Cloud Architect SME - Seneca Holdings
Orlando, FL
About the Job
Seneca Global Services, LLC is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is the federal government contracting business wholly owned by the Seneca Nation. SNG meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers across a variety of domains. The SNG portfolio receives shared services support from its parent company Seneca Holdings and is comprised of multiple companies that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more visit www.senecanationgroup.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
The Seneca Nation Group companies offer competitive compensation and a strong benefits package including comprehensive medical and dental care, matching 401K, paid time off, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for you and your family. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.
Seneca Global Services is seeking a Cloud Architect SME ready to support a dynamic, innovative acquisition program. This position will perform in-depth program analysis and coordination assignments, and services in support of the program. The ideal candidate for this role must be comfortable working in a transparent, collaborative team environment and possess outstanding communication, leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Roles and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
The Cloud Architect SME will be responsible for assisting in defining reference architectures, standards, and interfaces for re-use across the customer portfolio as well support identifying capability gaps and shortfalls, determining new technology and system requirements, identifying possible solutions, assessing technology maturation and advancements to address suitability of developed solutions, and assessing testing and integration requirements, costs, and activities and their results.
- Assist in designing and evaluating Contractor proposed end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in a cloud environment.
- Assist in designing and managing programs cloud computing strategies including cloud adoption plans, cloud management and monitoring.
- Assist in planning, designing, and evaluating Contractor proposed migration/onboarding plans for portfolio of programs and data to the cloud.
- Assist in defining security guidance, governance, risk management, scalability, and cost optimization of the cloud environment.
- Develop data storage processes and procedures for hosting on prem in the cloud including horizontal and vertical scalability.
- Assist in DevSecOps, Software, Storage/Virtualization and Cloud architecture.
- Assist with defining the roadmaps, principles, process, and governance for the enterprise.
- Assist in the requirements capture, concept design, implementation, and maintenance of the enterprise solution.
- Assist in designing and evaluating Contractor proposed build, deployment, and monitoring standards.
- Assist in the modernization of program services provided to the PORs, through market research, design, engineering, and implementation of new and leading-edge capabilities
- Apply decision analysis techniques to ensure that the engineering approach is cost effective and satisfies the training objectives.
- Prepare a technical description that includes a block diagram and math models.
- Determine the degree of fidelity of the simulation necessary to maximize the DevSecOps process and development.
- Support working groups in the designing and managing programs strategies.
- Support infrastructure and engineering enterprise solutions.
- Support working groups in defining and evaluating Contractor proposed multi-level plans.
- As part of a team, provide advice on acquisition strategy alternatives relating to commercial technology maturity applicable to acquisition program requirements. In addition, provide advice on availability of commercially available hardware and software systems and products satisfying program requirements, risks and hidden costs associated with new development versus use of commercially available products, and other factors and considerations for the program.
- As part of a team, Analyze potential requirements for modifications enterprise systems in the prototyping and operational phase. This involves extensive research and coordination including direct contact with stakeholders and support teams' activities, and Government Program Offices stakeholders.
- Support the continuum of enterprise system testing across the agile software development life cycle.
- Identify, plan, execute, and provide results/feedback across the enterprise system testing continuum to include:
- Architecture, Application Programming Interface (API), Standards and
- Platform Development Kit (PDK) compliance/conformance/functionality testing.
- Component level testing.
- Automated testing.
- System Platform level integration testing.
- Scalability, extensibility, and distributed network testing performance.
- Usability testing.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Basic Qualifications:
- An active Secret Clearance Required and be eligible to receive Top Secret clearance as needed.
- Bachelor's Degree in IT, Engineering, or relevant field from an accredited. college/university; years of experience may be used as a substitute for education. (Advanced degree preferred)
- 10+ yrs. in IT, Engineering or related field.
- Expertise/knowledge/experience with the following:
- Agile DevSecOps (SCRUM/JIRA/Confluence.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement:
The Seneca Holdings family of companies is committed to building an inclusive work environment that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diversity of our employees. We recognize that an inclusive corporate culture improves how we support our customers and also improves the collective impact we can make in our communities.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Seneca Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information and/or predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status, veteran status, or other protected class status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation and training. The Company also prohibits retaliation against any employee who exercises his or her rights under applicable anti-discrimination laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company does give hiring preference to Seneca or Native individuals. Veterans with expertise in these areas are highly encouraged to apply.