Senior Emerging Technology Specialist

About the role

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) seeks a Senior Emerging Technology Specialist, GG-2210-14 at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska (NE) in Bellevue, NE. This position involves driving and transforming processes and technical baselines to enhance resiliency while accelerating secure software and/or container deployments using modern infrastructure technologies and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, shaping the strategic roadmap for hybrid cloud integration, zero-trust security architecture, and A/IML, operationalization.
• Drive modernization initiatives by integrating cloud, AI, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and enterprise architecture into cohesive strategies that support mission-critical operations.
• Translate mission requirements into technical architectures and guide long-term modernization strategy.
• Manage resources, schedules, and risks, and lead multidisciplinary teams in complex modernization initiatives.
• Ensure alignment of modernization efforts with mission needs and adhere to DoD cybersecurity frameworks, RMF, zero-trust principles, and cyber risk mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Security Clearance.
• Knowledge of DoDAF, TOGAF, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Expert knowledge of cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), hybrid cloud integration, cloud security, and enterprise cloud migration strategies.
• Knowledge of DoD CIO policy, cybersecurity directives, mission requirements, and operational constraints in secure environments.
• Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity frameworks, RMF, zero-trust principles, and cyber risk mitigation strategies.
• Cyberspace Qualification is a condition of employment.
• This position includes Cyberspace work as a paramount duty requirement.

Qualifications

• Required Skills: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, AWS Outposts, VMware Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, Cloud Formation Gov Cloud, C2S, SC2S, Azure Government Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Podman, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Nexus.
• Preferred Skills: AWS Outposts, VMware Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, Cloud Formation Gov Cloud, C2S, SC2S, Azure Government Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Podman, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Nexus.