The Senior System Architect designs and maintains DevOps infrastructure, manages IT projects, and develops IT strategies and architectures to meet the organization's goals.
Required Clearance: Required to have and maintain a Non-Sensitive / High Risk (Public Trust) security clearance (Tier 4/6c).
Certifications: Training and certification in IBM products.
Required Education: HS Diploma/GED
Required Experience: Twelve (12)+ years of experience in supporting Information Technology. Seven (7)+ years of experience in supporting IBM Products, Oracle Products, and Cloud Base Products.
Position Description:
PingWind is seeking a Senior System Architect who designs and maintains DevOps infrastructure. Manages Information Technology applications projects, including the design, development, and implementation of components of IT architecture. Develops and communicates architectural proposals for various projects and initiatives. Develops and coordinates IT strategy and oversees implementation of integrated systems.
Primary Responsibilities:
Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:
• Analyzes data models to ensure they are efficient for developing proper analysis.
• Supports all aspects of the architecture needed for the operational, technical, and informational. Discerns customer requirements and confirms models address them.
• Develop and explicate IT solutions based on the enterprise's strategic business or technical requirements.
• Defines the approach for structuring each application, including determining appropriate use of technology solutions.
• Defines and validates technical requirements and architecture quality attributes.
• Analyzes organization's business requirements for database design and executes changes to database as required.
• Designs, develops, and implements infrastructure to provide highly complex, reliable, and scalable database to meet the organization's objectives and requirements.
• Analyzes organization's business requirements for database design and executes changes to the database as required.
• Collaborate with business owners, Analysts, Engineers, development teams, and infrastructure services to define, establish, and communicate application and data architecture standards, policies, and directions.
• Designs, develops, implements, utilizes, and conforms to enterprise information technology, cloud architecture application solutions, strategies, processes, and standards, focusing on expertise in cloud technologies.
•Designs, develops, and implements infrastructure to provide highly complex, reliable, and scalable database to meet the organization's objectives and requirements.
•Supports complex system implementations, with experience in designing secure agile architectures that meet cybersecurity requirements but enable flexibility to incorporate future cloud technologies.
•Demonstrated understanding of the software development/enhancement/maintenance lifecycle.
•Strong technical understanding of Information Technology, Identity and Access Management, and AWS GovCloud systems and services for the areas of work contemplated in PWS.
•Experience with agile development/scrum to understand how enhancements, defects, or other requests impacts the architecture of the application.
Required Qualifications
• Required to have and maintain a Non-Sensitive / High Risk (Public Trust) security clearance (Tier 4/6c).
• Training and certification in IBM products.
Desired Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree
About PingWind
PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cyber security, development, IT infrastructure, supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is a VA CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA HUBZone Certified with offices in Washington DC and Northern Virginia. www.PingWind.com
Our benefits include:
· Eleven Federal Holidays
· Paid Time Off accrued each pay period
· Parental Leave
· Three medical plan choices with generous employer contribution
· Dental and Vision Insurance
· Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
· Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
· 401k with competitive matching and vesting schedule
· Continuing education assistance
· Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
· Medical, Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts
· Employee Assistance Program
· Wellness benefits include Calm Health app and WellHub gym subsidy (formerly GymPass)
· 529 College Savings Plan
· Legal Insurance
· Pet Insurance
Veterans are encouraged to apply
PingWind, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected by law
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