud technologies to drive innovation and deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions. We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Senior Cloud Architect with experience in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) to join our team.
Position Description
As a Senior Cloud Architect, you will take a leadership role in designing, architecting, and maintaining large-scale cloud infrastructure solutions on GDC. You will mentor junior and mid-level architects/engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our cloud environments are efficient, secure, scalable and cost-efficient. This position is ideal for someone with hands-on experience with GDC and a cloud expert who enjoys solving complex problems, driving best practices, and influencing cloud strategy across the organization.
How a Senior Cloud Architect Will Make an Impact
What You'll Need to Succeed
• Must be able to support data collection from a large, complex server and network infrastructure and user base
• Must possess a strong work ethic, be self-directed, and be a detail-oriented professional
• Must be willing to learn and adapt to new, cutting-edge technologies
• Must be willing to document work and participate in the customer's change procedures
• Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
Experience with the following:
• Experience with private clouds such as VMWare, OpenStack
• Experience as a system architect/administrator/operator in a production environment
• Knowledge of IAAS, PAAS and/or SAAS cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of network technologies (MPLS, routing protocols, forwarding), common infrastructure components (IPAM, DNS, DHCP), load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
• Apply Configuration Management disciplines to maintain hardware/software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• Develop and direct the development of content for a complex and growing infrastructure. This includes use cases for Dashboards, Active Channels, Reports, Rules, Filters, Trends, and Active Lists
• Provide guidance to security analyst and network engineering staff
• Maintaining up to date documentation of designs/configurations
• 8+ years of related systems engineering experience.
• Cloud platforms
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.
• Knowledge of the associated hardware, software, and equipment
• Professional certification in one or more specific technologies may be required, depending on job assignment.
EDUCATION
BS and 8+ years of experience or equivalent combination or education and years of experience
Required Skills:
• Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Rackspace, and preferably Google
• Demonstrated ability to use problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues.
Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Location: Springfield, VA
US Citizenship Required
Work Requirements
We are on a mission to harness the power of cloud technologies to drive innovation and deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions. We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Senior Cloud Architect with experience in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) to join our team.
Position Description
As a Senior Cloud Architect, you will take a leadership role in designing, architecting, and maintaining large-scale cloud infrastructure solutions on GDC. You will mentor junior and mid-level architects/engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our cloud environments are efficient, secure, scalable and cost-efficient. This position is ideal for someone with hands-on experience with GDC and a cloud expert who enjoys solving complex problems, driving best practices, and influencing cloud strategy across the organization.
How a Senior Cloud Architect Will Make an Impact
- Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, cost efficient, and aligned with business objectives. Architect solutions using Google Distributed Cloud services.
- Drive automation through Infrascture-as-Code frameworks and optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability.
- Provide technical leadership to junior and mid-level architects and engineers. Promote best practices, cloud security standards, and operational excellence within the cloud architect/engineering team.
- Lead efforts to monitor cloud infrastructure using GDC and other tools.
- Work with DevOps engineers and software developers to integrate cloud infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines and application deployments
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues with cloud infrastructure, ensuring minimal downtime and quick recover from incidents
What You'll Need to Succeed
• Must be able to support data collection from a large, complex server and network infrastructure and user base
• Must possess a strong work ethic, be self-directed, and be a detail-oriented professional
• Must be willing to learn and adapt to new, cutting-edge technologies
• Must be willing to document work and participate in the customer's change procedures
• Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
Experience with the following:
• Experience with private clouds such as VMWare, OpenStack
• Experience as a system architect/administrator/operator in a production environment
• Knowledge of IAAS, PAAS and/or SAAS cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of network technologies (MPLS, routing protocols, forwarding), common infrastructure components (IPAM, DNS, DHCP), load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
• Apply Configuration Management disciplines to maintain hardware/software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• Develop and direct the development of content for a complex and growing infrastructure. This includes use cases for Dashboards, Active Channels, Reports, Rules, Filters, Trends, and Active Lists
• Provide guidance to security analyst and network engineering staff
• Maintaining up to date documentation of designs/configurations
• 8+ years of related systems engineering experience.
• Cloud platforms
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.
• Knowledge of the associated hardware, software, and equipment
• Professional certification in one or more specific technologies may be required, depending on job assignment.
EDUCATION
BS and 8+ years of experience or equivalent combination or education and years of experience
Required Skills:
• Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Rackspace, and preferably Google
• Demonstrated ability to use problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues.
Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Location: Springfield, VA
US Citizenship Required
Work Requirements
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