Technical Lead

Job Description

ECS is seeking a Technical Lead to work in our Fairfax, VA office.

ECS is seeking a Technical Lead to work as a member of a team managing and maintaining multiple network enclaves to support the DOD community. The candidate will design and implement cloud environments in AWS cloud. This is a demanding, high-energy position requiring innovative solutions to infrastructure, network, hardware, and software problems. The candidate will work with a team to help design, implement and maintain virtual infrastructure of multiple enclaves. The ideal candidate will have a breadth of expertise in cloud networking concepts (VPCs, Shared VPCs, Direct/Interconnect, DNS, Load balancing, and Firewalls) , modern CI/CD pipeline, and platform automation and infrastructure development supporting these technologies. The candidate must have strong problem-solving skills.

Primary Duties:

• Lead a technical team responsible for delivering cloud based applications and requirements in support of a USG customer contract
• Work closely with the Program Manager and team leads as the senior technical member of a team to articulate, scope and ensure timely delivery of technical requirements
• Work closely with stakeholders and other members of the technical team to gather technical requirements, and execute on deliverables.
• Provides development, maintenance and implementation of secure systems in AWS/Azure to support highly-available, scalable, and secure applications.
• Design and execute architecture blueprints to bring solution to reality with a DevSecOps mindset & culture.
• Builds and configures build plans, code pipelines and create automated solutions that can be reused.
• In depth knowledge and hands on experience with a wide range of AWS/Azure cloud service providers/solutions.
• Assist in partner network integration, testing, and monitoring.
• Support risk mitigation activities such as Assessment and Authorization (A&A), continuous monitoring, and vulnerability and configuration management.

Required Skills

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Must be Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 Compliant, IAT Level II.
• 5+ years of experience building cloud architecture with IaaS, PaaS offerings and services in commercial and government regions
• Experience with IL6 cloud environments.
• Proven experience in assessment, evaluation, and documentation of client environment, infrastructure, processes, and operations
• Hands on experience deploying/ knowledge of DoD SRGs and STIGs or CIS compliance benchmarks
• Demonstrated Hands on experience developing solutions with cloud orchestration tools
• Experience with AWS native CI/CD tools such as CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, etc.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash, Powershell, etc.)
• Strong knowledge and experience with virtual desktop interfaces
• Strong knowledge and experience with Active Directory
• Strong knowledge of IP Networking includes VPC's, VPN's, VRF, DNS, load-balancing, and firewalls.
• Experience and understanding of Infrastructure as Code, Automation, and Orchestration
• Ability to work efficiently and meet project deadlines with limited supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desired Skills

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solutions Architect Associate or Microsoft Azure Administrator certification
• Experience with DevSecOps frameworks
• 4+ years of experience designing and deploying large scale distributed environments within commercial cloud environments
• Experience using big data and cloud tools and technologies
• Experience working with Department of Defense computer network organizations and/or performers
• CompTIA Security+ and/or CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

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ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3800+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.