Cloud Solutions Architect - High Consequence Systems, Onsite

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated Cloud Solutions Architect to serve as the primary architect for cloud information systems such as information assurance, hardware, software, database, networking, systems security, and telecommunication. On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Research and prototype solutions based on requirements, fit, and feasibility.
• Architect solutions and systems to meet operational and development needs.
• Develop and integrate solutions as a part of a larger operational ground system and development environment to enable national security missions.
• Install hardware and configure various components of an overall system delivery.
• Mentor and guide teammates and promote innovative ideas and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Think with an enterprise mindset to ensure a complete product is delivered.
• Troubleshoot architect tier tickets for the various environments.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field. 3+ years of experience in all the following:

• Architecting complete computer solutions, system design, engineering, and system development, including familiarity with modern DevOps practices and tools.
• Cloud and orchestration technologies (Ansible).
• UNIX, Linux, or Windows Server-based enterprise architectures.
• Hardware and operating systems, including system architectures, network infrastructures, and client-server principles.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q-level security clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Common software architectures (e.g., microservices, distributed architecture models, etc.).
• Container technologies, using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Ability to write, edit and deploy Helm Charts.
• Gitops experience such as ArgoCD.
• Experience using monitoring and alerting software. Preferably Prometheus/Grafana.
• Linux server-based system administration. (e.g., account maintenance, data backups, system performance maintenance, installation, and configuration of new hardware/software)
• Reading, interpreting, writing, modifying, and executing scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) on Windows or Unix systems.
• Virtual machines and cloud technologies (e.g., Openshift, Proxmox, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare vSphere, Open Stack, AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Fixing failed software or system components (e.g., servers, processes, etc.) and identifying possible causes for system performance degradation or availability and initiating actions to mitigate this degradation.
• Developing, testing, troubleshooting,