Cloud Engineering Consultant - CTJ - TS/SCI

About the role

Develop deep business acumen by aligning DevOps strategies with customer goals and compliance frameworks. Business Development Drives innovation and digital transformation. Ensures the use of the existing intellectual property (IP). Provides feedback on Managed IP for continuous improvement, reports IP gaps, reviews IP to be considered for harvesting and curation and ensures it is logged for consumption.

Improves Industry Solutions offerings quality and collaborates with portfolio and solution teams by providing feedback.

Collaborates with internal stakeholders (e.g., Solution Architect, Pursuit Lead, Consulting Account Executive, Industry Solutions Delivery Engineering & Architecture Group) in the pre-sale process by understanding business and security requirements and providing industry and technical input and/or solution offerings to help shape the deal. Supports drafting proposals and/or statement of work (SOW).

Provides input on staffing and skill requirements and ensures SME involvement to define security capacity for delivery to Resource Deployment, Technical Delivery Managers (TDMs), and/or Project Managers. Participates in project planning and develops project documents by identifying the risks and dependencies. Assists project managers/architects in preparing for steering committee (e.g., developing artifacts).

Manages their schedule and communicates with project leads. Implements solutions and provides oversight and leadership on workstreams across domains while adhering to Industry Solutions processes and security initiatives.

Manages escalations, analyzes situations, and coordinates appropriate resources to resolve issues by following delivery practices, considering cost implications, maintaining a security-first mindset and engaging in conversations with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Customer Service and Support, Project Manager, Solution Architect, Product Group) as needed.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND 3+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business OR equivalent experience. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.

Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination. Experience designing and leading CI/CD pipelines, release management processes, and automated deployment strategies. Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity management, Zero Trust security, governance, and compliance frameworks.

Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex cloud infrastructure, platform, and application deployment challenges. Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and influence architecture and implementation decisions. Experience collaborating directly with customer stakeholders, systems integrators, and cross-functional engineering teams.

Strong knowledge of Agile development methodologies, DevOps practices, and continuous improvement principles. 5+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business. Technical certifications based on domain/service line (e.g., Azure, Security, Dynamics). Delivery Management certification (e.g., Scrum, Agile, Change Management, Project Management).

Experience leading cloud modernization and transformation initiatives within classified or regulated environments (IL4, IL5, and/or IL6 preferred). Deep expertise implementing and governing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, ARM templates, or similar technologies.

Experience architecting, deploying, and optimizing Azure solutions, including: Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Azure DevOps (ADO) Server and CI/CD automation Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Containers and container orchestration platforms Azure DNS Azure Firewall Conditional Access Privileged Identity Management (PIM)