Description

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to provide cloud design, migration, associated governance solutions. The selected candidate will be an expert in all aspects of Cloud Computing and Engineering who readily adapts to support a variety of challenging technical requirements in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. This will include eliciting and documenting requirements, identifying the appropriate technical solution, and develop and test products against business needs. This position is based at MacDill AFB and will have a hybrid remote schedule.

Responsibilities include:

• Designs, plans, and integrates cloud computing systems using infrastructure as code and modern cloud-native deployment techniques such as DevOps and/or DevSecOps.
• Maintains technical expertise relevant industry standards and best practices in cloud computing and virtualization technologies such as cloud service provider architecture, design, and configuration; cloud deployment models including, private, and hybrid; cloud service delivery models including infrastructure-, platform-, and software-as-a-service; automation; hypervisors; containers; virtual compute, storage, and networks; virtual infrastructure management; self-provisioning; and scaling.
• Develops and conducts testing of cloud and virtualization systems to advance prototyping solutions.
• Develop migration strategies - identifying technical, cost, and security risks
• Ensuring that cloud-based technical solutions are suitable, applicable, and scalable within the enterprise environment
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance, with ability to attain a TS/SCI 
• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems, or a related discipline. Note that years of experience can be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Certification: Industry recognized Cloud certifications to include Microsoft Azure and AWS

Nine (9) or more years of demonstrated experience in the following: 

• Utilizing Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google
• Designing and migrating solutions in a production environment
• Designing and implementing enterprise IT systems to include virtual and networking technologies
• Employing networking devices and firewalls
• Working with security concepts related to Domain Name System (DNS), routing, authentication, certificate authentication, and VPN tunneling
• Familiar with Agile project management procedures
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Must be able to travel up to 10% annually