ClearFocus Technologies, a HUBZone certified company, is located in Leesburg, VA. We specialize in cybersecurity and support multiple government and commercial clients for a variety of missions. We value our clients, integrity and employees and believe a single person can make a difference!

We are committed to attracting and retaining the best and brightest talent who desire to work with industry leading technology to stay on top of their profession. We provide an excellent benefit package which includes medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), paid professional development reimbursement and more!

We are seeking a candidate for a Cloud Architect opportunity that is onsite in Linthicum, Maryland. All applicants must be USC with an active Secret or higher clearance. No exceptions!!!

Clearance Requirement:
Active Secret (TS/SCI preferred).

Certification Requirements
• Active IAT Level II (CompTIA Security+) certification
• Active IAM Level III or IASAE Level II certification

Description:
The Cloud Architect position, a crucial role in supporting a government customer, is a hands-on cloud engineering position that primarily focuses on migrating workloads to the cloud. The role is pivotal in delivering infrastructure migrations to the cloud for highly sensitive information and maintaining ownership of technical and service elements related to cloud migration projects. The Cloud Architect contributes to all levels of architecture and maintains technical documentation while consulting team members on secure coding practices and developing a familiarity with new tools and best practices. Drives the roll-out of cloud management platforms, evaluates their performance, and implements enhancements. Develops and enriches the product portfolio of cloud services and value-added services. Creates solution recommendations to include a Basis of Estimate for cloud services. Evaluate the cost/benefit of cloud vs. virtual private networks vs. dedicated hosting vs. in-house solutions and identify portions of the organization’s IT platform/infrastructure with the highest potential return for cloud deployment. Performs operations and maintenance of secure managed cloud platform solutions. Implements and maintains automation to enhance operation, alerting, and auto-remediation of events. Develops, maintains, and deploys infrastructure as code using CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities
•Create security-driven Azure enterprise architectures, enterprise systems, and service-oriented architectures.
•Establish and execute detailed cloud migration project plans.
•Drive cloud consulting engagements by providing technical and business insights to cloud strategy engagements, technology and architecture, deployments, cloud migrations, and portfolio management.
•Lead the design and implementation of PaaS/IaaS services, constructs, and deployment methods using containerization, database-as-a-service, storage, and infrastructure automation.
•Provide expertise in architecture and design of services and systems in support of the various customer applications through the organization and its security.
•Participate in technical project review meetings to ensure technical designs meet the client’s operational requirements and infrastructure/security standards.
•Educate and influence stakeholders and engineering teams on effective cloud solutions and best practices.

Requirements
• 3+ years of experience in Microsoft Azure Government.
• Experience in architecture of flexible, scalable, and highly-available systems.
•Experience with containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, AKS, EKS).
•Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (TerraForm, ARM templates, CloudFormation templates).
•Experience using DevOps concepts and tools (GitLab, JIRA, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible).
•Familiarity with DoD IT processes, regulations, and current IT cloud initiatives.
•Knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
•Knowledge of cloud computing deployment models in a public, private, and hybrid environment.
•Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities.
•Knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and network security methodologies.
•Knowledge of risk management processes.

Education/Experience Requirements:
Minimum of 14 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 12 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 10 years with Ph.D. A degree from an ABET or NCAE accredited university in one of the following fields is highly desired: Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or Data Science. However, an additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.

Desired:
•AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect – Professional Certification.
•In-depth knowledge of Department of the Air Force (DAF) CloudWorks.