Join BAE Systems' Intelligence and Security sector and be a part of a team who solves some of the world's most complex engineering challenges.  At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.

We are looking for an experienced Solutions Architect (AWS Cloud) to design, implement, and manage multi-domain cloud-based solutions containing both Linux and Windows hosts.

• Work with project managers and senior business stakeholders to understand the business problem and landscape in which they need to operate.
• Understand the current software stack with which your company works and evaluate its architecture from a functional and technical fit.
• Define and design proposed software architecture that fits the specifications of the project or business solution. 

The program supports a key government customer in a fast paced, challenging, and career rewarding experience. This program delivers cloud-based engineering services with modern technology solutions. As a mission-focused solutions architect, you will be expected to have a strong understanding of cloud computing technology and multi-domain infrastructure as well as experience successfully designing, executing, migrating, and managing multiple environments with various access restrictions (multi-domain) applications to the cloud. The successful candidate will be curious, rational, analytical, and methodical. The successful candidate will have the ability to recognize the issue(s), identify the facts, define additional data that would be helpful, make assumptions as necessary, determine alternative approaches, evaluate alternatives, make recommendations, alter assumptions and rework solutions, and reflect on lessons learned.

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• AWS Certified Architect
• DOD 8570 Certification
• Demonstrated experience in cloud architecture design, implementation, and enhancements of an auto-scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, cross-domain (multiple domains with various access level restrictions) on AWS
• Firm foundation in software development (minimum of 3 years) with knowledge of modern software languages (e.g., Python, Bash Scripting, JavaScript, PowerShell, etc.)
• Hands-on experience in network administration (minimum of 5 years)
• Minimum of 5 years managing and providing technical leadership to a team throughout the project lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to regularly communicate new features and benefits to partners, customers, and other stakeholders
• Comfortable Developing proof-of-concept projects to validate your proposed solutions
• Ability to Review and validate solutions designs from other team members
• Strong ability to Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate new technologies into existing environments and ensure that cloud solutions meet business objectives.
• Expert ability to troubleshoot identifying and resolving technical issues within the cloud system, making necessary adjustments or recommendations for improvements.
• Strong Technical Expertise in designing and building modern, forward leaning cloud solutions meeting customer expectations (including on-demand access, multiple approval levels, fully automated CI/CD pipelines, fully integrated Role Based Access Controls (RBACs), low maintenance infrastructure, SSO, etc.)
• Ensure solutions and infrastructures align with agency’s IT security standards
• Ability to document and provide strategic direction, roadmap, and standards
• Significant experience creating and maintaining architecture design and standards within the models
• Deep understanding/experience in AWS Cloud technology enabling you to design solutions answering the complex needs for multifaceted applications and IT systems
  • Knowledge of Containers (e.g., Dockers, Kubernetes)
  • Knowledge and familiarity of implementing Infrastructure as Code
  • Knowledge and familiarity of Agile development principles
  • Significant Linux and Windows Experience
  • Experience implementing automated testing
  • Knowledge of Security Development Operations (SecDevOps) on iterative development projects
  • Knowledge of configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
• Ability to provide Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) support to include ‘hands on’ execution
• Strong ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies identifying solution impact
• Ability to work independently, and possess an aptitude for getting things done