Compensation Overview

RESPONSIBILTIES

• Assists the Government in defining product support considerations for establishment and sustainment of unclassified and classified Government/commercial (hybrid) cloud capabilities. 
• Obtains/sustains any future instantiations of commercial services in support of establishing and maintaining a hybrid cloud environment. 
• Maintains and sustains existing cloud connections within the environment and ensure that any applicable DCGS applications are fully integrated into future evolutions of a hybrid DCGS cloud environment. 
• Maintains connections to the Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) (e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure) for applications and SW defined networking and storage capabilities, applications and systems  
• Oversees AF DCGS mission operations and sustainment activities to ensure optimal performance of mission applications for the AF DCGS user community  
• Responsible for deploying, continuous monitoring, incident management, and problem management, otherwise known as Cloud Operations (CloudOps) for AF DCGS mission applications  
• Oversees administrative tasks, such as account provisioning, vulnerability scanning, vulnerability patching, and responding to customer requests for information, such as system and security logs  
• Collaborates with AF DCGS engineers and developers in collecting information used for analysis, compliance, and configuration management 
• Supports cloud sustainment team by providing cloud architecture and engineering expertise to the Cloud Manager, Cloud Application Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Administrators, and Cloud Application Administrators 
• Provides consultation to internal and external AF DCGS stakeholders on cloud architecture, engineering, and sustainment operations. 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Clearance: TS/SCI required  
• Education and Years of Experience: MA/MS Degree and 10 years of experience, BA/BS Degree and 18 years of experience, or 22 years of experience without a degree.  


• Security+ CE Certification (or other IAT Level II or III Certification (i.e. CISSP)) 
• Able to work on high visibility or mission critical aspects and perform functional duties independently. 
• Able to oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of other staff as assigned, if needed. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.   
• Willingness to travel if required 

KEY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSA)

• Comprehensive knowledge of software engineering principles, methods, and techniques 
• Understanding of operational best practices, configuration management, and security controls. 
• One or more AWS or Azure certifications 
• Experience working with AWS, Linux, and relational databases