SAIC · 5 hours ago
Cloud Architect
Scott AFB, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $160K/yr
14+ years expSAIC is seeking a Cloud Architect to support an IT Service Management effort for USTRANSCOM located at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. The role involves providing technical leadership for cloud solution architectures, ensuring compliance with security policies, and guiding the implementation of cloud technologies to enhance operational capabilities.
Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Providing technical leadership and hands-on development and implementation of commercial cloud solution architectures that modernize the way our customers architect, deploy, and use cloud technology, focusing on security, scalability, and resiliency
Communicating, defining, administering, and implementing various security processes and assist with the transformation of platforms
Ensuring commercial cloud service offerings (CSO) adhere to DoD Cloud Computing policy/guidelines
Providing specific, detailed information for hardware and software selection, cloud service provider selection, implementation techniques, application data migration techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements
Developing and conducting testing of cloud and virtualization systems
Maintaining technical expertise relevant industry standards and in cloud computing and virtualization technologies such as cloud service provider architecture, design, and configuration; cloud deployment models including public, community, private, and hybrid; cloud service delivery models including infrastructure-, platform-, and software-as-a-service; automation; hypervisors; containers; virtual compute, storage, and networks; virtual infrastructure management; self-provisioning; and scaling
Evaluating and reporting on new cloud and virtualization technologies to enhance capabilities of cloud-based and virtualized services
May also provide systems engineering activities such as Concept of Operations Formulation, Requirements Definition, Analysis and Engineering, System Architecting, System Analysis and Design, Interface and Data Architectures, Validation and Verification, System Integration, System Op. Performance Analysis, Lifecycle Cost Analysis Estimation, Decision Analysis and Physical Configuration Analysis (PCA)
Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
Participating with senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives
Recommending/making decisions on administrative or project work matters and ensures effective achievement of program, project, or organizational objectives
Serving as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs. Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications
Qualification
Required
BA/BS
Ten (14) years or more experience
Must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance
IAT Level III certifications (CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH)
Computing Environment (CE) certification or certificate for the technical area of responsibility for Cloud or virtualization (e.g., Azure, AWS, oracle, IBM, etc.) with a preference in Azure
Process requirements from government customer, prioritize taskings and work based on government direction and timelines
Proven track record of work experience as a cloud architect, designing and deploying cloud solutions
Expertise in Active Directory design and maintenance
Proficient knowledge of Redhat Enterprise Linux operating system and command line administration
Experience administering Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Connect
Demonstrated experience in one or more following activities- IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Services (compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, databases)
Ability to utilize a variety of tools like Git, YML, and AWS security capabilities (WAF, GuardDuty, Security Groups, IAM, etc.)
Knowledge of an IT Service Management (ITSM) tool suite
Experience with Zero trust architectures
Configuration and change management experience working directly with/for a Government customer
Evaluate and recommend DevOps tools and technologies based on organizational needs
Powershell/bash scripting experience to create automation/scripts that can be integrated with existing automation to further process improvement
Experience with how to write SSM documents in JSON/YAML
Experience with how to write/test/deploy new or existing CloudFormation templates
Experience with Ec2 Image builder pipelines
Preferred
MA/MS
15 or more years of experience
DoD TS/SCI clearance
AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certification
ITIL V4 Foundations Certification
Expertise with CI/CD tools and concepts
Fluent with multiple scripting languages
AWS networking experience including AWS site to site VPNs, Transit Gateway and Direct connect
Knowledge of routing using BGP in a DoD environment
Familiarity with DNS in an AWS govcloud environment using Route53, knowledge of DISA Iodyn is a plus
Experience with network devices such as Palo Alto Next gen firewalls, juniper vSRXs and F5 big IP virtual is a plus
Extensive knowledge of RHEL8/9 and Windows Server 19/22
Proficiencies with DevOps tools (Docker/Kubernetes/Harbor/ECS/EKS/Fargate/Gitlab-ci/Artifactory)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies and associated tools
Demonstrated expertise in creating and executing CI/CD pipelines
Company
SAIC
SAIC specializes in IT, enterprise IT, engineering, and professional services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$522.13MKey Investors
U.S. Geothermal
2025-09-22Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2010-09-13Post Ipo Equity· $22M
2006-10-13IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Fecteau
IT Advisor to CEO
Prabu Natarajan
Chief Financial Officer
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