Cloud Solutions Architect

The Sponsor's portfolio consists of products which protect sensitive co-mingled data. The Sponsor requires support in the form of a group level security and architecture team that will assist with the research, design, development, accreditation, and maintenance of complex systems that span all network fabrics. The Sponsor requires technical experts who have experience working with, and on, systems and components that protect highly sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the Authorization & Assessment (A&A) process of all systems in the Sponsor's portfolio, across all network fabrics, for highly sensitive, co-mingled data
• Be the focal point for responding to Computer Network Attacks (CNAs), malicious code incidents, data spills, and other cyber incidents on Sponsor systems and networks
• Track Plan of Action and Milestones (POAMs) to see them through closure, to include regular reporting
• Understand and be able to articulate policy engine rules as it relates to the Sponsor's portfolio
• Serve as a Point of Contact (POC) for IT operations
• Be part of a Sponsor working group that deals with extremely sensitive data. Track and optimize cloud costs to include developing cost models for IC and DoW partners.
• Support the Sponsor's technical forums and review boards
• Review proposed technical solutions and architectures and provide findings. Research and provide whitepapers on potential solutions to the Sponsor's technical needs.
• Be familiar with Cloud Service Provider offerings and evaluate them for use with highly sensitive data
• Have expertise on encryption techniques and products, and articulate the best option for a problem set
• Be the focal point for cyber security vulnerabilities
• Have an in-depth technical understanding of the Sponsor's tools and assist external partners with adoption and use

Requirements

• TS/SCI FSP Clearance
• Demonstrated experience accrediting systems that handle extremely sensitive data
• Demonstrated experience accrediting systems on multiple network fabrics
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems that handle extremely sensitive data
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems on multiple network fabrics
• Demonstrated experience with Cloud Service Providers (CSP) offerings, specifically AWS, Azure, and Oracle
• Demonstrated experience optimizing cloud hosted systems for cost and performance efficiencies
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems used globally 
• Demonstrated experience with hybrid cloud architectures
• Demonstrated experience designing or maintaining on prem architecture

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated experience on Service of Common Concern (SoCC) programs
• Demonstrated experience designing and standardizing DevOps processes
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's suite of tools
• Demonstrated experience supporting IC and DoW programs
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's Configuration Management Database (CMDB) processes and procedures
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's system accreditation suite of tools
• Cloud Service Provider certifications

About Us
For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients’ toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics.Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