Cloud Architect

At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.

Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.

Requisition #887 

Job Title: Cloud Architect | Exempt

Location: Onsite 5x week - 911 Elkridge Landing Rd Linthicum, Maryland21090

Clearance Level: Active DoD - Secret

Required Certification(s): 

One or more IAT Level II Certifications in good standing - CompTIA Security +; SSCP; CCNA Security; CySA+; GICSP; GSEC

SUMMARY

The Senior Cloud Architect position, a crucial role in supporting one of our DOD customers, is a hands-on cloud engineering position that primarily focuses on migrating workloads to the cloud. The role is pivotal in delivering infrastructure migrations to the cloud for highly sensitive information and maintaining ownership of technical and service elements related to cloud migration projects.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·       The Senior Cloud Architect contributes to all levels of the architecture and maintains technical documentation while consulting team members on secure coding practices and developing a familiarity with new tools and best practices. Drives the roll-out of cloud management platforms, evaluates their performance, and implements enhancements.

·       Develops and enriches the product portfolio of cloud services and value-added services. Creates solution recommendations to include a Basis of Estimate for cloud services. Evaluate the cost/benefit of cloud vs. virtual private networks vs. dedicated hosting vs. in-house solutions and identify portions of the organization’s IT platform/infrastructure with the highest potential return for cloud deployment. Performs operations and maintenance of secure managed cloud platform solutions. Implements and maintains automation to enhance operation, alerting, and auto-remediation of events. Develops, maintains, and deploys infrastructure as code using CI/CD pipelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Certifications

·       Required: One or more IAT Level II Certifications in good standing - CompTIA Security +; SSCP; CCNA Security; CySA+; GICSP; GSEC

Education, Background, and Years of Experience

·       HS 16+, AS/AA 14+, BS/BA 12+, MS/MA 10+, or PhD 7+ years relevant experience

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills

·       Create security-driven Azure enterprise architectures, enterprise systems, and service-oriented architectures.

·       Establish and execute detailed cloud migration project plans.

·       Drive cloud consulting engagements by providing technical and business insights to cloud strategy engagements, technology and architecture, deployments, cloud migrations, and portfolio management.

·       Lead the design and implementation of PaaS/IaaS services, constructs, and deployment methods using containerization, database-as-a-service, storage, and infrastructure automation.

·       Provide expertise in architecture and design of services and systems in support of the various customer applications through the organization and its security.

·       Participate in technical project review meetings to ensure technical designs meet the client’s operational requirements and infrastructure/security standards.

·       Educate and influence stakeholders and engineering teams on effective cloud solutions and best practices.

·       3+ years of experience in Microsoft Azure Government.

·       Experience in architecture of flexible, scalable, and highly-available systems.

·       Experience with containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, AKS, EKS).

·       Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (TerraForm, ARM templates, CloudFormation templates).

·       Experience using DevOps concepts and tools (GitLab, JIRA, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible).

·       Familiarity with DoD IT processes, regulations, and current IT cloud initiatives.

Preferred Skills

·       Preferred: Cloudworks experience

·       Preferred: One or more Cloud Certifications in good standing - Azure Solutions Architect Expert; Azure Administrator Associate; AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional/Associate)

·       Preferred: One or more Cloud Security Certifications in good standing - CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional - Vendor is ISC2); Cloud+ (CompTIA Cloud plus - Vendor is CompTIA); GCLD (GIAC Cloud Security Essentials - Vendor

·       is GIAC); GCSA (GIAC Cloud Security Automation - Vendor is GIAC)

WORKING CONDITIONS

Environmental Conditions

·       Onsite Monday - Friday, in Linthicum Heights, MD

Strength Demands

·       Light – 20 lbs. Maximum lifting with frequent lift/carry up to 10 lbs.  A job is light if less lifting is involved but significant walking/standing is done or if done mostly sitting but requires push/pull on arm or leg controls.

Physical Requirements

·       Stand or Sit; Walk; Repetitive Motion; Use Hands / Fingers to Handle or Feel; Stoop, Kneel, Crouch, or Crawl; See; Push or Pull; Climb (stairs, ladders) or Balance (ascend / descend, work atop, traverse).

Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together. 

What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.

We also believe in supporting our employees by offering a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. To explore the benefits we offer, please visit our website under the Careers section.

Happy - Be Infectious.

Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.

Helpful - Be Supportive.

Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.

Honest - Be Trustworthy.

Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.

Humble - Be Grounded.

Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.

Hungry - Be Eager.

Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.

Hustle - Be Driven.

Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.

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