Cloud Computing Consultant

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

The individual selected for this position will provide support to the customer in analyzing, evaluating, integrating, and managing cloud-based systems. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Designing and delivering optimized network infrastructure for performance and resilience.
• Providing Cloud Engineering expertise to design and deliver complete mission systems (infrastructure/platform/applications/process) solutions within the cloud.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies.
• Establishing applications, environment uptime, and utilization scaling parameters and metrics, by which monitoring and enhancements can be instrumented and reported.
• Establishing standard policy and compliance metrics by which cloud environment operations will be monitored, corrective responses issued and reported.
• Establishing performance and cybersecurity monitoring framework, perform Continuous Monitoring, and report for corrective actions.
• Establishing and applying Zero Trust Architectures (ZTA) build and sustainment standards.
• Delivering information papers proposing emergent cloud-based technology and best practices applicable to NCTC mission domain, per government established periodicity.
• Establishing methods of risk identification and tracking depicting the hosting environment infrastructure and the hosted applications, being visible to the Sponsor, and updated per government periodicity.

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's (or equivalent) with 5 - 7 years of experience, or a master's and 3 to 5 years of experience.
• Strong analytical abilities and skills in organizing, planning, communicating, and executing project management tasks.
• Ability to analyze and prioritize tasks, solve problems, work several tasks concurrently, and efficiently manage a high volume of emails, develop fluency with online tracking tools rapidly and effectively.
• Demonstrated good judgment, initiative, and critical thinking ability to take action to execute mission by leveraging networks and drawing on multiple areas of expertise.
• Ability to support multiple programs and projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated experience with technical project management and leading implementation of new technologies into enterprise systems.
• Extensive experience preparing briefings and documentation for all levels of audiences.
• Ability to translate technical information and communicate it to a non-technical audience.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Self-starter with strong initiative and follow through.
• Expert level skills with Microsoft Office products.

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.