AWS Cloud Engineer

H2 Performance Consulting is subject to the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act as a Federal Contractor and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strives to build a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status. Additionally, as mandated under Executive order 12989, H2 is required to verify employment eligibility of selected candidates through the Department of Labor’s - E-Verify.

H2 Performance Consulting (H2) is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a Navy contract out of Arlington, VA.

The Cloud Engineer responsibilities will include:

·       Centralize cloud migration efforts for all PEO EIS programs

·       Serve as the implementation support lead for any architecture developed by NAVWAR 5.0

·       Review and standardize any cloud related documentation generated with PEO EIS and all supporting PMWs

·       Develop a Cloud Engineering playbook that can be leveraged across multiple organizations

·       Create repeatable processes for cloud deployment efforts

·       Evaluate and provide recommendations on cloud broker and cloud access strategies

·       Differentiate strategies for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) vice Platform as a Service (PaaS)

·       Identify all systems within PEO EIS that are candidates for cloud migrations

·       Develop cloud readiness checklists and conduct cloud readiness assessments for all systems preparing for cloud migrations

·       Determine minimum requirements for systems to be cloud ready and develop roadmaps to assist in preparing systems for migration

·       Determine which applications and systems are not candidates for cloud migration

·       Maintain working knowledge of current cloud industry trends and best practices

·       Implement a dashboard to monitor program and project progress toward cloud migration efforts

·       Serve as a Technical Advisor to PEO EIS Assistant Program Executive Officer for Engineering

·       Provide Technical Oversight across PEO EIS Portfolio of Programs and Projects related to Cloud migrations

·       Develop executive briefs to inform Senior Leadership on benefit realization of IT investments

·       Review and consolidate weekly engineering reports from Program CHENGs and develop executive-level summary for PEO EIS, Executive Director, and NAVWAR 5.0 Leadership

·       Apply systems engineering rigor to help transition the Navy to Commercial Cloud

·       Foster unit of purpose and unity of effort to achieve aligned and enhance efficiency across the Enterprise with regard to Commercial Cloud Adoption

·       Ensure integration between Echelon II and III Engineers and supporting technical staff

·       Align Cloud Engineering to execute PEO EIS Technical Services Concepts in coordination with the PEO EIS Technical Director

·       Ensure technical integration with DoD and DoN initiatives in support of Navy Commercial Cloud Adoption

·       Support the Execution of Technical Authority that provides Systems Engineering rigor while Ensuring Speed to Capability

·       Support Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) events across all programs related to cloud migrations to identify technical risks and determine system maturity and readiness to proceed to the next phase of the Systems Engineering life cycle

·       Manage multiple engineering projects and manage discrete tasks

·       Work closely with the client and provide support at briefings and design reviews

·       Work independently in a multitasking environment

·       Identify and recommend process improvement opportunities

·       Identify obstacles posing risk to successful execution of critical path items and recommend potential mitigations

·       Subject matter expert in the design, integration, and delivery of cloud-based solutions for web-based enterprise applications

·       Strong knowledge of SCCA, SRG, and FedRamp policies and guidance

·       Strong knowledge of government application hosting and/or Data Center Consolidation

·       Subject matter expert in commercial cloud offerings using Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM Soft Layer, Salesforce, etc.

·       Experience deploying enterprise scale applications to production using cloud-based infrastructure

·       Knowledge and experience with DoD cloud security concepts

·       Strong systems engineering, organizational, and customer facing skills

·       Able to translate complex Government-customer requirements into sound technical solutions and subsequently document those solutions in equivalent detail

·       Perform system design analysis that may include development cost projections, architecture analysis and design, product recommendation and evaluation, Agile Sprint planning, and other architectural needs that arise.

