Cloud Technology Advancement Solutions Architect

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The Cloud Technology Advancement Department within the Cyber, Modeling and Simulation (CMS) Division of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University is seeking energetic, experienced, highly motivated, and technically sound Solution Architects to join our teams located in State College PA.

We are seeking broad thinkers with the experience to drive highly technical and strategic discussions that support Cloud Technology Advancement and Technology Adoption research for the DoD, 4th estate, and IC communities.

You will:
In this role, you will be responsible for technical leadership, system design, and implementation of complex cloud-based system architectures for national critical systems
You will be a key decision maker in defining “how” a system will be implemented to meet its requirements using cloud technologies
This responsibility is expected to evolve over the course of a program and includes fostering customer intimacy to ensure full understanding of the customers needs and then working with the chief engineer to realize that vision
You will be joining our team of distributed engineers to help shape the development and delivery of custom applications and advanced R&D solutions for our customers
You will in conjunction with a geographically diverse team to deliver solutions in an agile-like manner

These jobs can be filled at multiple levels, depending upon the successful candidates competencies, education, and experience. Typically requires a Bachelors degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline or higher plus five years of related experience. Additional experience and/or education and competencies are required for higher level jobs.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

Required skills/experience areas include:
Direct experience in solutions / enterprise architecture for the DoD, 4th estate, and IC partners. (e.g. SAFe Agile Architectures, DoDAF, Disciplined Agile Design)
Broad knowledge of cloud technologies and solutions, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and the ability to leverage that knowledge in technical implementation projects
A strong understanding of security concepts, best practices and how to apply them, such as Secure Shell, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates, TLS, and data encryption to include Department of Defense and Intelligence Community security policies/processes
Skilled in Cloud Native Platform management e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, and micro services architecture
Experienced in Legacy Platform management e.g. WSUS, YUM, SCCM
Broad knowledge of cloud technologies and solutions, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and the ability to leverage that knowledge high & low-level strategy discussions
Ability to dynamically prioritize tasks and represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Azure)
Highly motivated and internally motivated agile team member
Excellent interpersonal skills under pressure
Organized with attention to detail and accuracy
Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
Minimum DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT II Baseline Certification (e.g. Securityce, GSEC, SSCP)
DoD 8570 IAT II Computing Environment training or certification (Windows 10, Red Hat 8.x, Dell OS10, PAN-OS, Ra cher, GitLab, Puppet etc.)

Preferred Skills/Experience include:
Experience with Rapid Prototype – Technology Readiness Level (TRL) advancement
Enabling prototype and application operations via designing / implementing secure process automation
Deploying Solutions in an Internet Disconnected environment or Dark Cloud
Experience automating DevSecOps across multiple disconnected environments
Managing solution success, source code, dependencies, and artifacts with GitLab Ultimate in internet restricted environments
Developing CI/CD solutions and deploying across multi classification DevSecOps
Establishing provisioning tools including Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, or related frameworks
Advanced understating of CNCF Kubernetes solutions e.g. Rancher Federal & RKE2
Direct experience designing and deploying highly available/fault tolerant solutions
Direct Software Development experience in Python, Java, C
Cloud networking deployment (e.g. Software defined networking, Ingress, Egress, Service Meshes
Ability to take responsibility and accountability of program outcomes
Solution & Systems architecture design, discovery, and validation
For Higher Levels 3/4: Worked for or around General Officers, SES, or Presidential appointees
US Military Veterans & US Military Reservists
Active DoD TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
For higher levels 3/4: DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT III or IASAE II Baseline (CISSP / CASP) and Computing Cloud Related Environment certification (Azure, AWS, CNCF, Rancher, VMware)

Remote work supported only in limited capacity and with approval of the sponsor

Employee with be required to travel in support of distant end solutions installations or break fix actions if they cannot be accomplished remotely. Such travel may be with limited (less than 3 days) notice.

Travel Includes but is not limited to: Europe, Asia, San Diego CA, and other CONUS locations as required

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

ARL is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion; we believe this is central to our success as a Department of Defense designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). We are at our best when we draw on the talents of all parts of society, and our greatest accomplishments are achieved when diverse perspectives are part of our workforce.

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades is:
$109,300.00 – $191,000.00

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