NCIS Cloud Architect | Active Secret clearance

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cloud Architectures, Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Architect at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is an organization of approximately 2,000 personnel of which 700 serve at HQ and the remaining staff serve at offices worldwide. NCIS is the DON component with primary responsibility for criminal investigation, law enforcement (LE), counterterrorism (CT), counterintelligence (CI), and cyber matters.  NCIS not only has primary responsibility for all criminal investigative, CI, CT, and cyber matters within the DON, but it also has exclusive investigative jurisdiction in non-combat matters involving actual, potential, or suspected criminal, terrorism, sabotage, espionage and subversive activities. 

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Cloud Architect, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the IT Technology Operations division within the NCIS ITD organization in Quantico, VA:

• As a Cloud Architect, you will play a critical role in designing and implementing secure, scalable, and mission-aligned cloud architectures for government agencies. You will lead the technical vision for cloud based-solutions and ensure the environment supports both immediate and long-term organizational goals.

• Develop and define the overall cloud architecture and provide input into design and operational activities based on best practices tailored to NCIS needs and infrastructure to maximize the benefits of the cloud environment.

• Lead the cloud architecture and migration strategies including DEVSECOP and CI/CD pipeline implementation.

• Lead migration strategies include rehosting, re-platforming, and refactoring of applications and workloads.

• Build Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or Ansible.

• Define and govern cloud architecture standards and frameworks to support high availability, disaster recovery, and scalability.

• Integrate applications, servers, network security, and government requirements such as FISMA, FedRAMP, and ATO processes

• Apply Azure security best practices and compliance frameworks (such as FedRAMP and NIST 800-53), including identity and access management and Zero Trust principles.

• Manage Azure cost optimization, resource monitoring, and performance tuning for cloud-native services.

• Implement and operate containerized environments using cloud Kubernetes Service (AKS) and related cloud container tools.

• Integrate cloud services with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines to support automated provisioning, testing, and deployments.

• Lead technical design sessions and collaborating with stakeholders to align cloud architecture with mission and organizational objectives

• Ensure that cloud services and deployments are fully delivered, validated, documented, and functioning as expected

• Provide comprehensive systems and network engineering and architectural planning services.

• Review existing architecture on a regular basis, recommending and assisting with the design and implementation of systems and network improvements as required.

• Responsible for planning, solutioning, and improvement of NCIS capabilities with a specific focus on cybersecurity and the implementation and design of the application layer.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bring your development expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. Our Cloud Architect must have:

• Security Clearance Level: Active Secret clearance. {Must be able to successfully obtain a TS/SCI post hire.}

• Required Experience:10+ years of cloud engineering/architecture experience

• Required Certifications: Cloud/Solutions Architect related certs, Cloud Engineer certs

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline discipline; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree

• Work Location: Hybrid: 3 days onsite in Quantico VA; 2 days remote.

• US Citizenship Required.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Deep knowledge and understanding of DevSecOps approaches, CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices

• Experience and knowledge of major cloud platforms like AWS, MS Azure and government specific cloud services

• Deep familiarity with federal security and compliance frameworks: FISMA, FedRAMP, RMF, and ATO processes

• Compressive understanding of cloud models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and hybrid environments

• Awareness of identity and access management, PKI, encryption standards, logging, monitoring, and audit requirements

• Knowledge of product evaluation methodologies and cloud technology market trends

• Familiarity with systems design documentation, architectural artifacts, and technical writing standards

• Cloud computing technology, containerization, Kubernetes

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $195,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA VA Quantico

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.