·       Excellent oral and written communication skills

·       Understands concepts of a tiered architecture and interface design

·       Experience designing horizontally scalable services and capabilities

·       Hands on experience with Department of Defense (DoD) Identify Access Management (IdAM), Storage, Virtualization, Directory Services, DoD PKI, HBSS, ACAS

·       Experience with FedRamp processes, policies, and requirements

·       Strong networking skills

·       Expertise of SCCA, VDSS, VDMS, TCCM

·       Expert knowledge of Cloud Access Point variants (Boundary, Internal, Virtual, Native Cloud-Hosted)

·       Excellent oral and written communication and outstanding customer service skills

·       Expert knowledge of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) Security Requirements Guide (SRG)

·       Knowledge of NAVWAR 5.0 Technical Authority (TA) Application Hosting Standards and Commercial Cloud Reference Architecture

·       Design Transport and Application security solutions for PEO EIS and its portfolio of programs

·       Develop and update secure cloud computing architecture (SCCA) standard and process to protect Navy applications and systems hosted in the commercial cloud service providers’ environment

·       Develop and assess Navy Cloud Broker’s Physical Data Center Security Stacks

·       Develop and assess Native Cloud-Hosted SCCA for compliance with VDSS, VDMS, and TCCM requirements

·       Assess cloud requirement guides, derive and document functional cloud requirements, develop proposed target architecture to meet stated and derived cloud requirements

·       Demonstrate expert knowledge of end-to-end enterprise transport and boundary for cloud and develop/modify design for scalability, resiliency, and agility to accommodate future cloud demand signal

·       Develop and update Navy Enterprise Security Stack functional requirements for IPNs, TPNs, SSPNs, and CEDCs

·       Develop and update Technical Architecture Document (TAD) for Navy commercial cloud adoption

·       Develop comprehensive hybrid cloud reference architecture and implementation guide for NAVWAR 5.0

Required Qualifications:

·       Strong communication skills

·       Strong presentation skills

·       Excellent customer/client management skills and techniques - internal and external

·       Able to work with other people, independently, and without supervision

·       Be of high aptitude and keen on detail

·       Ability to collaborate within a team environment, while meeting strict deadlines and keeping the overall project on schedule

·       Must have the ability to both work in a fast paced and dynamic environment on short term projects and the ability to work on longer term projects requiring extended planning time

·       Exceptional experience on maintaining and developing project plan; track all risks, issues, mitigations and report status on weekly basis

·       Knowledge of Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) process

·       Familiarity with Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) and other Navy network environments.

·       Familiarity with NaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

·       Knowledge of Commercial Cloud Service Providers, especially AWS and Azure

·       Experience with Systems Engineering (SE) Planning, Analysis, and Process Support

·       Knowledge of Standard Development of Performance Metrics

·       Knowledge of Enterprise Information Assurance (Cyber Security) Systems Engineering and Certification & Accreditation

·       Ability to prioritize tasks

·       Perform communication with multiple Navy and Contractor entities

·       Prepare presentation materials, quad charts, dash boards, for various levels of management, from Program Office to 3 Star, to allow informed decision making

·       Participate in program meetings, track decisions, action items, and follow through to ensure completion

·       Actively review processes and recommend improvements, additions, and changes to provide efficiencies and increased value to the project

·       Conduct research necessary to complete documentation such as BCAs, white papers, plans, etc

·       Have a strong grasp of Computer Science/Information Systems

·       Must have strong Microsoft Office suite skills, especially Power Point, Word, Excel

·       5 years as a large IT system program management support

·       Department of the Navy experience a plus

·       PMP Certification (desired) or DAWIA III (desired)

·       AWS and/or Azure certification

·       Other cloud certifications

·       Must have an Active Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

·       3+ years of Systems Engineering support experience

·       BS in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering, or a strong grasp of Computer Science/Information Systems and relevant experience

·       Experience performing trade studies related to commercial products and services

·       Expertise with network security concepts such as MPLS, IPsec, VPN, SSH, and TLS

·       Experience with application networking such as load balancing, forward/reverse proxy, monitoring, and packet inspection/troubleshooting

·       Experience working with Cloud Security Requirements Guide (SRG)

·       Knowledgeable on Cloud Access Point (CAP) DoD requirements

·       Hands-on experience managing, designing, or delivering with DoD/Federal Clouds such as AWS GovCloud (US) or Azure Government

·       Knowledge of Navy Enterprise Data Centers (NEDC) and NMCI hosting environments

·       Familiarity with NAVWAR 5.0 System of Systems Engineering organization and strategic plan

·       Familiarity with PEO EIS and its Portfolio of Enterprise Business Systems

Qualified candidates may submit their resume to the career section of our company website at http://www.h2pc.com.   All resumes will be reviewed within 5 business days and those candidates we wish to further in the application process will be contacted via email/phone to schedule initial phone screens.