Special Access Programs IT Architect (Active TS/SCI Clearance required)

Job Summary:

Support the Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) G-6 SAP CIO implementing and applying technologies, processes, and practices for cloud-based tools, techniques, and trends.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintaining system solutions and ensuring protection of proprietary/confidential of data in accordance with mandated standards.

• Provide support in technical planning, systems integration, verification and validation, risk assessments, and supportability and effectiveness analysis for computer security products and systems.

• Provide critical review/analysis of BCAs, engineering estimates, and other system related staff documents submissions (policy, guidance, regulations) in terms of impact, completeness, format compliance, and compliance with the requested scope of work to be executed as it relates to optimization, rationalization, and migration of Army application and systems.

• Provide strategic planning support through architecture expertise and integration of virtual computing environments within and between institutional and operational environments and to inform the CIO/G-6 Leadership of status and challenges.

• Support IT Portfolio Management (PfM) implementation and Army Unified Network (AUN) capability alignment to the EIEMA strategy.

• Conducts analysis and provides insight on SAP Virtual Infrastructure including setting up Virtual Workloads, Costs, Services, and follow-on maintenance.

• Works closely with the Engineers to determine best practices for Army virtual networks.

• Coordinate, setup and configure Army virtual environment and services.

• Attends most if not all Formal meetings (e.g., Technical and Programmatic).

• Keeps the team up to date on modernization strategy, planning and implementation.

• Provides briefing material as required to support the program. Presents briefs to team and stakeholders as required.

• This position description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. This and all positions are eligible for organization-wide transfer. Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Minimum Qualifications:

• TS/SCI Security Clearance required.

• BA/BS degree in Cybersecurity or related field plus 10 years’ minimum experience with current and emerging system and network security tools and applications and experience and knowledge developing or implementing security strategies, policies and procedures for cloud OR MA/MS degree with minimum of 5 years’ experience with current and emerging system and network security tools and applications and experience and knowledge developing or implementing security strategies, policies and procedures for cloud.

• Possesses at a minimum an approved DOD 8570.1 IAT level II certification.

• Experience with analyzing client "as-is" and "to-be" business requirements, software technical solutions and constraints, and translate them into comprehensive, full technical stack solution approaches that satisfy both client solution performance and corporate business performance objectives.

• Flexible – The environment is highly dynamic. Candidate will be expected adapt to a dynamic environment with constant changing priorities based on Client priorities while ensuring a high level of operational effectiveness and professionalism.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Excellent ability to communicate technical solution concepts through development of white papers, requests for information, and technical proposals.

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of DA policy and planning efforts, IT enterprise goals and objectives, and other required functions.

• Knowledge of SAP Operations.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Physical and Environmental Conditions:

• Normal Office Environment. Requires Sitting, Standing, Near Acuity, Speaking with colleagues and customers, Listening, Sight, Use of hands/fingers.