Type of Requisition:Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:Top Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:Top Secret/SCI
Public Trust/Other Required:None
Job Family:Technical Solutions
Job Qualifications:Skills:Communication, Enterprise Infrastructures, Infrastructure As Code (IaC)
Certifications:None
Experience:15 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:Yes
Job Description:You will play a crucial role in providing support in the following areas:
- Deliver business and technical architectural guidance supporting mission-critical systems across USSTRATCOM on-prem environments.
- Translate operational, mission, and business requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient solution architectures.
- Define and document end-to-end system architectures for complex, distributed software solutions in on-prem data centers and mission environments.
- Lead architectural design sessions, technical assessments, and solution evaluations for GOTS, COTS, and custom-developed products and services.
- Ensure proposed solutions comply with performance, interoperability, security, and compliance standards across NIPRNet, SIPRNet, TSLAN, JWICS, and SAP/SAR environments.
- Evaluate and integrate GOTS and COTS products, and define lifecycle strategies for selection, onboarding, configuration/customization, patching/upgrades, operations/maintenance, and decommissioning/replacement.
- Design solutions that effectively leverage on-prem compute, storage, and network infrastructure, including virtualization platforms and application servers.
- Establish and enforce technical standards, coding practices, and architectural guardrails to ensure robust, maintainable, and secure solutions.
- Conduct architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, and risk assessments to validate alignment with mission objectives and technical constraints.
- Support modernization efforts involving cloud adoption (where applicable), platform automation, containerization, and advanced architectural patterns in alignment with USSTRATCOM objectives.
- Assisting with financial forecasting and cost modeling for proposed and existing solution architectures, including estimating implementation, licensing, operations, and sustainment costs to inform business cases and program planning.
- Provide senior-level technical leadership and mentoring to engineers, developers, and cross-functional teams.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
- Education: BA/BS (additional experience may substitute).
- Experience: 15+ years of related professional experience in architecture, engineering, or technical leadership.
- ITIL Foundations v4/v5 Certificate (or ability to obtain within 9 months) and DoW 8140 Certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
- Must have a current/active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI status
- Location: Offutt AFB, NE
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated expertise in solution architecture, enterprise design, API-driven integration, cybersecurity, and distributed systems, including the design and governance of mission-system architectures, technology roadmaps, networking capabilities, storage, role-based access control (RBAC), security policies, high-availability patterns, platform standards, and architectural guardrails.
- Demonstrated ability to assess, design, integrate, modernize, and sustain enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based environments, including secure Department of War (DoW) systems.
- Experience leading technical evaluations, architectural decision-making, and modernization roadmaps while balancing performance, security, cost, operability, and mission requirements.
- Experience developing end-to-end DevOps platform and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) strategies that enable self-service, secure delivery pipelines, environment-promotion models, and integration with enterprise tooling.
- Experience defining and governing automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) standards, including role and module design patterns, inventory strategies, testing and validation approaches, reusable content libraries, and version-control practices.
- Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure automation using Ansible, Python, Jenkins, and related automation tools and practices.
- Experience with Linux enterprise technologies, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x and later, Red Hat OpenShift, and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
- Experience designing, deploying, administering, and sustaining Kubernetes-based environments, including Rancher/RKE, Helm charts, and related container-orchestration technologies.
- Proficiency with container technologies, including Docker, Podman, container image management, and secure containerized application deployment practices.
- Working knowledge of Windows server environments, enterprise networking, and secure systems administration practices.
- Experience collaborating with architecture and engineering leadership to align mission-system processes with enterprise standards, configuration-management requirements, and mission needs.
- Ability to mentor engineering teams on architectural principles, platform standards, and technical best practices.
- Ability to develop data products, metrics, dashboards, reports, and other decision-support materials that support technical, operational, and leadership decision-making.
- Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and customer-service skills, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and professionally to customers, peers, nontechnical stakeholders, and senior government and mission leaders.
- Ability to apply strategic thinking, critical analysis, problem-solving, and continuous learning in fast-moving, mission-focused environments.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word, for architectural documentation, technical diagrams, briefings, reports, and presentations.
- Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
- 401K with company match
- Educational Assistance and eLearning
- Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement
- Rewards and Recognition programs
- Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging highly motivated critical thinking
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The likely salary range for this position is $170,144 - $230,000. 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:Onsite
Work Location:USA NE Offutt AFB
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