Senior Cloud Architect - Space Systems Command
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Categories: Information Technology Req ID: 2024-9478 Potential to Telecommute: NoJob Description
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Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is searching for Senior Cloud Architect to support United States Space Force (USSF). This position will be located in Colorado Springs, CO
Why is MTSI known as a Great Place to Work?
- Interesting Work: Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
- Values: Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
- 100% Employee Ownership: we have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
- Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
- Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
- Flexible schedules
- 6% 401k match with immediate vesting
- Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
- Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
- Up to $10,000 in annual tuition reimbursement
- Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
- Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
- Track Record of Success: We have grown every year since our founding in 1993
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance.
MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.
For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com.
Responsibilities:
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. (MTSI) is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to provide the United States Space Force (USSF)Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) for the Digital Bloodhound program. A successful candidate should be a proven leader and problem solver with the ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a high-profile, fast-paced environment. The position will provide direct cloud architect and engineering support to the USSF/SSC’s SZYO/Defense Cyber Operations-Space (DCO-S) organization to drive data-informed decisions at speed, maximizing the Service’s flexibility and efficiency in delivering cybersecurity capabilities to protect the USSF’s Operational Enterprise. The successful candidate will possess a strategic mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to:
- Study, analyze, recommend, and ultimately design and build new hybrid cloud-based environment(s) for DCO-S cloud initiatives, ensuring that critical applications are designed and optimized for high availability and disaster recovery.
- Integrate capabilities and models into the new cloud-based environment.
- Define requirements for the DCO-S throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to include integrating, upgrading, and sustaining the hybrid cloud-based environment.
- Back decisions with research and the “why/so what”, and articulate options, pros and cons for each recommendation.
- Develop solutions architectures and evaluate architectural alternatives for hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services.
- Guide the migration of legacy systems to a modern cloud platform solution and assist with the adoption into the DCO-S solution.
- Design enterprise and systems security throughout the cloud development life cycle; translate technology and environmental conditions into security designs and processes.
- Design and develop security requirements that mitigates risk while maintaining a cyber security operational capability across the USSF enterprise.
- Maintain overall knowledge of, stay up to date with, and research industry best practices, trends, and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on the DCO-S software development strategies and possible implementation.
- Verify architecture against DCO-S program requirements and goals. This includes participating in technical discussions, trade studies and working groups.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, UX/UI designers, and quality assurance, to define and deliver software solutions that meet DCO-S requirements and customer needs.
- Interface with USSF Test Enterprise leadership, and training and program managers to explain security goals and mitigations relative to their priorities of cost, schedule and performance.
- Provide regular updates, reports, and presentations on DCO-S software development progress, achievements, and challenges to stakeholders and senior management.
- Establish and enforce quality assurance protocols to guarantee the provision of dependable, secure, and regulation-compliant software solutions.
- Champion process automation to reduce manual steps and improve reusability of solutions.
- Utilize cloud services and technologies to architect and develop scalable and reliable software solutions.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum of 14 years of relevant technical architect and team leadership experience in designing large and complex IT operations in large organizations or a research environment for government and/or private industry.
- Demonstratable knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability).
- Experience developing briefings and presenting analysis results to high-level stakeholders to help them in their decision-making processes.
- Capability to assume a leadership role during system requirements reviews, design reviews and other types of technical meetings.
- Demonstratable knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes.
- Experience with Big Data (e.g., Hadoop, NiFi, Spark, PySpark, Dask, etc.).
- Experience in application migration.
- Agile development experience.
Desired:
- Experience working on-site in a government client environment.
- Familiarity with security procedures while working in a SCIF/SAPF environment.
- Cloud Security Implementation experience.
- Experience with DoD Acquisition Lifecycle and/or Rapid Acquisition / Rapid Delivery.
- Familiarity with security procedures while working in a SCIF/SAPF environment.
- Azure Solutions, Google Professional Cloud, AWS Certified Solutions, and/or Red Hat Certified Architect.
Education Requirements:
- Required - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related STEM or engineering discipline required.
- Desired - Master’s degree in related discipline.
Security Clearance Level Required:
- Top Secret, SCI eligible (please note: U.S. Citizenship is required).
- Eligibility for access to Special Access Program Information.
- Willingness to submit to a Counterintelligence polygraph.
The pay range for this position in Colorado is $160,000/year to $230,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract rates, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors. MTSI also offers a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via MTSI’s internal or external careers site
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