Senior IT Architect & Team Lead - Cloud Security DevSecOps

BlueWater Federal Solutions, Inc.; Germantown (MD); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueWater Federal Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Architect / Team Lead to support the DOE EHSS Application, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity Support (AICS) program in a hybrid role.

The position may involve support for multiple DOE sites in the DC metro area. The role requires 7+ years in architecture and development, TS clearance with ability to obtain a higher clearance, and experience with cloud, security, and integration across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or similar field; 6+ years experience can substitute (part of experience requirement).
• 7+ years designing and developing new software or major software revisions.
• Top-level technical expertise creating architectures and addressing systems-integration compatibility.
• Experience coordinating QA-compliant development and production releases, source control, automated testing, CI, and configuration management.
• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain a Q clearance.
• Preferred: TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

Responsibilities

• Create high-level architectural specifications and resolve integration, interoperability, platform, security, and compatibility issues.
• Gather and elaborate requirements, acceptance criteria, dependencies, assumptions, alternatives, risks, technical approaches, labor estimates, and schedules.
• Lead feasibility analyses and present architectural options for software, hardware, cloud, data, APIs, and processes.
• Establish schedules, assign technical responsibilities, monitor progress, and coordinate prototype, UAT, and production releases.
• Lead source control, automated testing, CI/CD, QA, and change, release, and configuration management.
• Ensure solutions conform to DOE/EHSS enterprise architecture, Section 508, Zero Trust, identity/access, cybersecurity, and secure-development requirements.

Skills

Architectural design

Systems integration

Security/compliance

Leadership / team lead

Cloud architectures

CI/CD automation

Stakeholder communication

TOGAF

AWS SA

Azure SA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or similar field

Job description

BlueWater Federal Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Architect / Team Lead to support the DOE EHSS Application, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity Support (AICS) program in a hybrid role.

The position may involve support for multiple DOE sites in the DC metro area. The role requires 7+ years in architecture and development, TS clearance with ability to obtain a higher clearance, and experience with cloud, security, and integration across complex environments.