Cloud Solutions Architect - Consequence Systems, Onsite

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We are seeking a highly motivated Cloud Solutions Architect to serve as the primary architect for cloud information systems such as information assurance, hardware, software, database, networking, systems security, and telecommunication.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Research and prototype solutions based on requirements, fit, and feasibility.
• Architect solutions and systems to meet operational and development needs.
• Develop and integrate solutions as a part of a larger operational ground system and development environment to enable national security missions.
• Install hardware and configure various components of an overall system delivery.
• Mentor and guide teammates and promote innovative ideas and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Think with an enterprise mindset to ensure a complete product is delivered.
• Troubleshoot architect tier tickets for the various environments.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$102,400 - $199,700

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in all the following:
  • Architecting complete computer solutions, system design, engineering, and system development, including familiarity with modern Dev Ops practices and tools.
  • Cloud and orchestration technologies (Ansible).
  • UNIX, Linux, or Windows Server-based enterprise architectures.
  • Hardware and operating systems, including system architectures, network infrastructures, and client-server principles.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q-level security clearance.

• Common software architectures (e.g., microservices, distributed architecture models, etc.).
• Container technologies, using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Ability to write, edit and deploy Helm Charts.
• Gitops experience such as ArgoCD.
• Experience using monitoring and alerting software. Preferably Prometheus/Grafana.
• Linux server-based system administration. (e.g., account maintenance, data backups, system performance maintenance, installation, and configuration of new hardware/software)
• Reading, interpreting, writing, modifying, and executing scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, Power Shell) on Windows or Unix systems.
• Virtual machines and cloud technologies (e.g., Openshift, Proxmox, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare vSphere, Open Stack, AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Fixing failed software or system components (e.g., servers, processes, etc.) and identifying possible causes for system performance degradation or availability and initiating actions to mitigate this degradation.
• Developing, testing, troubleshooting, and deploying large-scale systems for managing, processing, and disseminating data from disparate data sources.
• Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals (e.g., networks devices, ports/protocols, addressing, routing, network access, identity, and access management, and authentication).
• Knowledge of secure configuration management techniques (e.g., STIGs) and secure software development and deployment practices.
• Skill in identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance,…