Cloud Architect/Migration SME

Great Hill Solutions is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is the federal government contracting business wholly owned by the Seneca Nation. SNG meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers across a variety of domains. The SNG portfolio receives shared services support from its parent company Seneca Holdings and is comprised of multiple companies that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more visit www.senecanationgroup.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

The Seneca Nation Group companies offer competitive compensation and a strong benefits package including comprehensive medical and dental care, matching 401K, paid time off, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for you and your family. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.

Great Hill Solutions is seeking a Cloud Architect/Migration SME ready to support a dynamic, innovative acquisition program. This position will perform in-depth program analysis and coordination assignments, and services in support of the program. The ideal candidate for this role must be comfortable working in a transparent, collaborative team environment and possess outstanding communication, leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. 

Roles and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

The Cloud Architect/Migration SME will be responsible for assisting in defining reference architectures, standards, and interfaces for re-use across the customer portfolio as well support identifying capability gaps and shortfalls, determining new technology and system requirements, identifying possible solutions, assessing technology maturation and advancements to address suitability of developed solutions, and assessing testing and integration requirements, costs, and activities and their results.

• Provides expertise in cloud computing technologies and security protocols.
• Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring robust security measures are in place to protect sensitive data and systems.
• Conducts risk assessments, implements security controls, and provides ongoing monitoring and support for cloud environments.
• Assistance in the migration of multiple programs to the cloud through developing migration strategies, advising on cloud architectures, and facilitating cloud deployment methodologies.
• Assist in planning, designing, and evaluating Contractor proposed migration/onboarding plans for portfolio of programs and data to the cloud.
• Assist in designing and evaluating Contractor proposed end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in a cloud environment.
• Assist in designing and managing the programs cloud computing strategies. This includes cloud adoption plans, cloud management and monitoring.
• Assist in planning, designing, and evaluating Contractor proposed migration/onboarding plans for portfolio of programs and data to the cloud.
• Assist in defining security guidance, governance, risk management, scalability, and cost optimization of the cloud environment.
• Organize, understand, and analyze PEO STRI’s data use and needs to find patterns and develop logical groupings and solutions that meets UnITE’s goals.
• Apply decision analysis techniques to ensure that the engineering approach is cost effective and satisfies the training objectives as it applies to Cloud Migration and optimization for the program. Support the continuum of enterprise system testing across the agile software development life cycle.

Basic Qualifications:

• The contractor SME assigned to this position shall possess and maintain a SECRET security clearance level from the Defense Security Service.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other equivalent STEM field from an accredited college or university (years of experience may be used as a suitable replacement for education)
• Viewed as a SME in related field.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure.
• 10-12+ years of relevant experience in a related field.

 Desired Qualifications:

• Cloud Migration experience, min 5 yrs.
• Expertise/knowledge/experience with the following:
  • Agile, DevSecOps (SCRUM/JIRA/Confluence).
  • Microsoft Azure certification
• Experience engaging with the Enterprise Cloud Management Agency (ECMA)