Posting/External Job Title
Senior Cloud Architect
Location
Aurora, CO 80011 US
Colorado Springs, CO 81919 US
El Segundo, CA 90245 US
Herndon, VA 20176 US
Seal Beach, CA 90740 US (Primary)
Remote/Onsite/Hybrid
100% Onsite
Job Type
Full-time
# of Hires Needed
1
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Travel
None
Security Clearance Required
TS/SCI
Pay Range (All offers will be based on experience)
$220,000.00-$300,000.00/yr
Position Introduction/Key Duties
Cimarron is seeking a
Senior Cloud Architect to provide technical leadership and ensure modern, best practices across programs and product lines, in a highly dynamic, collaborative environment. This position is expected to be fully onsite in either Seal Beach, CA; Aurora, CO; Colorado Springs, CO; El Segundo, CA; Herndon, CA; or Leesburg, VA.
Key Duties:- Design, implementation, and sustainment of secure DevSecOps pipelines and automation capabilities in air-gapped and on-premises environments.
- Architect and maintain Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code solutions to support repeatable provisioning, configuration, and deployment in disconnected environments.
- Establish and govern secure container build, storage, transfer, and deployment processes for isolated networks and restricted-access systems.
- Provide technical leadership for integration, deployment, and test environments through standardization, access control, and baseline management.
- Troubleshoot complex platforms, application, infrastructure, and security issues across development, integration, test, and deployment boundaries.
- Lead implementation of automated testing, monitoring, and validation capabilities to improve reliability, traceability, and mission readiness.
- Apply metrics and root cause analysis to drive continuous improvement of DevSecOps tools, processes, and system performance.
- Guide remediation of security vulnerabilities and implementation of compliance controls within secure disconnected enterprise environments.
- Lead stakeholder engagement to define priorities, drive consensus, and align DevSecOps product direction with program needs.
- Partner with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, senior leadership, and external customers to gather requirements, drive implementation, and support adoption of DevSecOps capabilities.
- Own DevSecOps product planning and execution to ensure delivery of secure, mission-aligned capabilities.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to drive implementation of DevSecOps enhancements and support adoption.
- Provide leadership for DevSecOps roadmap execution, backlog prioritization, and performance tracking.
Required/Desired Skills, Experience, and Education
Required Skills, Experience, and Education:- Due to facility security requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for consideration at this time.
- Ability to complete a pre-employment background check and drug screening, which will include, but is not limited to, testing for marijuana use.
- This position requires access to federal facilities. Candidates must possess a valid, unexpired Real ID-compliant driver's license or state-issued identification card at the time of hire. If you are unsure whether your ID is Real ID-compliant, please check for the star symbol in the upper portion of your driver's license or state ID.
- Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Minimum years of related experience: 5 or more years for level 4, 10 or more years for level 5.
- Experience leading software teams or projects.
- Experience utilizing Agile development processes.
- Development Operations (DevOps) or Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) experience.
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) experience using appropriate code versioning, build, and test automation tools.
- Senior (level 4): Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 years' related work experience, 13 years' related work experience, etc.).
- Senior (level 5): Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+9 years' related work experience, Master+12 years' related work experience, 18 years' related work experience, etc.).
Desired Skills, Experience, and Education:- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
- Test automation experience.
- Experience deploying and sustaining Docker and Kubernetes solutions in air-gapped environments, including cluster administration, orchestration, automation, security, and performance optimization.
- Experience with cloud-based container platforms such as AWS.
- Proficient with the GitLab ecosystem.
- Security+ or equivalent certification.
- Proficient with a variety of software development languages, tools, and techniques.
Resumes should list employment dates in month/year format (e.g., January 2020 - March 2024) for each position to meet customer and contract documentation requirements.
