Senior Cloud Architect - Multi-Cloud Lead

SENIOR CLOUD Architect - Multi-Cloud Lead

LOCATION: Remote, but would prefer in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) or San Antonio, TX area

CLEARANCE LEVEL:  TS with a SCI or eligible for SCI and Poly

Who YOU are:
As a Senior Cloud Architect - Multi-Cloud Lead at Plus3 IT Systems, you:

• Are passionate about working on cutting-edge, high-profile projects and are motivated by delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
• Aren't satisfied with status quo, and regularly look for creative ways to solve problems and help your team meet commitments
• Are insatiably curious – you ask why, you explore, and you're not afraid to blurt out your crazy idea
• Are a strong self-performer that also flourishes in a team setting; and love the ability to work on multiple clients/projects simultaneously
• Love learning new technologies and sharing them with your team
• Have a keen interest in using any and all appropriate tools, especially Cloud-based and Open Source, to solve the problem at hand
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills, due to the dynamic nature of collaborations with customers, vendors, and other engineering teams to solve complex business problems together
• Use your experience and leadership skills to motivate your teammates to deliver high quality results in a fast-paced work environment
• Are obsessed with automation, simplicity, and smooth-running systems

Who We Are:

• A 2023 "Top Work Places" recipient (https://topworkplaces.com/company/plus3-it-systems/)
• A company committed to your training, technical experience growth, and well being
• Uniquely positioned and ready to expand, with your help, into more complex and technically challenging environments
• Built upon subject matter expertise supporting the Federal Government with a focus on Cloud Adoption, Cloud Security, Cloud Enabled Data Analytics, Cloud Native Application Development, and DevSecOps
• A small business with big partners such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Azure), and Google (Cloud Platform) and other technology partners; 
• Immuta
• Databricks 
• GitLab
• RedHat
• Multiple Prime contract holder (GSA, SITE III, JAIC DRAID, and NDE)
• Always a committed partner with our customers and laser-focused on their mission

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the development of high impact solutions using best practices to solve customers' diverse challenges across the department of defense and national security landscape
• Interact and meet with the customer directly to understand their business problems, help with identifying pain points and solutions that meet their needs at all phases of their cloud journey
• Work collaboratively with other consultants and architects, participating in daily scrum activities and related ceremonies
• Write documentation in the form of runbooks, diagrams, and other relevant material that supports customer requirements and deliverables
• Travel to customer sites on occasion
• Architect multi-cloud and on-prem edge solutions using state of the art technologies
• Design Software Defined Networking solutions that align with multi-cloud and on-prem requirements

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Experience with engineering solutions within a multi-cloud environment (AWS and Azure)
• Experience with software defined networking tools (Versa)
• Demonstrated understanding of modern processing techniques on CPUs, including vectorization, pipelining, and caching
• Demonstrated understanding of memory hierarchies from CPU cache to NUMA DRAM
• Experience with Nutanix Prism (multi-cloud management) system
• Experience with high speed networking, low latency protocols and hardware to include AWS EFA and/or Infiniband, knowledge of RDMA
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Kubernetes (containerization solutions)
• Experience programming in two or more software programming languages
• Experience with delivering modern technology stacks using cloud services, such as microservices and infrastructure-as-code

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 

• At least 8+ years of IT implementation experience in the public sector, Department of Defense, and/or national security industry
• At least 5+ years of experience supporting or conducting high performance computing operations
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field. Equivalent experience considered
• Customer facing skills with ability to drive discussions with customer engineers as well as senior stakeholders
• Familiarity with public sector, governance and compliance in the cloud, NIST SP 800-53, FEDRAMP, DOD cloud computing security requirements guide (CC SRG), DOD secure cloud computing architecture (SCCA), DOD architecture framework (DODAF), and other relevant frameworks.

Other:

Plus3 IT Systems is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact [email protected] [include name and/or department, telephone, and e-mail address].

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, we are required to stay in compliance with Executive Order 14042 with the most up to date information provided at the following link (https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/).

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