Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - TekSynap

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Cloud Infrastructure team supports the ongoing maintenance of multiple Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) across enclaves. This includes managing backups, patching, upgrades, developer workstations, monitoring, and the overall security posture to ensure a valid Authority to Operate.
• This team serves as an enabling team as defined by SAFe manages multiple VPCs.
• Increase technical agility, stability, and capability through the utilization of cloud computing technologies and services
• Maximize the architectural framework concept of microservices to enable autonomous application evolution within the FBI ecosystem
• Deliver system and infrastructure capabilities that are scalable, secure, resilient, and maximized in terms of data sharing and exploitation
• Support cloud architectures across the AWS unclassified and classified enclaves, with a CI/CD pipeline to support deployment of services to various enclaves
• Have experience utilizing various CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab and GitLab Runner, and Artifactory
• Have experience deploying and orchestrating Docker containers in cloud environments
• Provide system platform management (Kubernetes) to include monitoring, troubleshooting of preproduction and production environments
• Have experience with various air-gapped Government unclassified and classified AWS region (or other cloud service provider in the future) managed services, such as Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Relational Database Service (RDS), OpenSearch, DynamoDB, and Lambda
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the cloud infrastructure, troubleshooting issues, responding to incidents, ensuring backups are operating correctly, and ensuring cost optimization
• Monitor cloud environments to prevent unforeseen charges and ensure that AWS CloudWatch or equivalent service is activated, and billing alerts and alarms are enabled based on and triggered by government defined metrics.
• Support the migration of EDAS IT capabilities to the cloud requiring advanced knowledge of cloud infrastructure, security, networking, business analytics, and process optimization skills
• Support Government cloud environments design including the selection of appropriate cloud services, defining network architecture, optimization for workload and capacity needs, and configuring security protocols to create and maintain the most efficient service while meeting all FBI and industry requirements
• Design, develop, deliver, and sustain cloud-based solutions that connect disparate data sources with intent to identify possible matches and relationships
• Design, develop, deliver, and sustain new and existing cloud-based software tools and subsystems to integrate new and existing application features with back-end system and subsystem capabilities using COTS, GOTS, custom, and open-source software tools

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Top-Secret Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related analytical, scientific, or technical discipline.
• Experience with AWS, Splunk, Databricks, and other Oracle/SQL based platforms
• 10 years of relevent experience

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ansible
• Terraform

We are seeking Top-Secret cleared Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to join our team. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

This team is responsible for providing IT product lifecycle management, technical expertise, and support for the development and operations lifecycle. The team is engaged in the operation and enhancement of over 80 existing IT applications, including several new applications developed annually. Team activities cover information systems operations, information systems development and modernization, and IT security.

The operation of existing applications and new application initiatives are critical to the success of the mission. Additionally, thousands of personnel in the law enforcement, intelligence, legal, and administrative communities use these services on a daily basis to perform mission-critical work. These applications require responsive, effective, and specialized technical expertise to limit disruption to operations.

TekSynap offers our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Location: Huntsville, AL
• Type of environment: Office
• Noise level: Medium
• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday (typical shift is between 8am-5pm EST)
• Amount of Travel: Less than 10%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

U.S. Citizen

Active Top-Secret Clearance

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.