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Dept of Homeland Security
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The Platform Architect will lead Customer enterprise platform modernization under CLIN 7, focusing on Azure Cloud, VMWare, Hybrid Cloud architecture, interoperability, automation, and migration of workloads from on-prem infrastructures to Azure and VMWare Cloud Formation (VCF). Support Agile sprints, PMR reviews, and O&M transition. The role provides high-level architectural guidance, hands-on engineering, and support for mission-critical compute, identity, and cloud services.
While this role is remote, please note there may be occasional work at the Partner and Client sites to NCR/South Burlington. This opportunity is on a flex work model, meaning sometimes more hours may need to be put in one week, but will be balanced with less another week.
Responsibilities
For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients' toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ
While this role is remote, please note there may be occasional work at the Partner and Client sites to NCR/South Burlington. This opportunity is on a flex work model, meaning sometimes more hours may need to be put in one week, but will be balanced with less another week.
Responsibilities
- Azure Architecture & Migration
- Lead Azure migration strategy including discovery, assessment, landing zone design, workload classification, and migration waves
- Architect Azure Landing Zones in alignment with Zero Trust, NIST 800-53, DHS 4300A, and Customer policies
- Design Azure governance: RBAC, Azure Policy, Blueprints/Bicep/Terraform, monitoring, tagging standards, automation pipelines
- Architect Azure networking (VNets, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, Private Endpoints, IPAM/DNS with Infoblox)
- Lead migrations using Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), HCX, replication policies, and modernization patterns
- VMWare & Hybrid Cloud Architecture
- Architect and lead VMware enterprise modernization (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, NSX-T, HCX, vSAN, vROps)
- Design hybrid VMware-Azure architectures using Azure VMWare Solutions (AVS)
- Build interoperability patterns between on-prem and cloud: unified identity, monitoring, security, network segmentation, DR/BCP
- Engineer workload mobility, lifecycle automation, capacity planning, cluster designs, and HA/DR architectures
- Migration to VMWare Cloud Formation (VCF)
- Lead migration planning from traditional VMware clusters into VCF workload domains
- Architect SDDC Manager integration, lifecycle automation, and software-defined networking/storage
- Use HCX, vMotion, and bulk migration methodologies for workload relocation
- Automate compliance, patching, and security baselines across multi-cloud platforms
- Automation & DevSecOps
- Create automation across platform services using PowerShell DSC, Ansible, Python, Chef, Terraform/Bicep
- Integrate CI/CD (GitHub/Jenkins/Nexus) into build and migration workflows
- Develop compliance-as-code, policy enforcement, and infrastructure templates
- Security & Compliance
- Apply DHS 4300A, NIST 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, and DISA STIG controls across platform designs
- Lead hardening, baseline configuration, continuous monitoring, and vulnerability remediation
- Deliver SRE-aligned availability, resilience, and reliability architecture
- US Citizenship
- Must obtain and maintain USCIS suitability/EOD
- 5+ years architecting Azure cloud environments and migrations
- 5+ years VMware enterprise architecture (ESXi, vCenter, NSX-T, vSAN, vROps)
- Strong experience with AVS, hybrid cloud, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, HCX
- Experience migrating to VCF (SDDC Manager, workload domains)
- Strong automation experience: PowerShell, DSC, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Bicep
- Deep AD/Entra ID, ADFS, PKI, GPO, LDAP expertise
- Certifications:
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred)
- VMware VCP/VCAP/VCIX or equivalent strongly preferred
- NetApp NCDA/NCIE preferred
- Security+, CISSP, or equivalent desired
- Tools & Platforms:
- Azure, Migrate, ASR, Arc, Policy, Monitor, Defender for Cloud
- VMware, ESXi, NSX-T, HCX, VCF, vSAN, vROps
- NetApp OnCommand, FlexPod, Hyper-V
- PowerShell/DSC, Python, Ansible, Bicep, Terraform
- Splunk, New Relic, SolarWinds, SCOM
For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients' toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ
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