Cloud ISSE

Description

SAIC’s National Intelligence Community (NIC) Business Unit, USG Mission and Information Technology Division, provides solutions and services supporting digital modernization programs in areas such as systems engineering, multi-cloud computing, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, quantum computing, application development, DevSecOps, cloud network operations, and secure communications.

We are seeking a highly motivated Cloud ISSE (Information Systems Security Engineer) to join our multi-million dollar National Intelligence program supporting the Cloud Investment Multi-Cloud Management (CIMM) program.  As a contributor to the Intelligence Community’s first multi-cloud initiative, you will be at the epicenter of emergent cloud computing technologies, establishing a foundation that will evolve to include all agencies within the IC.  As a Cloud Engineer, you will advise mission users on utilizing cloud-based IT systems, provide support for development in, or transition to the cloud, and be responsible for the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of cloud environments.  Additionally, you will manage system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

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  Advising Government stakeholders on multi-cloud, multi-agency collaborative activities that require navigating agency specific policy requirements

  
  


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  Assessing and identifying potential security risks and vulnerabilities in cloud environments

  
  


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  Developing and implementing security controls and measures to mitigate risks

  
  


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  Research, evaluate and recommend new security tools, techniques, and technologies

  
  


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  Assist with monitoring and tracking of cyber security solution offerings 

  
  


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  Providing cloud strategy services that cover all security fabrics and are available to the Government to assist with the relocation of an organization’s business applications, data, and workloads to ensure maximum effectiveness of the multi-cloud environment

  
  


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  Defining and documenting best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance

  
  


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  Reviewing mission system requirements and facilitating recommendations for Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Task Order Proposal Requests (TOPRs)

  
  


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  Providing advisory services to the service provider and IC element for the discovery, adoption, and understanding of new and existing CSP service offerings operating in the C2E environment

  
  


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  Advising the Government on application performance, uptime, and scale best practices, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design

  
  


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  Ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into cloud solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints

  
  


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  May be required to provide cloud agnostic technical guidance in the formulation of customer multi-cloud work statements

  
  

Qualifications

Required:

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  Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

  
  


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  Bachelors degree. 

  
  


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  Certification(s):

  
  
  
  
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    Microsoft Azure

    
    
  
  
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    Cloud related (e.g., DevOps, Security, and/or ML)

    
    
  
  
  
  


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  4+ years of experience in a cloud and/or hybrid environment 

  
  


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  4+ years of demonstrated experience in one or more of the following activities:

  
  
  
  
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    IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services (e.g., compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, and databases) in either native cloud or hybrid cloud environments

    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Developing and deploying cloud solutions to Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

  
  


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  Experience in building and deploying systems in the cloud using continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) frameworks and infrastructure automation

  
  


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  Large-scale data architecture, data modeling, database design, and information systems implementation

  
  


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  Strong customer service skills, teaming skills, and the ability to collaborate within a cross-functional team, as well as the CSPs (AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Oracle)

  
  

Desired:

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  Certifications in any of the following CSPs:

  
  
  
  
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  
  
  • OCI
  
  
  • GCP
  
  
  • IBM
  
  
  
  


• Experience migrating both custom built and enterprise apps to and from on-prem to cloud