Solution Architect
Overview:
Solution Architect
Hybrid | Washington D.C. | 3 Days a Week Onsite
Active TS/SCI Clearance Required
Summary
Our client is an employee and Service-Disabled, Veteran-owned Small Business focused on providing niche technical services. They are a team of experienced cybersecurity professionals with a track record of success in the Federal, Commercial, and Academic workspaces.Additionally, our client designs, builds, operates, and secures scalable cloud and IT infrastructures to meet their customers’ near-term needs and fulfill their long-term requirements.
Responsibilities
Our client is looking looking for a Solutions Architect to join their team!- Work with the technical requirements team (TRT) to assess new customer requests, identify existing capabilities that may meet customer needs, and/or identify additional technology to meet customer needs that balances cost and performance
- Work with the TRT to build alternative courses of action, including solution architectures, that alternately balance customer requirements with cost and timeline to implement
- Assess existing enterprise solutions for alignment with Enterprise standards and best practices and make modification recommendations for better alignment with said standards
- Work with product teams to identify technology to meet their challenges during development, emphasizing reuse of existing capabilities, and alignment with Enterprise standards and best practices
- Build materials that map out the client's technical ecosystem in a digestible format, while including key information about tech stack, interconnectivity, Mission owners, Product Teams, etc.
- Communicate functional and technical aspects, risks, challenges, and selling point for the solutions
- Develop an understanding of existing technologies and infrastructures to actively identify areas for improvements when developing solutions
- Ensure all solution documentation is comprehensive and accurate
- A Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years' practical experience OR Associates degree plus 6 years' practical experience OR Master's degree plus 2 years' practical experience OR High School/GED plus 8 years' practical experience is required
- Experience building products/solutions/assets using Microsoft and/or cloud technologies
- Comprehension of various cloud and Microsoft technologies
- Significant experience architecting systems OR working in Government-owned secure networks (e.g., NIPR, SIPR, A-LAN, C-LAN/JWICS)
- Familiarity with various coding languages, operating systems, and databases
- Experience identifying and researching COTS products
- Experience collaborating with business, technical, and security stakeholders to understand requirements, analyze business problems, and design effective solutions
- A Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years' practical experience OR Associates degree plus 6 years' practical experience OR Master's degree plus 2 years' practical experience OR High School/GED plus 8 years' practical experience is required
- 2 years’ experience serving in a Strategic Communications role
- AWS Certified Solution Architect certificate
- 2 years' experience architecting OR building and maintaining systems
- 1 years' experience architecting systems OR working in Government-owned secure networks (e.g., NIPR, SIPR, A-LAN, C-LAN)
- Experience architecting, implementing, operating Microsoft Power Platform solutions
- Experience working with AWS Un-class and/or Top-Secret Cloud (i.e., C2S/C2E)
- Experience working in an agile team environment
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM Templates) and platforms
- Experience architecting OR building and maintaining applications on AWS platforms
- Familiarity and experience with the Intelligence Community (IC), and the intel cycle
- Familiarity and experience with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI clearance is required. Please be aware that onboarding can take 4-6 weeks for this position.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
About Us
Northern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company.
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