Cloud Engineer/Architect (Active Top Secret Clearance Required)

Seneca Holdings
paid time off, 401(k)
United States, D.C., Washington
Nov 02, 2024
Great Hill Solutions is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is the federal government contracting business wholly owned by the Seneca Nation. SNG meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers across a variety of domains. The SNG portfolio receives shared services support from its parent company Seneca Holdings and is comprised of multiple companies that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more visit www.senecanationgroup.com and follow us on LinkedIn. The Seneca Nation Group companies offer competitive compensation and a strong benefits package including comprehensive medical and dental care, matching 401K, paid time off, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for you and your family. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation. Great Hill is seeking aCloud Engineer/Architect in Washington, D.C. in support of the Department of State. As a Cloud Engineer you will play a key role in designing and developing a secure cloud infrastructure including the development and deployment of common services. The platform will leverage a broad scope of Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform resources and other modern tools suites that you will help design, develop, and deploy for a unique and impactful mission. Roles and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Design and develop a secure cloud infrastructure, including the development and deployment of common services. Identify hardware, software, and external service cost estimates and resource requirements. Inform stakeholders of the strategy for new implementation deployment and the maintenance and upgrades of existing equipment. Ensure compliance with incidents, problems, and change management procedures and execute ticket-based requests with minimal supervision. Participate in and manage technical project review meetings to ensure technical designs meet operational requirements and infrastructure/security standards. Develop a technology roadmap based on established client priorities to meet strategic engineering goals. Improve infrastructure operations through better use of monitoring, cloud coding, and scripting best practices. Deliver fully functioning network services with secure access points between the client environment and the commercial service provider environment. Understand software development and Agile best practices as they relate to work coordination, acceptance criteria, and deployment management. Lead the development of technical artifacts, such as Implementation Plans, System Administration Guides, Operational Turnover Plans, and System Security Plans. Automate infrastructure migration to cloud environments and identify on-premises technologies and their cloud counterparts. Support security engineering efforts, including perimeter security, encryption, micro-segmentation, and firewall configuration. Perform network engineering relating to security, segmentation, connectivity, and protocols. Focus on results and be delivery-oriented, with a keen interest in quality and the ability to meet deadlines. Basic Qualifications: Active Top Secret Clearance. Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent experience plus at least three years of hands-on experience. At least 3 years of technology consulting or other relevant industry experience. Prior professional experience in IT Strategy, IT Business Management, Cloud & Infrastructure, or Systems Engineering. Experience working independently with minimal supervision and guidance. Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with experience exercising mature judgment. Proven experience effectively prioritizing workload to meet deadlines and work objectives. Demonstrated ability to write clearly, succinctly, and appeal to a wide audience. Experience with migration strategies, including advisories on migration disposition/type (As-Is, Replatform to IaaS, Refactor to PaaS/Cloud Native, etc.). Experience with compute infrastructure, platform sizing, consolidation, tiered and virtualized storage, automated provisioning, rationalization, infrastructure cost reduction, and thin provisioning. Experience with operating systems and software, including upgrade planning and implementation, clustering and grid computing. Experience with open source, including sizing and performance analyses, selection and implementation, platform design, and selection. Experience with virtualization, including server, storage, desktop, network virtualization, and reducing sprawl. Experience with infrastructure-based processes, including monitoring, capacity planning, facilities management, performance tuning, asset management, disaster recovery, and data center support. Desired Skills: Experience with servers, infrastructure, platform sizing, and infrastructure cost reduction. Possess one of the following certifications for the design/development of cloud platforms and/or applications using a cloud platform: Pivotal Cloud Foundry - Administrator or Developer Possess any additional certifications (one or more) for the design/development of distributed solutions on a leading infrastructure platform such as: IBM Certified Solution Architect - Cloud Computing Infrastructure v3 Google Cloud Platform Qualified Developer Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect VMWare Certifications (Data Center Virtualization, Cloud Management and Automation, Network Virtualization) Red Hat Certified Architect AWS or Azure certifications. Experience with legacy system engineering assessments, discovering the build and details surrounding the system to re-build it in a new hosted environment. Ability to work with the client to create a Migration Plan, a detailed technical document illustrating the future state architecture of the system in its new environment, supporting the functionality of the system and meeting all required specifications for security, performance, and other criteria as indicated by the client. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement: The Seneca Holdings family of companies is committed to building an inclusive work environment that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diversity of our employees. We recognize that an inclusive corporate culture improves how we support our customers and also improves the collective impact we can make in our communities. Equal Opportunity Statement: Seneca Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information and/or predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status, veteran status, or other protected class status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation and training. The Company also prohibits retaliation against any employee who exercises his or her rights under applicable anti-discrimination laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company does give hiring preference to Seneca or Native individuals. Veterans with expertise in these areas are highly encouraged to apply.