Cloud Computer Engineer Senior Principal

SAIC • Chantilly, VA

18d

About The Position

SAIC seeks a Senior Cloud Computing Engineer to provide technical and program services to a U.S. Government Program Office leading research and development of evolutionary, revolutionary, and transformational cloud-based architectures. The position provides Systems Engineering & Technical Advisory (SETA) support for U.S. Government Intelligence Community and Department of Defense customers.

The engineer applies expertise in commercial and emerging cloud services, cloud architecture, security, and environment design and optimization. The role also supports cloud development and adoption strategies, solution architecture, and application and data migration. As an active member of an enterprise research, development, learning, and innovation environment, the engineer helps build and share organizational knowledge and supports researchers and users with cloud computing, application and library integration, and problem resolution. The position also requires understanding current AI and ML offerings and research.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Bachelor’s degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics discipline and at least 14 years of relevant work experience, or a master’s degree and at least 11 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with two or more cloud service providers, such as AWS, Azure, or Google.
• DoD 8140 certification required to obtain privileged user access, such as Security+, CISSP, CISM, or GSEC.
• Working knowledge of networks, compute, storage, virtualization, design, and architecture across multiple classification-level fabrics.
• Proven experience with UNIX and Windows operating systems and commands.
• Experience with research applications such as Python and Jupyter Lab.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and focus on customers.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to explain complex cloud architecture concepts and configurations to nontechnical audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Interpersonal and communication skills for written reports, group discussions, and oral presentations.
• Working experience in the Intelligence Community or Department of Defense.

Responsibilities

• Apply expertise in commercially available and emerging cloud services, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
• Architect and design cloud computing environments.
• Apply knowledge of security considerations, best practices, and implementation for cloud services and architectures.
• Set up, manage, and optimize cloud architectures.
• Recommend cloud development strategies, commercial cloud service adoption, solution architectures, and application and data migration approaches.
• Participate in enterprise R&D, learning, and innovation activities by creating, gathering, and sharing knowledge to grow organizational competency and capability.
• Support researchers and users with cloud computing, application and library integration, and problem resolution.
• Maintain an understanding of current artificial intelligence and machine learning offerings and research.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior