Cloud Architect

Leidos is seeking a 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 SZWO/Defensive 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 deep understanding of private, public, and hybrid cloud architectures and services, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• 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.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related STEM or engineering discipline required.

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant technical architect 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).

• Demonstrable knowlesge and experience deploying capabilities to DoD Cloud Service Providers, such as AWS, Microsoft, Google Support Services, Oracle.

• Demonstratable knowledge of DevSecOps tool chains and processes, including infrastructure as Code.

• Experience with Big Data (e.g., Hadoop, NiFi, Spark, PySpark, Dask, etc.).

• Experience in application migration.

• Agile development experience.

• US Citizen

• Top Secret, SCI eligible Security Clearance

• Eligibility for access to Special Access Program Information.

• Willingness to submit to a Counterintelligence polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

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