What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Solutions Architect position at Goldbelt, Inc.?
Overview:
Pay and Benefits
At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.
Goldbelt Nighthawk develops and implements comprehensive solutions for problem spaces including computer security, Cloud implementations and migration, scalable architectures, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and network /data center operations. Specializing in incident response at the local and enterprise-wide levels as well as forensic analysis, our personnel deliver threat analysis and reporting while implementing solutions based on mature planning and development practices.
Summary:
Goldbelt Nighthawk is hiring a Cloud Solution Architect to support a long-term contract in Mechanicsburg, PA. The selected Cloud Solutions Architect will provide support and mentorship in the sustainment of an AWS-centric cloud brokerage, and will need strong experience with networking, DevSecOps, IaC, Containerization, Zero Trust, and AI.
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Functions:
- Provide guidance on Secure Computing Architecture, Cloud Brokerage Services, Shared Security Services Management, Cloud Security Support Services, Cloud Governance, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) coordination, Departmental Cloud/Hybrid certification
- Provide leadership/participation in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles in the development of workflows, task accomplishment and implementation/management of cloud services
- Provide mentorship, guidance, and training for government personnel as a normal part of daily operations
- Incorporate Security Controls Continuous Monitoring and Risk Management Framework (RMF) NIST SP 800-37, Security Risk Impact Analysis, Monitoring, and Reporting
- Be cognizant of Vulnerability Management including Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) closures
- Promote an environment of continuous process improvement, learning and team collaboration
Necessary Skills and Knowledge:
- Excellent customer service, organizational, and technical writing skills
- Ability to clearly communicate with senior government staff
- Ability to articulate complex concepts using plain language to maximize understanding at all levels of the organization
- Ability to de-escalate any technical issues and quickly enable rapid resolution
- Proactive mindset with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with information Security and Assurance Principles and associated supporting technologies
- Familiarity with commercial, FEDRAMP High/ DoD Impact Level 2, 4, and 5 Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud offerings
- Familiarity with Web Server, Application Server, and Database components in Oracle and Microsoft toolsets
- Familiarity with IaC such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, and Terraform
- Familiarity with Secure SDLC and CI/CD
- Familiarity with Networking and related device experience
- Familiarity with Containerization Orchestration such as ECS and EKS
- Familiarity with firewall and other security stack tools included in security stack toolsets such as: CISCO Firepower, Juniper SRX VPN and Palo Alto firewalls
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Computing Environment Certification - AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
- Information Assurance Technical II (IAT-2) qualification - CompTIA Sec
- Successful T5 or T5R investigation for Privileged Access (Top Secret Clearance equivalent eligibility)
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Minimum 5 years of experience in the following areas:
- DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
- Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)
- DoD Authority to Operate (ATO)
- DoD Zero Trust
- Proven success with application refactoring
- Proven success in large, complex, enterprise level cloud environments
- Network cloud architecture development
- DoD information system development processes
- Configuration and change management
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking
- AWS Certified Security
- Experience in Machine Learning and Generative AI
- Relevant AWS/Azure certification
- Understanding of, and experience with enterprise service migration
- Additional IAT-2 qualifications: CAP, CISSP, CISM, GSEC, GCIH, or GSLC
Pay and Benefits
At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.