Jan 10
Top Secret
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
Unspecified
No Traveling
IT - Software
Washington, DC (On-Site/Office)
For more than a decade, Karthik Consulting has been a reliable and trusted advisor to our Government customers, providing independent and unbiased recommendations and solutions to mitigate risk and help solve IT issues. We bring the innovation, passion, and agility of the commercial sector to meet the unique challenges of this competitive space.
Karthik Consulting is seeking Cloud Engineer with the below skillset.
Cloud Engineer
Fulltime with Karthik Consulting
Location: Washington DC Metro Area
Clearance: Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Position Description
Purpose: A quality candidate will provide professional management, systems engineering, and technical assistance support services for activities related to the management of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AF ISR) Cloud Capability Portfolio. This includes, but is not limited to, governance, strategic planning, enterprise architecture, capability portfolio management, solution analysis, implementation planning, performance and risk management, IT service management, systems engineering, innovative project management, data analytics, training, program analysis, policy analysis, information technology analysis, and administrative technical support for the management of the AF ISR Cloud Capability Portfolio.
Scope: Support for strategic implementation activities in the cloud involves offering expertise in commercial cloud services for the Intelligence Community. This includes assisting in the development of cloud policy guidelines, managing the portfolio of cloud services, integrating with data and security portfolios, and monitoring workflows that prioritize strategy and execution. Additionally, it encompasses championing initiatives that enhance these cloud processes.
Soft Skills:
• Speaking and presenting
• Planning and project management
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Cooperation and unity of purpose
• Flexibility and ongoing education
• Task management
Experience
• Experience in developing a comprehensive cloud strategy and overseeing the adaptation process effectively.
• Experience in assessing cloud applications, hardware, and software.
• Establish guidance in the creation and maintenance of cloud solutions while adhering to industry best practices.
• Provide guidance on techniques for infrastructure migration, including bulk data transfers to the cloud.
• Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud technologies and initiatives
• Ensure and oversee efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with program security policies and best practices in cloud security.
• Experience in Instructing teams on the integration of cutting-edge cloud technologies and initiatives.
• Demonstrated work experience as a cloud engineer or in a similar position.
• Working closely with diverse cross-functional teams to improve our cloud infrastructure and optimize performance.
• Experience in detecting, assessing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment challenges.
• Regularly review existing cloud environments and make recommendations for improvements.
• Conduct capacity planning exercises to anticipate future resource requirements and scale cloud infrastructure to accommodate growth and changing workloads effectively.
• Experience in designing and implementing secure and scalable cloud environments.
• Experience implementing security best practices to protect data and ensure secure access to APIs.
• Experience with virtualization and the configuration of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments, along with associated software development environments using Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience implementing commercial security solutions like web application firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, and DDoS mitigation.
• Guide and impact the cloud design decisions and development roadmap for customers.
• Take on a Technical Governance role in the delivery of cloud projects.
• Experience in proactively monitoring cloud resources and usage, implementing cost optimization strategies to maximize efficiency and reduce expenditure.
• Skilled at developing and documenting User Experience (UX) requirements including information architecture and user interface requirements from a mission thread perspective.
• Skilled in strategic communications and knowledge management using tools such as SharePoint, Jira, Confluence and Mattermost.
• Skilled at project management using agile planning processes and project management methodology.
• Ability to perform needs analysis to determine opportunities for new and improved program process solutions.
• Experience in designing and implementing Hybrid Cloud solutions and knowledge on infrastructure areas involving Storage, Servers, Network, and broad knowledge in other areas of Cloud & Infrastructure.
• Experience in developing a FINOPS dashboard to explain cost generation and suggest steps to reduce expenses (e.g., different storage options, reserved instances, scheduling workloads for different times, etc.).
Key Responsibilities
• Cloud cost optimization: Evaluate cloud expenditures, finding areas where costs may be cut, and putting cost-effective cloud solutions into place without sacrificing security or performance.
• Cloud Migration: Coordinating and overseeing the transfer of workloads from on-premises systems to the cloud with the least amount of disturbance to customer operations and a smooth data transfer.
• Cloud security and compliance: Establishing guidance for security measures to safeguard data and apps in the cloud and making sure cloud architectures adhere to industry/government compliance requirements.
• Cloud Performance and Scalability: Establishing standards on cloud performance, making the most use of available resources, and creating scalable solutions to meet changing needs and expanding mission needs.
• Automation and DevOps in the Cloud: Experience in automation and DevOps techniques to optimize cloud operations, boost productivity, and enable pipelines for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• API Design & Development: Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs for various applications and services.
