Job Title:Level II Cloud Engineering

Location: ONI, 4251 Suitland Road, Washington, DC 20395 at a Government facility/site

Clearance: TS/SCI

Program: ONI PMO Support

Company/ Program Description:

Centuria, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), has been delivering IT, Engineering, and Scientific solutions to the Federal Government since 2002. During our two decades of service, we have earned the trust and respect of our government clients for the simple reason that we have great people who are experts in their fields and take pride and ownership in everything they do.

The Washington Post has recognized Centuria Corporation as one of the top workplaces in the DC Metro area for 2024. This award celebrates nationally recognized companies that make the world a better place to work together by prioritizing a people-centered culture and giving employees a voice. The Top Workplaces USA award is based entirely on feedback from an employee engagement survey completed by the employees of participating workplaces. Centuria is honored to have been awarded this distinction.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) Partnerships and Capabilities Directorate (N3) must ensure that relevant and timely Intelligence information is accessible to the naval forces, while protecting the network and the information it contains from being accessed by our adversaries by way of network centric warfare. To address vulnerabilities and promote safe information sharing and gathering, cyber support for internal defense systems and critical infrastructure protection is required. The Partnerships and Capabilities Directorate (N3) develops and delivers mission critical data management and processing systems that are managed and classified at the TS/SCI level and contain highly sensitive data including sources of information and intelligence products. Contractor support is required to implement DoD, DoN, IC, and ONI cybersecurity policy and guidance for federal systems.

This role will be in support of ONI. Centuria is seeking the professional and technical expertise necessary to support the Governments’ oversight of both development and sustainment projects managed by the ONI Partnerships and Capabilities Directorate (N3). These tasks support technology advancement and mission operations at various locations, including the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC). This support will necessitate access to numerous sources of information and intelligence from Unclassified (U) to Top Secret (TS) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) to properly execute the task requirements. Obtaining and retaining quality SCI cleared Information Technology (IT) and Cybersecurity professionals has been a challenge.

Job Responsibilities:

·Apply a systematic, engineering approach to the design, architecting, requirements elicitation, development, operation and use of cloud technologies for mission solutions.

·Work closely with stakeholders to develop a cloud strategy, develop and implement a cloud architecture, and lead cultural change for cloud adoption.

·Work closely with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and authorizing officials’ teams to ensure the cloud is developed and maintained to meet an authority to operate (ATO) .

·Develop required strategies to monitor the cloud usage in line with security requirements and to ensure best performance is achieved.

·Provide expertise on cloud technologies, tools, and best practices to meet availability, scalability, performance, and security requirements for implement applications and systems in a cloud environment.

·Support Cybersecurity Teams with technical information for new and maintenance of Authority to Operate (ATO) packages.

·Support the implementation of security measures in workstations, servers, and other system components.

·Participate in the design, implementation, testing, and deployment of hardware and software that will be delivered to and installed on ONI networks.

·Ensure that hardware and software deliverables meet cybersecurity requirements as specified under DoDI 8500.01, Risk Management Framework (R Information Technology (IT) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53 Recommended Security Con Information Systems and Organizations, to include the latest guidance from Authorizing Officials (AOs). 

·Develop required strategies to monitor the cloud usage in line with security requirements and to ensure best performance is achieved.

·Personnel with privileged access will be required to acknowledge special responsibilities with a Privileged Access Agreement (PAA) in accordance with SECNAVINST 5239.20A 

·Support Monthly Task Order Status Report CDRL.

·Support Technical reports, Briefings and White Papers CDRL as needed.

·Support Informal Technical Information CDRL as needed.

·Attend meetings either physical or virtual.

·Report on-site to ONI Monday – Friday, 8 hours per day with 0900-1400 hours as the core hours.

·Travel may be required to destinations to include the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington.

Job Requirements:

·Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related STEM degree program

·At least 10yrs of experience in the IT field focusing on Cloud engineering projects in secure DOD environments

·At least 3yrs of experience deploying enterprise applications in cloud platforms, preferably in AWS

·Mastery of the functions of the IAT Level I position

·Satisfy IAT Level II requirements

·Must have an active TS/SCI clearance

·Maintain or complete certifications, training, continuing education and other related training events throughout the life of the contact including mandatory training provided by the Government.

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