Position: Cloud Engineer / Data Scientist

Location: Bethesda, MD

Clearance: TS SCI CI Poly

Job Description:

Our great client is seeking an experienced architecture savvy Cloud Engineer / Data Scientist to join our dynamic team. You will play a critical role in shaping our client's enterprise architecture, driving core to edge cloud and data-related initiatives across the client’s organization. You will be responsible for:
• Architecture and Integration Planning: Propose methods & tools, and create related deliverables for integrating, and adopting community architecture solutions.
• Current State Assessments: Capture, review and assess current state architecture for cloud infrastructure services & capabilities and provide analytical assessments with a proposed way forward for future vision and strategy documents.
• Multiple Cloud Strategy: Establish and implement mechanisms that provide for a multiple cloud architecture strategy.
• Hybrid Multi-cloud Edge Solutions: Provide prescriptive guidance on defining the minimum viable products (MVP) for regional and edge cloud architectures.
• Long-Term Thinking: Develop and execute data strategies that consider long-term implications, anticipating future needs and trends.
• AI Integration: Explore AI and machine learning techniques within a diverse cloud environment and analyze its impacts on architecture. Explore emerging data sources generated by AI models and propose how they may integrate into a cloud data ecosystem.

The successful candidate must be capable of working in a team environment to:
· Provide cloud "Core to Edge" implementation plans and best practices.
· Provide Edge MVP launch plan documents.
· Provide knowledge transfer regarding edge architecture design and strategy.
· Assist Customer with identifying solutions for unique edge requirements.
· Assist Customer with conducting edge requirements assessment.
· Assist Customer with gathering details on current state edge solutions to include architecture resiliency.
· Assist Customer with application stack edge knowledge.
· Provide general recommendations on maturing future state architecture and edge capabilities.
· Champion a data mesh paradigm.

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with CI Poly
• Masters with 6 -10 years of prior relevant experience or Ph.D. in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science) or BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience.
• Communication skills for technical writing and oral briefings and executive level presentation
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and technologies.
• Passion for staying up to date with industry trends and advancements.

Desired Qualifications/Experience:
• Familiarity with Data Tagging and Taxonomy; API Brokers; Compute and Storage Optimization; and Qualitative Computing.
• Five or more years of experience working with or in the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Knowledge of and experience working with IC policies, directives, and standards.
• Experience with data visualization tools/software (e.g., Tableau, MS PowerBI) to develop and deliver analysis solutions and visualizations.