Cloud Solutions Architect

NewGen Technologies; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NewGen Technologies is seeking a highly skilled professional to support a customer delivering human capital management technologies and analytics. The role requires strong experience in cloud platforms, secure system design, and multi-tier PKI management across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments.

You will provide O&M and Tier 1-3 support, implement system upgrades, and identify risks with mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI FSP clearance required.
• Experience developing and implementing system upgrades.
• Experience identifying technical risks and risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience providing Operations & Maintenance, Tier 1-3 Support.
• Experience integrating learning approaches including AI, AR, VR, mobile devices, and data analytics into systems architecture.
• Experience developing secure internet-based systems to mitigate user tracking concerns.
• Design, implement, and maintain multi-tier PKI to support encryption and authentication.
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience with EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, Route 53, CloudFormation.
• Cloud security experience: IAM roles, security groups, and encryption (KMS).
• Experience managing cloud storage tools (S3, EBS).
• System administration in Windows, Linux/Centos, macOS and iOS.
• Database administration and scalability (AWS RDS, MySQL, Aurora).
• Monitoring/alerting (Datadog, CloudWatch).
• Basic Ruby on Rails, Bash, and Python proficiency.
• Creating/updating procedures; briefing users and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide Operations & Maintenance and Tier 1-3 support.
• Develop and implement system upgrades.
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies.
• Integrate new learning approaches (AI/AR/VR) into architecture.
• Maintain PKI hierarchy for encryption and authentication.
• Administer AWS services and cloud security (IAM, KMS).
• Manage cloud storage and databases (S3, RDS, MySQL/Aurora).
• Perform system administration across Windows, Linux, macOS environments.
• Prepare and deliver briefings/demos to users and management.

Skills

TS/SCI Clearance

System upgrades

Risk mitigation

Operations & Maintenance

DevSecOps

Briefings/demos

Learning tech integration

Tools

AWS

EC2

RDS

S3

CloudFormation

IAM

KMS

Datadog

CloudWatch

Ruby on Rails

Bash

Python

Job description

This role is in support of a Customer that delivers human capital management technologies and services to the workforce, including data analytics that enable business decisions.

Requirements

• TS/SCI FSP Clearance
• Demonstrated professional experience developing and implementing system upgrades
• Demonstrated experience identifying technical risks and risk mitigation strategies
• Demonstrated experience providing Operations & Maintenance, Tier 1-3 Support
• Demonstrated experience in integrating new learning approaches including Al, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), mobile devices, and data analytics/analysis into systems architecture
• Demonstrated experience in developing secure mis-attributable Internet based systems designed to mitigate user tracking concerns
• Design, implement, and maintain multi-tier PKI hierarchy to support encryption and authentication via Root and Subordinate CAs
• Demonstrate experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with EC2, RDS, S3, Elastic Load Balancer, Route 53, and Cloud Formation
• Experience with Cloud security implementation of IAM roles, security groups, and encryption (KMS) for data at rest and in transit
• Experience with managing cloud-based storage tools (S3 buckets, EBS volumes)
• Demonstrated experience with system administration in Windows & Linux/Centos Server, and Apple macOS and IOS environment
• Demonstrated experience with database administration and scalability (AWS RDS, MySQL, Aurora)
• Demonstrated experience with monitoring and alert systems (Datadog, Cloudwatch)
• Basic proficiency with Ruby on Rails, Bash, and Python
• Demonstrated experience with creating and updating procedures, and providing briefings/demos to users and management

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated experience working in the DevSecOps environment
• Demonstrated experience with Apple macOS and IOS Environment
• Demonstrated experience moving systems through the accreditation and authorization (A&A) process and monitoring for compliance
• Experience with Splunk tools and features for capturing logs in a hybrid on-prem/cloud environment
• Experience with coding, O&M, Configuring Extron devices

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