Solutions Architect, Principal (Washington)

Solutions Architect

At Credence, we support our clients' mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI / ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future. We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success. Credence has an immediate need for a Solutions Architect at the Principal level to support our DCGS infrastructure / enterprise support that oversees, assists, and advises the Division on a wide array of functions and tasks that support successful LCM to reach mission performance goals. The infrastructure / enterprise support defined in this PWS enables the C2ISR Division to execute LCM tasks that are on budget, on schedule, and meet performance requirements with minimal or no risk to mission success. The infrastructure / enterprise support works directly with the Division and Branch leadership to ensure business processes successfully executed and adhered to, that Division programs are compliant with law, regulation, and policy, and that program data is properly defined, documented, and utilized to meet mission need. The Solutions Architect will be responsible for having an in-depth understanding of cloud-based architecture solutions for DoD and IC modernization efforts. The Solutions Architect will be responsible to have experience in deploying enterprise scale applications to production using cloud-based infrastructure. The Solutions Architect will need to be able to perform analysis, design, develop, and deliver cloud-based enterprise architecture models in support of AF DCGS Open Architecture and joint interoperability certification requirements. The Contractor will be required to use systems engineering processes to assess opportunities for interoperability and integration of enterprise ISR systems.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below :

• Understand the VI2E cloud architecture to be able to analyze legacy AF DCGS applications.
• Analyze, evaluate, and facilitate the optimization of applications for the cloud approach.
• Operate and manage the DCGS cloud environments.
• Architect a multi-cloud environment for use in AF DCGS
• Architect cloud operations to be automated for scaling, elasticity, and failover.
• Architect cloud architecture to ensure cost optimization throughout operations.
• Recommend cloud services to meet application requirements Support Government PMs with forecasting and requirements management.
• Recommend right computer, storage, and network to meet and support application requirements.
• Provide guidance and expertise on architecture for applications.
• Provide guidance on cloud best practices.
• Provide guidance on automation, DevOps, and operations in the cloud.
• Provide guidance on designing, deploying, scaling, integrating, testing, and delivering of cloud-based solutions.
• Build / update cloud migration the strategy.
• Build detailed cloud migration approach and roadmap accounting for application cloud maturity.
• Train and guide with a focus on cloud infrastructure
• Track record of implementing cloud services in a variety of distributed computing environments, integrating those services with on premise technologies, and identifying the relationships between services, information, applications, and global infrastructure assets.
• Develop solution architectures leveraging AWS and Commercial Cloud Services cloud including storage, networking, compute, and security services using best practices and a thorough understanding of AWS technology offerings.

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Multi-Locations : HQ- McLean VA - Tyson's Corner - On-site Warner Robbins GA, Robins AFB - On-site

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