Principal Systems Architect at Simple Technology Solutions

If you’re looking for a position with a company that values innovation in all that we do, value-orientation in all choices and decisions, and has an employee-centric company focus, you’ve come to the right place. Simple Technology Solutions’ motivated team members deliver remarkable solutions to our Federal Government clients every day. We are lifelong learners, value outcomes over busy-ness and cultivate collaboration over individual contributions.

Our in-depth experience helping government agencies in their installation, configuration, and optimization of leading Agile Software Development, DevOps, and Cloud Migration tools has led to rapid growth and an increased demand for our services. This growing team has an exciting startup feel, but we are not new to the game. As experienced government contractors, we are mentors, coaches, and thought leaders, who pride ourselves in sharing our knowledge and expertise with those growing within our organization.

A Little More About STS

You don’t get named a “Best Place to Work” by the Washington Business Journal, receive the Washington Technology magazine’s FAST50 status, and achieve Inc Magazine’s “Inc 500” status just by ‘talking the talk’. Our vision of excellence is aligned to our 'Techquity' (Tech-Equity) focus and drive. We understand that disparities and gaps in opportunities and earning potential exist for marginalized groups, such as people of color and women, in the IT industry. By leveraging the power, passion, and talent from this group we are able to deliver innovative GovCon IT solutions that exceed our customer’s expectations.

Our team members are not just ‘employees’; they’re parents, friends, volunteers, artists, students, athletes, and all of the other things that make them whole people. The flexibility that STS offers allows them to balance their personal lives while providing the top-notch services our customers have come to depend on.

Additionally, the team benefits from our partnerships with AWS, Google, Microsoft and CloudBees – with access to improved knowledge and the opportunity to become a SME with one or more of our above partners. At Simple Technology Solutions, we don't see Team Member benefits as 'perks'. Taking care of the people who take care of us is the standard. Click our benefits infographic to learn more about our industry-leading options that attract and retain top talent. But don’t just take our word for it, see what our current team members say about us on Glassdoor.

Simple Technology Solutions is a 8(a) HUBZone Company and we offer an annual $5,000 HUBZone bonus to team members that live in a qualified HUBZone and provide the required supporting documentation. To see if you could qualify for an annual HUBZone bonus, check out the HUBZone map HERE.

Simple Technology Solutions is looking for a Principal Systems Architect to add to our team.

Quick Position Overview:

US Citizenship is required
Bachelor's Degree in a technical major, such as engineering or computer science
minimum of 10 years' of software development lifecycle (SDLC) experience

The Role:

In this role, you will work with an amazing team of engineers, on the EED-3 program, that supports NASA Earth Science (ESDIS) in its mission to provide scientists and other users access to data from NASA’s Earth science missions. More specifically, you will be working with the CUMULUS team. CUMULUS deals with archiving and dissemination of EOSDIS data collections in the Cloud.  As a Principal Systems Architect and a member of CUMULUS, you will lead the deployment of product updates, identify production issues and implement integrations that meet customer needs.

The Principal Systems Architect at STS will:

Build and implement new development tools and infrastructure in the cloud
Understand the needs of stakeholders and conveying them to developers
Work on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
Test and examine code written by others and analyzing results
Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Identify technical problems and developing software updates and fixes
Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Plan projects and being involved in project management decisions

Education and Experience:

Required

Bachelor’ degree in a technical major, such as engineering or computer science, and 10 years of software development lifecycle (SDLC) experience.
US Citizenship
Expertise with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including compute, storage, and data services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, and RDS
Hands on VMware experience
Expertise with using Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline automation platforms (Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity) to automate building, testing, and deploying of software products.
Proficient with Git and GitHub workflows
Red Hat Administration experience
Experience working in Lean Agile/ Scrum methodologies.
Knowledge of relationship databases and SQL
Must be able to work the hours of 8am-5pm Eastern Time regardless of your home location

Desired Qualifications

Experience using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology.
Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
Experience presenting at technical conferences
 Requires expert or mastery level knowledge of work area, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
May have deep knowledge of project management. Advanced knowledge of related disciplines within work area and ability to identify links and potential impact on projects, programs or systems.

Required Certifications - None

Preferred Certifications - None

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Simple Technology Solutions, Inc. (STS) requires all team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious exemption is approved by STS. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination OR apply for a religious/medical accommodation OR show proof of state exemption prior to the first day of employment. Failure to meet these requirements may affect your employment eligibility with STS.
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