Senior Solutions Architect

Two Six Technologies is seeking an energetic Sr. Solutions Architect/Technical Lead for an amazing opportunity in Herndon, VA. Are you driven to lead a team to build new, migrated, or re-hosted cloud enabled mission capabilities, then this is the career for you! The ideal candidate will also have proven experience as a Solutions Architect implementing well architected systems with at least one strong example at an Enterprise level.

What you will do
Provide the government customer with analysis, recommendations and/or prototypes in the area of open and well architected systems, software modernization, system automation, and SIGINT mission integration and evaluation by:
○ Evaluating systems and making recommendations for new, migrated and re-hosted cloud enabled mission capabilities
○ Informing integration of common software, services, and applications
○ Maximizing automation, improving O&M effectiveness
○ Evaluating and making recommendations based on latency requirements, compute resources, storage, etc.
○ Understanding and recommending best practice of automatic failover, system recovery and replication challenges
○ Evaluating system tuning, informing optimal configurations
○ Recommending system monitoring tools and the best use of them
● Conducting requirements definition, capability specifications, design and development, acceptance test and evaluation, system integration, training, deployment, and maintenance support
● Providing contract support as a technical Subject Matter Expert; writing technical analysis, trade studies and white papers

What you will need (basic qualifications)
● 4+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect
● Bachelor’s degree or equal years of hands-on professional experience
● Experience supporting U.S. Government program(s) in the Washington Metro Area
● Cloud based Solutions Architect with experience in implementing well architected systems
● Knowledge of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Mission Capabilities and Systems
● Proven experience designing/developing well architected cloud based microservices/systems or integrating to frameworks in AWS and/or Azure cloud
● Deep understanding of how to build CI/CD pipelines using DevSecOps tools and ability to advise/guide decision makers and teams on how to implement tools for best use pertaining to different architectures
● Knowledge and practical application of agile methodologies and best practices
● Outstanding written and oral communication skills and client focus
● Demonstrated ability to respond to critical ad hoc taskings with short time suspense and minimal guidance.
● Experience with optimizing an existing system in the cloud (AWS or Azure)
● Ability to produce and present findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients

Nice to haves (preferred)
● Current Certificate: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect
● Knowledge and expertise applying principles of ICD-503/Risk Management Framework and achieving and maintaining the Authority to Operate (ATO)
● Experience with cloud-based networking infrastructure products, Authentication and Authorization (A&A), Role Based Access Controls (RBAC), use of network change requests and firewall change requests to achieve system to system network connectivity via non-person entities

Clearance Requitement
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph