Systems Engineer IV - Cloud Engineering Lead

Leidos•North Charleston, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is anticipating a new contract award with the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic in support of all aspects of the Defense Health Enterprise Application and Desktop Virtualization Support Group, supporting the Clinical Information Modernization (CIM) Integrated Product Team (IPT). The primary customer for this work is the Defense Health Agency (DHA) which consists of a world-wide network of military hospitals, and health clinics, supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) TRICARE system for uniformed services members and their families around the world. This new work is focused on the Clinical Infrastructure Modernization Program Lifecycle Environment (CIMPLE) project which will support the Datacenter Operations Program (DCOPS) by providing enterprise infrastructure and professional IT services associated with the DHA Private Cloud (DPC), the Application Virtualization Hosting Environment (AVHE), and the DevSecOps Community Cloud (DSOCC) hosting platforms. Specific knowledge and understanding of these core systems is a requirement. The Cloud Engineering Lead is responsible for leading the team in support of support and sustainment strategies for cloud computing instantiations providing subject matter expertise integrating the existing on-premise environment with current and future cloud computing instantiations. The candidate must have experience in cloud computing technologies and be able to provide subject matter expertise for Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud, and Microsoft Azure GovCloud. The candidate shall provide subject matter expertise on multiple cloud services including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), DBaaS, Software as a Service (SaaS), and FEDRAMP.

Requirements

10 years’ experience in DoD enterprise environments
Currently hold an active DoD Secret Security Clearance
Requires strong writing skills and attention to detail
Excellent communications skills
Technical Cloud Architecture Background and Experience with DevSecOps, VDI, and hybrid cloud engineering

Nice To Haves

Cloud computing technologies experience for Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud, and Microsoft Azure GovCloud
Cloud Architecture Background and Experience with DevSecOps

Responsibilities

Leading the team in support of support and sustainment strategies for cloud computing instantiations providing subject matter expertise integrating the existing on-premise environment with current and future cloud computing instantiations.
Providing subject matter expertise for Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud, and Microsoft Azure GovCloud.
Providing subject matter expertise on multiple cloud services including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), DBaaS, Software as a Service (SaaS), and FEDRAMP.
Assisting the government in the architectural design and engineering of cloud technologies identifying areas to gain efficiencies and reduce costs.
Providing associated documentation for the architectural designs, deployment and implementation supporting cloud technologies installation and configuration.
Performing installation and configuration of hardware and software supporting cloud technologies using industry standard best practices for the server virtualization environment where applicable.
Performing testing of new versions of cloud technologies software in the pre-production lab environment(s) including regression testing on standard configurations.
Recommending upgrade processes as well as executing system wide upgrades to both pre-production lab environment(s) and production environment(s) following program change management processes and procedures.
Implementing standard configuration and maintaining patch and platform versions across both pre-production lab environment(s) and production environment(s).
Providing technical support for instantiations of these cloud technologies on a 24x7 basis to ensure rapid problem resolution and maximum uptime.
Supporting IAVA/STIG/other DoD policy implementations and documentation for cloud technologies platforms to include RA and RMF.
Supporting the development of accreditation packages using DoD Risk Management Framework for any designed solution and work toward achievement of an ATO.
Writing and maintaining Architecture Diagrams, Architecture Network Boundary Diagrams, and Installation Configurations Guides.
Supporting direct communication and collaboration with ALL members of the Team, including issue management support, clarification and prioritization of production onsite tasks, reports and site summaries.
Communicating with parties external to the organization (e.g., sub-contractors, vendors, government, etc.).
Working to influence project/team leaders regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.
Providing Engineering Tier 3 assistance in the management of Help Desk related issues in production.
Working to achieve key project/program objectives and deliverables.
Being responsible for entire projects or processes spanning multiple technical areas.
Regularly employing ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems to achieve functional objectives.