Cloud Solutions Architect

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect with hands-on experience spanning full stack application development and cloud engineering.

The position is located in Chantilly, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph to be considered.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Participate across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including scope and work estimation, design, documentation, implementation, testing, integration, and sustainment.

• Design and develop new applications aligned to Sponsor mission requirements.

• Provide operations and maintenance support for multiple mission tools.

• Contribute to software architecture decisions and develop solutions to complex design challenges.

• Develop modern front end applications using current frameworks.

• Build, deploy, and maintain containerized applications in cloud environments.

• Manage virtual and physical servers within VMware environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.

• TS/SCI with Polygraph

• Demonstrated experience architecting and engineering services that integrate multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle).

• Demonstrated experience installing, configuring and managing compute resources (Linux and Windows VMs), storage (file, object), networking components (VNet, load balancers, firewalls, DNS, VPNs).

• Demonstrated experience managing Identity and Access Management.

• Demonstrated experience administering databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB) and writing scripts for reporting and automation (SQL, Python) Demonstrated experience performing remote administration and automation using scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell).

• Demonstrated experience deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).

• Demonstrated experience performing incident management, root cause analysis and troubleshooting for services and users.

• Demonstrated experience applying system patches and updates for cloud infrastructure.

• Demonstrated experience configuring security and compliance scanning, assessment and reporting tools; setting alerts and remediating issues.

• Demonstrated experience providing Tier 1-3 solution support, creating service documentation and delivering user training.

• Demonstrated experience using Jira for issue and task management.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated experience creating architecture diagrams (Visio, Draw.IO) and translating requirements into cloud solutions.

• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements and sequencing solution deployments.

• Demonstrated experience automating tasks and building Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).

• Demonstrated experience analyzing resource usage and implementing cost optimization strategies.

• Demonstrated experience working with DevSecOps practices and tools (GitLab, CI/CD pipelines).

• Demonstrated experience with Linux Administration (networking, applying patches, package management).

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2615348

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability