Cloud Infrastructure Chief Engineer

Description

SAIC is seeking you, our latest Cloud Infrastructure Chief Engineer in support of Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) and the National Space Test and Training Complex (NSTTC) in Colorado Springs, CO .

You will get to oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of physical facilities, IT systems, networking infrastructure, data management systems, cloud computing platforms, and cybersecurity measures.

This opportunity allows SAIC to push the boundaries of technological advancement and mission integration. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work and our team has an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

This is the fun stuff you will do on the job :

Support definition, acquisition, and management of the multiple different networks, at all classification levels to include SAP / SAR, that the NSTTC needs to develop, acquire, field, and operate range capabilities (e.

g. SW development, operations, systems engineering & analysis, etc.).

• Guiding creation and management of cloud application development and operations resources including Virtual Private Connections (VPC) and Virtual Machines (VM) Iaas, PaaS and SaaS (compute, storage network, security, administration, automation, application services, databases) in either native cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Facilitating development of Infrastructure as Code and supporting deployments.
• Advising the Government on the current and future IT infrastructure needs of the NSTTC, to include data centers that meet NSTTC requirements.
• Supporting requirement development and technical evaluations of proposals.
• Identifying potential risks with the architecture and working with the government on mitigations.
• Developing and maintaining a vision of the next steps of the NSTTC IT infrastructure.

Qualifications

This is you :

• Bachelor and 18 years of applicable experience (4 additional years of experience may be used in lieu of degree).
• Must have a current background investigation commensurate with Top Secret security clearance and adjudicated for SCI eligibility access (consent to a polygraph examination).
• Experience with establishing and managing data centers.
• Experience in establishing and managing classified networks.
• Experience in engineering technical solutions to meet infrastructure, IT, and mission needs.

You will wow us even more if you have these skills :

• Master's Degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• Professional certification (e.g., INCOSE CSEP, SAFe, etc.).
• Experience in the National Security Space and, or the Space Control mission area.
• Experience working in U.S. Government space and or ground system program office.
• Cloud Certification.
• Experience with migrating both customer built and enterprise apps to the cloud from on-prem.
• Experience in building and deploying systems on a Red Hat OpenStack Platform, using CI / CD frameworks and Infrastructure automation.
• Experience in scripting experience / background with PowerShell and Bash DevOps tool chains (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, etc.

and container platforms like Docker and Kubernetes Cloud services configuration, automation, and operations.

Experience working in agile scrum teams.

DoD 8570 IAM Level II certified.

Target salary range : $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy : SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.