Platform Architect (Remote) #3053

Overview

GovCIO is looking for a Platform Architect to join our Health PMO team. The candidate should have experience with a civil agency, preferably Veterans Affairs. This is a remote working opportunity. This individual is expected to have a proven track record of working remotely with minimal direction.  Office hours are M-F 8am-5pm ET.

Responsibilities

Our team is responsible for supporting biomedical research in the VA utilizing a secure high-performance computing environment.  The prospective candidate(s) will be joining a highly motivated team who sustain Linux and Windows environments with hundreds of machines, both on prem and in the Government Cloud. As VA continues to upload genomic data on to the platform, the massive amounts of large data sets lead to platform scaling issues.  The incoming Architects and Engineers must have an eye towards cloud expansion - more data means more problems with running large experiments with massive data set comparisons. 

The environment is dynamic and client needs are often evolving. As such, thought leadership, problem-solving, rapid learning, and carrying the innovative mindset needed to lead our clients through conceptualization, strategic planning, and execution is important. Additionally, flexibility and forward-thinking views are important for success.

• Analyze, architect and design highly scalable, available, and secure platform solutions 
  (On-premises, Private Cloud, Gov Cloud, Hybrid, & MulL-Cloud environments) for
  genomics workloads
• Architect, design and build IaaS, PaaS and DaaS (Data) solutions (On-prem and Gov
  cloud)
• Collaborate with Application, Data and Security Architects to incorporate security,
  data, application, and integration requirements
• Architect platforms for PB of distributed data requiring complex high-performance
  computing
• Evaluate platform options and build IaaS and PaaS

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent field with 15+ years experience
• In-depth knowledge of platform design, CAP theorem, ACID properties, middleware
  design, network design, server and storage design, file/dB/object design in a highly
  scalable, fault-tolerant model is a must.
• Platform and middleware Architecture experience in on-premises, Gov Cloud (AWS,
  Azure), Hybrid cloud
• Extensive experience in Cloud IaaS, PaaS, and Cloud services
• Experience in architecting & designing HPC clusters, GPUs, and pipelines for
  genomics processing with dynamic allocations.
• Experience in secure and scalable platform and infrastructure architecture for web
  applications, data systems and back-end applications and distributed systems
  including n/w design.
  Experience in arch abstracLon to create universal platform with loosely coupled, API
  integrated scalable systems & services.
• In-depth experience in building data platforms for handling large volumes of highly
  secure data
• Knowledge of data anonymization, process isolation techniques and infra for
  distributed data systems
• Extensive knowledge of cloud infrastructure (VPC, N/W, sub-nets, Cloud network
  connect, VPN, IAM, DB, K8 Clusters, Load Balancing & Autoscaling, Multi-zone, multi-
  region, Cloud PaaS, Pub-Sub, Sys Mgmt., web services, REST API, Sockets, RPC, VPC
  peering).
• Experience in architecting and building IaaS with OpenStack, Azure Stack or similar
  and PaaS for on-prem environment.
• Knowledge of IaC (Infrastructure as Code), Terraform

Preferred Skills and Experience

• MLOPs, DevSecOps experience is a plus.
• Cloud Practitioner or Cloud Architect or similar certification is a plus.
• Platform Knowledge for AI workloads including analysis pipelines and neural network
  models for genomics workloads.

Clearance Required:  Public Trust

Company Overview

GovCIO is a team of transformers--people who are passionate about transforming government IT. Every day, we make a positive impact by delivering innovative IT services and solutions that improve how government agencies operate and serve our citizens.

But we can't do it alone. We need great people to help us do great things - for our customers, our culture, and our ability to attract other great people. We are changing the face of government IT and building a workforce that fuels this mission. Are you ready to be a transformer?

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. EOE, including disability/vets.

Posted Pay Range

The posted pay range, if referenced, reflects the range expected for this position at the commencement of employment, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and internal equity. The total compensation package for this position may also include other compensation elements, to be discussed during the hiring process. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the GovCIO reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, GovCIO or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Pay range: $160,000 - $170,000 Annually