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Top Secret/SCI
$184,000 - $205,000
CI Polygraph
IT - Hardware
Springfield, VA (On-Site/Office)
Job Status: Position is funded and contingent upon customer acceptance
Location: Springfield, VA or Chantilly, VA (onsite)
Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
Background:
Assured Consulting Solutions (ACS) provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.
ACS is seeking an Expert Cloud Architect assist in leading and overseeing the planning and development of cloud services architectures. The Cloud Architect serves as a key technical leader responsible for shaping, guiding, and advancing the organization's cloud strategy in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This role oversees the planning, design, and implementation of secure, scalable, and mission-aligned cloud architectures. The Expert Cloud Architect ensures that thorough analyses of cloud service alternatives are conducted and prioritized, enabling the Government to effectively architect business and mission solutions using cloud-based systems and services.
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Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Essential Job Functions:
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to focus on the essential functions of a position to determine whether an individual is qualified. Essential job functions are the fundamental job duties that an applicant or employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062 .
The physical requirements of this position include:
Education Qualifications:
Years of experience:
Position Type: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.
Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.
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Pay Range: $184,000 - $205,000 per year
Location: Springfield, VA or Chantilly, VA (onsite)
Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
Background:
Assured Consulting Solutions (ACS) provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.
ACS is seeking an Expert Cloud Architect assist in leading and overseeing the planning and development of cloud services architectures. The Cloud Architect serves as a key technical leader responsible for shaping, guiding, and advancing the organization's cloud strategy in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This role oversees the planning, design, and implementation of secure, scalable, and mission-aligned cloud architectures. The Expert Cloud Architect ensures that thorough analyses of cloud service alternatives are conducted and prioritized, enabling the Government to effectively architect business and mission solutions using cloud-based systems and services.
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Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Drive Cloud Transformation: Lead and support cultural and organizational change initiatives that promote successful cloud adoption across NGA and related mission environments.
- Architect Cloud Solutions: Oversee the design, development, and coordination of integrated cloud architectures that meet NGA's operational, security, and mission requirements.
- Strategic Cloud Planning: Develop and refine enterprise cloud strategies to guide the adoption, migration, and optimization of cloud-based solutions within NGA's technical ecosystem.
- Leadership & Oversight: Provide technical direction, mentorship, and quality assurance for teams of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Cloud Architects, ensuring alignment with NGA standards, enterprise policies, and best practices.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
- 18 years of experience in cloud-based systems architecting is required and may be considered in lieu of degree.
- One or more Cloud Certifications
o Cloud Certified Solutions Architect
o AWS Certified
o Cisco Certified Networking Administrator - Cloud
o Cisco Certified Network Professional - Cloud
o IBM Certified Cloud Solution Architect
o MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
o VMware Certified Professional (VCP7-CMA) - Experience working with NGA
Desired Qualifications:
- Previous working experience in government or industry, within Cloud Architect profession.
- Experience architecting solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
- Experience architecting solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence
technologies. - Experience architecting solutions using Model Based Systems Engineering.
Essential Job Functions:
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to focus on the essential functions of a position to determine whether an individual is qualified. Essential job functions are the fundamental job duties that an applicant or employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062 .
The physical requirements of this position include:
- Ability to work in a SCIF environment, potentially co-located with govt customers.
- Ability to work 8 hour days at a desk
- Ability to effectively communicate, in writing and orally, complex architectural concepts
- Ability to assimilate NGA architectural knowledge into drawings, schema, data inputs, and written summaries
Education Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
Years of experience:
- 18 years with a master's degree
Position Type: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.
Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.
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Pay Range: $184,000 - $205,000 per year
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