[Remote] Technical Lead (Cloud Application Architect)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. They are seeking a Technical Lead (Cloud Application Architect) to provide technical direction and engineering support for projects and infrastructure, focusing on cloud application standards and ensuring compliance with security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership in identifying, designing, and implementing web and mobile application standards as well as investigation of technical alternatives
• Design, maintain and implement Azure resources, including virtual networks, storage solutions, compute instances, databases, and application services
• Assist business domain stakeholders with migration "lift and shift" cost-benefit analyses of on-premises vs. cloud-based solutions
• Create a secure and scalable mobile system architecture that integrates with existing systems and designated partner applications
• Ensure applications are FISMA compliant. Recommend and implement security features as necessary, to adhere to Federal, HHS, NIH, and NIAID security requirements
• Evaluate and employ software tools that will allow the development and deployment of mobile software using a ‘write-once, run-anywhere' model
• Provide advisory and technical support for cloud-related application and infrastructure modernization efforts
• Architect and troubleshoot high availability and resilient solutions using methods, including clustering and failover
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and development teams to create solutions to take advantage of cloud services and capabilities. (e.g. auto-scaling, serverless architectures, micro-services, containerization, etc.)
• Conducting proof-of-concept and pilot projects to evaluate cloud migration and modernization approaches
• Assisting SEB in conducting market research on cloud platforms and tools
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment with business objectives
• Prepare and present HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) stage gate deliverables and presentations to review boards
• Conduct and/or participate in formal and informal reviews throughout the EPLC life cycle
• Enable Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for web and mobile applications
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures

Skills

• Minimum 10 + years of hands-on software development experience designing and developing enterprise applications using Microsoft Tech Stack
• 5+ Years of experience leading technical teams in Agile environments
• 3+ years of hands-on experience building large scalable web and mobile based applications using React
• Experience with utilizing NET Platform (.NET 8) with JavaScript, React and Vue for the front end and Microsoft SQL Server databases for data storage
• Experience installing, configuring, and integrating custom solutions, COTS, GOTS, and FOSS into a larger collection of services and systems
• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification
• Travel within the Washington DC Metro Area, and CONUS as needed
• Experience working with microservices and containerization, including orchestration, cluster management, and container storage, including Docker, Kubernetes, or Rancher
• Ability to lead, mentor, and guide engineering teams to ensure adherence to best practices
• Relevant Certifications (e.g. AWS, Azure, Agile SAFe, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, CMMI, etc.)
• Experience with development automation, including GitOps, GitLab, or GitHub
• Familiar with HHS Enterprise Life Cycle (ELPC) methodology

Company Overview

• ECS is a fast-growing 4,000-person, $1.2B provider of advanced technology solutions for federal civilian, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.ecstech.com.

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