Contract Performance Period : May 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Job Location : Washington, DC. This is a Full-time Remote-Eastern Standard Time position, unless otherwise directed.
Direct Hire : Contractual - Full time Remote must be able to work during Eastern Standard Time hours.
Pay Range : Depending on Experience
Travel Requirements : Remote-Eastern Standard Time for Washington, DC (unless directed otherwise), a minimum of 1 day per week for On-Site support may be required.
Working Remotely : Remote-Eastern Standard Time for Washington, DC (unless directed otherwise), a minimum of 1 day per week for On-Site support may be required.

Project Description :
Seeking Intermediate Cloud Architect who is motivated to become a part of the team to support operations, maintenance and enhancement of the Cloud- based data and analytics platform that allows researchers the ability to search data catalogs, access data and collaborate with others. Place of Performance: Washington, DC, Remote - Eastern Standard Time Period of Performance: May 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024, with potential for extension beyond 2024.

Qualification Requirements :
The candidate shall also demonstrate the below knowledge and experience: 1. 5 years' experience designing, building, and maintaining Cloud infrastructure in AWS. 2. 7 years' experience performing system administration activities including patching, upgrading, and maintenance Windows and Linux servers. 3. 3 years' experience building AWS Infrastructure using Terraform. 4. 5 years' experience using Agile software development methodologies. 5. 3 years' experience building CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Azure DevOps or Gitlab. 6. US citizen is required. Green Card Holders accepted.

Skills Requirements :
1. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to effectively interact with stakeholders of varying levels of technology acumen. 2. Knowledge of FISMA security review and ATO process 3. Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments.

Responsibilities :
The Contractor shall deliver, but not limited to, the following: 1. Maintain IRAP Platform by identifying, analyzing, and resolving any emergent vulnerabilities in a timely fashion. 2. Perform any required version upgrades to the tool stack used by the platform. 3. Perform required monthly maintenance activities such as upgrading servers to use the latest version of Gold AMI, performing patches, testing the platform after maintenance etc. 4. Perform security monitoring to maintain ATO of the IRAP platform. 5. Perform activities required to update the ATO of IRAP to host restricted datasets. 6. Enhance capabilities of IRAP in collaboration with Board Data Architects, Cloud Administrators, and other stakeholders. 7. Ensure IRAP platform is in sync with the IaC Terraform code in the code repository. 8. Monitor cloud resource consumption and alert leadership if the resource usage exceeds set limits. 9. Identify opportunities for cloud cost savings. Ensure optimized use of AWS resources within IRAP by rightsizing, optimizing, and reengineering the infrastructure. 10. Identify and manage external dependencies for platform enhancement efforts to ensure timely delivery of enhancements. 11. Perform development of cloud infrastructure using terraform and deploy infrastructure to production after successful completion of comprehensive testing. 12. Perform IRAP platform user administration activities including but not limited to onboarding and provisioning new users, addressing, and resolving user enquiries, concerns, and issues.

Job ID : 1352