Azure Cloud Architect/SME

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Solutions Architect

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Change Management, Microsoft Azure, Solution Architecture, Technology Implementations, Windows Azure Cloud

Certifications:

Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment (AZ-100) - Microsoft, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) - Microsoft - Microsoft Inc, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect - Microsoft

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Azure Cloud Architect/SME supporting our HHS HRSA customer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. 

As a hands-on Azure Cloud Architect/SME, you will architect, engineer, test and implement a TIC 3.0 Cloud environment with a team of engineers and subject matter experts. 

*Candidates must be able to travel to customer location Maryland to obtain badging prior to starting and will be expected to work onsite in the Rockville, MD area a few times a month as needed*

Responsibilities:

• Will migrate existing cloud hosted applications to the new cloud environment. 
• Support the migration of public facing applications hosted on Citrix NetScaler to an Akamai Cloud SASE Load Balancing solution with OKTA Single-Sign-On (SSO). 
• Works with other team members and SME across the program to achieve a unified goal.
• Create and provide Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for quick repeatable deployments.
• Ensure solution scales appropriately, are resilient, and support security capabilities in accordance to CISA TIC 3.0 guidelines.
• Strong understanding of DNS, Firewalls (Azure Firewalls and WAF), Content Delivery Network (CDN), routing, global traffic management (for load balancing), intrusion detection and IPv6.
• Work with a team of DevOps engineers and SMEs to build, test, validate and demonstrate a complete TIC 3.0 Proof-of-Concept (POC) with Cloud SASE And Azure Cloud Firewall solutions.
• Mentor and support a team of engineers to provision/configure Azure Cloud Firewall per customer requests in accordance to vendor best practices.
• Perform and support policy enforcement, at all application levels, in the environment, including but not limited to, SASE provider, Azure Cloud Firewall and within Azure for micro-segmentation.
• Integrate with SASE Portal authentication with customer IDP, OKTA, providing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Help build a customer chargeback model, with reporting metrics.
• Help Build reports for post-migration cost estimates based upon current utilization, at the organization and application owner level, in addition to scheduled WAF reports within the SASE solution meeting NIST 800-53 requirements
• Work with the team, customers and SMEs to develop required logging requirements (splunk, solarwinds, uptime, etc.).
• Develop and adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Document technical implementation plans and present to customer for approval.
• Develop, document, and present a comprehensive migration strategy, including timelines, resources, and risk management plans.
• Perform migration activities from legacy cloud environment to new environment.
• Work with Program and Project management throughout the period of performance. 
• Perform post migration activities including remediating any issues identified.
• Furnish/Transfer any software or cloud subscriptions required for the duration of the project. 
• Provide training to the government, and their successors, on details of the migration process, administration, maintenance, support and operational use of the solution.
• Participates in special projects, as needed.
• Lead and provide technical support in Change Management processes that directly impact production environment. 
• Resolve technical problems that occur and on-call support for non-business hours.
• Provide Weekly and on-demand Status Reports on work performed.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related STEM field and 10+ years of experience in an Architecture position.
• Certification in at least one or more Azure certifications (Solutions Architect, Security Engineer, Secu