• Manage Proof of Concepts: Exploratory projects to identify, evaluate and eventually adopt most suitable Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) models for customers.
• Disaster Recovery Planning: Collaborate with customers to create robust disaster recovery and backup plans for cloud-based solutions.
Karthik Consulting is seeking Cloud Engineer with the below skillset.
Cloud Engineer
Fulltime with Karthik Consulting
Location: Washington DC Metro Area
Clearance: Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Position Description
Purpose: A quality candidate will provide professional management, systems engineering, and technical assistance support services for activities related to the management of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AF ISR) Cloud Capability Portfolio. This includes, but is not limited to, governance, strategic planning, enterprise architecture, capability portfolio management, solution analysis, implementation planning, performance and risk management, IT service management, systems engineering, innovative project management, data analytics, training, program analysis, policy analysis, information technology analysis, and administrative technical support for the management of the AF ISR Cloud Capability Portfolio.
Scope: Support for strategic implementation activities in the cloud involves offering expertise in commercial cloud services for the Intelligence Community. This includes assisting in the development of cloud policy guidelines, managing the portfolio of cloud services, integrating with data and security portfolios, and monitoring workflows that prioritize strategy and execution. Additionally, it encompasses championing initiatives that enhance these cloud processes.
Soft Skills:
• Speaking and presenting
• Planning and project management
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Cooperation and unity of purpose
• Flexibility and ongoing education
• Task management
Experience
• Experience in developing a comprehensive cloud strategy and overseeing the adaptation process effectively.
• Experience in assessing cloud applications, hardware, and software.
• Establish guidance in the creation and maintenance of cloud solutions while adhering to industry best practices.
• Provide guidance on techniques for infrastructure migration, including bulk data transfers to the cloud.
• Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud technologies and initiatives
• Ensure and oversee efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with program security policies and best practices in cloud security.
• Experience in Instructing teams on the integration of cutting-edge cloud technologies and initiatives.
• Demonstrated work experience as a cloud engineer or in a similar position.
• Working closely with diverse cross-functional teams to improve our cloud infrastructure and optimize performance.
• Experience in detecting, assessing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment challenges.
• Regularly review existing cloud environments and make recommendations for improvements.
• Conduct capacity planning exercises to anticipate future resource requirements and scale cloud infrastructure to accommodate growth and changing workloads effectively.
• Experience in designing and implementing secure and scalable cloud environments.
• Experience implementing security best practices to protect data and ensure secure access to APIs.
• Experience with virtualization and the configuration of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments, along with associated software development environments using Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience implementing commercial security solutions like web application firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, and DDoS mitigation.
• Guide and impact the cloud design decisions and development roadmap for customers.
• Take on a Technical Governance role in the delivery of cloud projects.
• Experience in proactively monitoring cloud resources and usage, implementing cost optimization strategies to maximize efficiency and reduce expenditure.
• Skilled at developing and documenting User Experience (UX) requirements including information architecture and user interface requirements from a mission thread perspective.
• Skilled in strategic communications and knowledge management using tools such as SharePoint, Jira, Confluence and Mattermost.
• Skilled at project management using agile planning processes and project management methodology.
• Ability to perform needs analysis to determine opportunities for new and improved program process solutions.
• Experience in designing and implementing Hybrid Cloud solutions and knowledge on infrastructure areas involving Storage, Servers, Network, and broad knowledge in other areas of Cloud & Infrastructure.
• Experience in developing a FINOPS dashboard to explain cost generation and suggest steps to reduce expenses (e.g., different storage options, reserved instances, scheduling workloads for different times, etc.).
Key Responsibilities
• Cloud cost optimization: Evaluate cloud expenditures, finding areas where costs may be cut, and putting cost-effective cloud solutions into place without sacrificing security or performance.
• Cloud Migration: Coordinating and overseeing the transfer of workloads from on-premises systems to the cloud with the least amount of disturbance to customer operations and a smooth data transfer.
• Cloud security and compliance: Establishing guidance for security measures to safeguard data and apps in the cloud and making sure cloud architectures adhere to industry/government compliance requirements.
• Cloud Performance and Scalability: Establishing standards on cloud performance, making the most use of available resources, and creating scalable solutions to meet changing needs and expanding mission needs.
• Automation and DevOps in the Cloud: Experience in automation and DevOps techniques to optimize cloud operations, boost productivity, and enable pipelines for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• API Design & Development: Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs for various applications and services.
• Manage Proof of Concepts: Exploratory projects to identify, evaluate and eventually adopt most suitable Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) models for customers.
• Disaster Recovery Planning: Collaborate with customers to create robust disaster recovery and backup plans for cloud-based solutions.
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