Cloud Solutions Engineer

Falls Church, VA, United States

The T&T Cloud Solutions Engineer (CSE) has responsibility as a T&T corporate resource to  develop, engineer, and implement cloud technology solutions that align with both client and corporate enterprise architecture needs. The T&T CSE’s solutions will align to and comply with standards, processes, procedures, and targets in  context of Federal and Department of Defense client statutes/regulations , as well as T&T corporate policy. The T&T CSE will work in concert with the T&T Chief Architect and Senior Application Solutions Engineer. Collectively, this team will be charged with client requirements determination, architecture designs, and encompassing cloud solutions for a customer base that includes DoD, HHS, NIH, VA, DoC, NOAA, NIST, DoJ, Treasury, etc.

The T&T CSE will  support multiple project efforts and corporate initiatives to define/implement/refine cloud “as a Service” (aaS) specifications and solutions to meet enterprise needs for scalability, security, and diverse aaS implementations (e.g., IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, etc.). In coordination with client and T&T corporate stakeholders, the T&T CSE will develop and recommend enterprise performance criteria involving cloud parameters and constructs. Upon approval of such criteria, the T&T CSE will meet/exceed enterprise performance criteria by establishing and implementing leading edge cloud solutions and/or minimum value products that can scale to enterprise level solutions.

The T&T ESE is responsible for  analyzing, adopting, adapting, and applying current trends in technology solutions from Cloud Service Providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).  The CSE will recommend and ultimately implement optimal solutions that readily integrate into a variety of architectural environments/designs and multiple levels of security for both Federal and DoD clientele. The T&T CSE will  establish and build the technological groundwork as basis for their adoption, adaptation, and integration of practical CSP-based solutions to meet/exceed performance criteria. The T&T CSE candidate must have  hands-on experience in proactively and holistically guiding clients through transformation and optimization efforts with one or more CSPs. The T&T CSE will articulate solutions, from planning stages to execution, to a wide audience ranging from non-technical to highly technical in oral and digital venues.

This position will be located in Falls Church, VA. Remote work, both full and part time, is negotiable. Qualified candidate must have or can attain a Secret clearance.

Primary Responsibilities

Use hands-on experience to proactively and holistically guide, engineer, and implement transformative solutions for enterprise cloud-based architectures

Assist in solving complex business problems by applying sound cloud engineering principles

Translate intricate customer requirements and designs into practical cloud solutions

Define/specify system solutions based on user/client needs, cost, and required integration with existing or projected applications, systems, or platforms

Provide on-site cloud technical assistance to resolve issues at corporate and client locations

Refine designs; develop/build cloud solutions to integrate seamlessly into enterprise systems

Enable faster and smarter business processes; implement analytics for meaningful results

Engage with senior managers regularly, reporting on project status, activities, and achievements; create reports and documentation for findings and solutions

Provide solutioning content for use in white papers, proposals, and oral presentations

Conduct high-level root-cause analysis for service interruption; establish preventive measures

Design, develop and engineer technical solutions to facilitate new device platform implementations, device roll outs, system updates, and version migrations

Leverage role/knowledge as corporate subject matter expert in key areas: Azure (MS 365), Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Virtualization, enterprise security, etc.

Build, scale, secure, migrate, and implement cloud services, especially CI/CD pipelines and aaS solutions, using industry tools

Required Skills & Qualifications:

5+ years of hands-on experience in related fields

Able to attain a Secret clearance

Deep understanding and working experience in migrating legacy and modern software/systems from “on-premise to hybrid or 100% cloud-based” and “hybrid to 100% cloud-based”

Minimum of one cloud certification in related fields, examples: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Google Certified Professional Data Engineer

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

CompTIA Cloud+

Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

Minimum of one information systems certification in related fields (e.g., Security+, CCNA, CISSP, etc.)

Demonstrated experience working in or for DoD, HHS, NIH, VA, DoC, NOAA, NIST, DoJ, Treasury, or equivalent national government organizations

Excellent solution implementation expertise in IT and Cloud Infrastructure and application modernization and migration techniques.

Broad IT industry knowledge, expertise in one or more technical areas: User experience, digital transformation, microservices, enterprise service bus, database design, access and identity management, high availability infrastructure, Cloud, IoT, Event Driven Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, CI/CD, DevSecOps, etc.

Exemplary oral, written, interpersonal communication and customer service skills.

Able to produce results within a collaborative environment; proficient in MS Office products

Highly organized and deadline-driven; able to multitask

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

10+ years of hands-on experience in related fields

Multiple information systems certifications in related fields

Multiple cloud service provider certifications in related fields

Benefits: Competitive benefits package including: health, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, 401(k) Plan, Training Programs, Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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