Castalia Systems
Senior Google Cloud Architect
Castalia Systems, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22201
Job Type:
Full-TimeClearance:
Minimum Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.Must be a U.S. CitizenBenefits:
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.Job Summary:Castalia Systems is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission-critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.Castalia Cybersecurity and Special Missions (CSM) is seeking a Sr. Google Cloud Architect to assess and develop cloud-based architectures and requirements and develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts in the development of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.Roles and Responsibilities:Partnering with the Chief Engineer to develop advanced, leading-edge, cloud-oriented architectures that provide new cybersecurity capabilities to a major U.S. Government customerPartnering with Agile Scrum teams in the system design and implementation of advanced, cloud-oriented cybersecurity capabilitiesInterfacing directly with customers, stakeholders, and end-users regarding capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop, and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications.
Required Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level of education.10+ years of applicable experience2+ years of Google Cloud architecting experienceGoogle Cloud technology knowledge and implementation experienceProven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading technical teams and projectsAble to work effectively as a leader, in a group, or as an individual contributorStrong working knowledge of IT products and servicesStrong working knowledge of IT Service OperationsInnovative, technical mindsetExcellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all levels of the organizationAbility to analyze information and identify relevant factsAbility to shape opinions of key stakeholders and influence outcomes - Proven track record of achieving desired resultsStrong and diverse business and technical acumenExperience working with senior leadership including VP and Director levels
Desired Qualifications:DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II - AWS Cloud-related certificationsExperience and familiarity with implementing and maintaining a Google Cloud environmentFamiliarity with the following technologies in a cloud environment: Elk Stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana), Ansible, Nessus, ClamAV, AIDE, Splunk, DNS, NAT, gitAzure Cloud and AWS Cloud technology knowledge and implementation experience - Influential communication and ability to achieve alignmentExperience managing many people and projects - Experience working in an agile development environmentExperience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environmentsScaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experienceExperience working on projects that implement analytic models into production systemsExperience with Google technologies, migrations to a Google environment, and the maintenance of a Google environment.Experience with Agile tools, including Jira and Jira AlignExperience with Python/bash scripting
Physical Requirements/Work EnvironmentTypical office environment.
TravelNot required.
Company DescriptionCastalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission-critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting-edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.With our vast knowledge of our customers' needs and relevant technology, our team will bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with cutting-edge technology so it's so evident when you compare us with anyone.DisclaimerCastalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.
Full-TimeClearance:
Minimum Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.Must be a U.S. CitizenBenefits:
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.Job Summary:Castalia Systems is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission-critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.Castalia Cybersecurity and Special Missions (CSM) is seeking a Sr. Google Cloud Architect to assess and develop cloud-based architectures and requirements and develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts in the development of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.Roles and Responsibilities:Partnering with the Chief Engineer to develop advanced, leading-edge, cloud-oriented architectures that provide new cybersecurity capabilities to a major U.S. Government customerPartnering with Agile Scrum teams in the system design and implementation of advanced, cloud-oriented cybersecurity capabilitiesInterfacing directly with customers, stakeholders, and end-users regarding capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop, and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications.
Required Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level of education.10+ years of applicable experience2+ years of Google Cloud architecting experienceGoogle Cloud technology knowledge and implementation experienceProven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading technical teams and projectsAble to work effectively as a leader, in a group, or as an individual contributorStrong working knowledge of IT products and servicesStrong working knowledge of IT Service OperationsInnovative, technical mindsetExcellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all levels of the organizationAbility to analyze information and identify relevant factsAbility to shape opinions of key stakeholders and influence outcomes - Proven track record of achieving desired resultsStrong and diverse business and technical acumenExperience working with senior leadership including VP and Director levels
Desired Qualifications:DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II - AWS Cloud-related certificationsExperience and familiarity with implementing and maintaining a Google Cloud environmentFamiliarity with the following technologies in a cloud environment: Elk Stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana), Ansible, Nessus, ClamAV, AIDE, Splunk, DNS, NAT, gitAzure Cloud and AWS Cloud technology knowledge and implementation experience - Influential communication and ability to achieve alignmentExperience managing many people and projects - Experience working in an agile development environmentExperience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environmentsScaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experienceExperience working on projects that implement analytic models into production systemsExperience with Google technologies, migrations to a Google environment, and the maintenance of a Google environment.Experience with Agile tools, including Jira and Jira AlignExperience with Python/bash scripting
Physical Requirements/Work EnvironmentTypical office environment.
TravelNot required.
Company DescriptionCastalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission-critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting-edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.With our vast knowledge of our customers' needs and relevant technology, our team will bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with cutting-edge technology so it's so evident when you compare us with anyone.DisclaimerCastalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.