Microsoft Principal Cloud Solution Architect - CTJ TS/SCI 

United States, Virginia, Arlington 

915585977

We aspire to...Deliver the best technology to enable mission-critical work

Support fast-paced innovation with the U.S. Federal Government

Continuously advance security processes within our long-standing engagement approach

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Cloud Screening: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Preferred or Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).

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Ensure that solution exhibits high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability and reliability upon deployment ​

Professional Experience​

Ability to develop a joint “Business + Technology” architecture strategy based on situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations within federal government.

Understanding of one or more domain areas of federal government (e.g. Healthcare, Financial etc.)​

Problem Solving. Ability to solve customer problems through cloud technologies Required ​

track record

Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, architecture designs, database migrations, and technology management. required​

The technical aptitude and experience to learn new technologies and understand relevant cloud trend​

Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of cloud development platforms ​

Technical – Cloud Solution Experience

Breadth of technical experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in two or more of the following cloud solutions required

Cloud infrastructure solutions (i.e. Windows and Linux IaaS, SAP, BCDR, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS, containers and Infra as a code technologies)​

Cloud application development solutions (e.g. PaaS, Serverless, API Management)​

Container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry)​

Big Data including SQL DW, Snowflake, Big Query, Redshift​

Advanced Analytics including Azure Data Bricks, visualization tools asPowerBI, Tableau​

Machine Learning including Azure ML, ML Server​

Artificial Intelligence including BOT framework, Cognitive Services, Cognitive Search ​

Experience using integrated development environments (e.g. Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Eclipse,XCode, WebSphere) targeting Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, public clouds (i.e. Azure, AWS)​

Experience with scalable architectures using Azure App Service, API management, serverless technologies, container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry etc.), API management, microservice frameworks etc.​