Chief Platform Architect

2 weeks ago

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States ECS Limited Full time
Job Description

ECS Limited is seeking a highly skilled Chief Platform Architect to join our team in Colorado, CO. This is a contingent position, and the ideal candidate will have a strong technical foundation in product ownership, software development, and cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and articulate the overall architecture and design of the technology platform, ensuring alignment with mission systems and customer objectives.
  • Define and document platform components, interfaces, and dependencies.
  • Design the platform to scale horizontally and vertically to meet current and future performance requirements.
  • Implement strategies for load balancing, caching, and optimization to drive platform performance and resilience.
  • Ensure the platform is designed for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
  • Proactively implement monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery mechanisms.
  • Design interfaces and APIs to enable seamless integration with internal and external systems.
  • Collaborate with other architects and development teams to ensure interoperability.
  • Implement and oversee security measures, including encryption, authentication, and authorization.
  • Stay updated on security best practices and proactively address potential vulnerabilities.
  • Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools for the platform.
  • Stay informed about emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the platform.
  • Collaborate with software development teams to ensure that platform architecture is effectively implemented.
  • Provide technical guidance and support to development teams.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for the platform architecture, design decisions, and guidelines.
  • Provide training and knowledge transfer to development teams.
  • Monitor platform performance and conduct performance tuning to optimize resource utilization.
  • Implement best practices for database performance, caching, and data storage.
  • Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project's inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs.
  • Provides strategic advice, technical guidance, and expertise to program and project staff.
  • Provides detailed analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission-critical challenges/issues.
  • Consults with clients to define needs or problems, supervises studies, and leads surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
  • Manage enterprise requirements and priorities across a diverse range of users and mission spaces.
  • Own the technical roadmap and provide strategic technical vision.
  • Communicate the technical roadmap and strategic technical vision to internal and external stakeholders and teams.
  • Leads and/or participates in discussions, meetings, conferences, committees, or special IT projects as a senior technical advisor.
  • Analyzes areas of concern, identifies problems, and resolves conflicts through persuasive discussions with management and user representatives.
  • Propose, test, evaluate, and down-select technical solutions to meet the technical roadmap and strategic technical vision.
  • Conduct periodic, comprehensive architectural assessments and evaluations of capability-based goals/objectives.
  • Conduct secure code reviews to ensure STIG compliance.
Requirements
  • Must be a US Citizen per contract.
  • Must have an Active Top-Secret Clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar experience.
  • Proven experience as a Platform Architect or in a similar role.
  • Change agent that inspires a project team to achieve solutions within the DoD.
  • Strong proficiency in system architecture, design patterns, and software engineering principles.
  • 'Hands-on' architect - able to write code, stand-in for dev team members as needed; experienced practitioner.
  • Experience with Azure cloud platform and working knowledge of other platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP).
  • Proven experience designing scalable and high-performance platforms.
  • In-depth understanding of security best practices and experience implementing security measures.
  • Experience designing and implementing interfaces and APIs for seamless integration.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to balance conflicting and changing demands through prioritization and a pragmatic approach.
Desired Skills
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10 years of relevant experience (ex. product owner, software development, DevOps engineer, cloud architecture).
  • Experience with both lean startup principles and agile software project management.
  • Experience working with cyber compliance SMEs for adherence to DoD system requirements.
  • Familiarity with Tanzu TKGS Kubernetes, vSphere, MinIO container, Harbor, Nimble storage, Blade Servers, Networking, Switches, Firewalls.
  • Familiarity with Virtual Networks, Linux VMs, Cloud Server configurations, and storage arrays.
  • Familiarity with operational availability, MMTR, ArgoCD, Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace Mattermost, RBAC, MFA, ICAM, and Kafka.
  • Familiarity with C, C, Java, and FORTRAN.
  • Familiarity with Trivy, SonarQube, GitLeaks, OWASP, and SD Elements.
  • Understanding of Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment, Identity and Access Management, Network Security, Cloud Security, Compliance, and Auditing, and Security Architecture and Design.

ECS Limited is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, status as a crime victim, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ECS Limited promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

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