Job Description Summary

Responsible for multiple projects in a technical domain as a technical expert or internal consultant. Will work on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge of two or more specialized architecture areas. Will across multiple technical or functional domains.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Service Design:

• Architect and oversee the delivery of a Cybersecurity Service Rail offering:
  • Remote Access: Secure access using appropriate architecture.
  • Identity Management: Integration and management of tools (including Microsoft Active Directory) while working to leverage one-way trust of enterprise AD.
  • Managed File Transfer: Secure file and data exchange services.
  • Patch & Update Management for Operating Systems in use.
  • Container Registry: Deployment and governance.
  • System Automation: Configuration management, system hardening, reporting, and automation.
  • Additional services including virtualization, email relay, antivirus, and other foundational services.

DevOps & CI/CD Enablement:

• Lead the design, implementation, and support of a self-hosted Agile development platform.
• Promote the use of CI/CD pipelines and best practices to support modern software delivery.
• Integrate infrastructure and security automation into development lifecycles.

Leadership & Governance:

• Establish and refine standard work for infrastructure services including observability, access controls, performance, and cost optimization.
• Drive service standardization and reusable patterns across teams and environments.
• Champion Agile, Lean, and DevSecOps methodologies for infrastructure delivery and operations.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Stay informed of industry trends and emerging technologies in:
  • Containerization and orchestration
  • Platform engineering
  • Cloud-native infrastructure
  • Distributed/streaming systems operations
  • DevOps and GitOps practices
  • CI/CD frameworks and toolchains
• Continuously assess and recommend improvements to systems, tools, and processes.

Related Skills & Experience:

• Deep expertise in server and clustered environments involving Linux & Windows environments, including capability to Install, configure, administer, harden, and upgrade Linux servers.
• Practiced understanding of Networking fundamentals and distributed systems.
• CISSP Credentialed (or practiced) in security infrastructure services, their controls and necessary audit trails with ability to integrate LDAP, SAML, and Active Directory and deploy in highly segmented networks.
• Demonstrable experience with:
  • Red Hat Satellite, WSUS
  • Harbor, Ansible, GitLab
• Solid understanding of virtualization and containerization platforms, network services, and endpoint protection with hands-on experience in installation, configuration, administration, and maintenance.
• Experience with SLOs/SLIs as well as health monitoring dashboards, automating recurring checks, post-deployment validation, remediation and incident triage.
• Solid scripting and automation skills, clear communicator who writes excellent documents and can translate ambiguous input into clear objectives and practices.
• Well-experienced with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and Lean principles.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of with 5+ years practiced experience in architecture
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Desired Characteristics

Soft Skills

• Change Agent - Identifies opportunities for necessary changes and pursues/leads them when appropriate. Evaluates progress and involves peers and team members in analyzing strengths and weaknesses in performance. Works with executive stakeholders to embrace the implications of change. Recommends changes that impact strategic business direction. Leads the planning and implementation of change programs that impact critical processes. Subdivides major deliverables into smaller, manageable components and re-appropriates existing solutions to new requirements and situations. Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to add value to GE. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and a