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Zantech

<div><p><i>Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you ready to work with a performance-based small company? At Zantech, we are a dynamic Woman Owned Small Business focused on providing complex, mission-focused solutions with a proven track record of outstanding customer performance and high employee satisfaction. We would love to talk with you regarding the next step in your career. Come join our team!</i></p>
<p>Zantech is looking for a talented <b>Lead Solution Architect </b>to contribute to the success of our upcoming <b>Enterprise Business Transformation project</b> in a Hybrid role based out of <b>the Washington DC Metro area</b>.</p>
<p>The <b>Lead Solution Architect will</b> play a crucial role in:
</p><ul><li>Architecture - Application Architecture Execution</li>
<li>Current State Assessment</li>
<li>Implementation Support</li>
</ul><p><b>Summary:</b></p>
<p>The <b>Lead Solution Architect</b> will play a crucial role in executing detailed application and integration architecture across Grants.gov (J2EE/AWS/Oracle), GrantSolutions (Java/AWS), TAGGS (.Net/Oracle/AWS). Translates enterprise architecture framework into implementable solution designs. Owns integration architecture for 170+ interfaces across 49+ partner systems. Provides cloud migration architecture, technical requirements elaboration, and hands-on architecture support that Senior Technical Director delegates.</p>
<p><b>Impact:
</b></p><p>Provides critical specialized depth enabling comprehensive architecture coverage without overloading primary Senior Technical Director. Allows for focused expertise in complex technical domains while maintaining cost efficiency through part-time allocation.</p>
<p><b>Responsibilities include, but will not be limited to:</b></p>
<ul><li>Provide specialized architecture expertise supporting Senior Technical Director #1 in complex technical domains</li>
<li>Conduct architecture deep-dives and technical assessments in specialized areas</li>
<li>Advise on complex integration patterns, AI/ML implementations, security architectures, or other specialized domains</li>
<li>Review and validate technical approaches proposed by implementation vendors</li>
<li>Support proof-of-concept architecture and technical validation activities</li>
<li>Provide expert guidance on emerging technologies and advanced architecture patterns</li>
<li>Assist with technical risk assessments for complex modernization initiatives</li>
<li>Participate in architecture governance reviews for high-complexity technical decisions</li>
<li>Develop specialized architecture patterns and standards in domain of expertise</li>
<li>Support Senior Technical Director #1 with technical advisory during critical decision points</li>
<li>Provide on-call architecture expertise for urgent technical issues in specialized domain</li>
</ul><p><b>Required Experience or Knowledge of the following technologies/functions:</b></p>
<ul><li>10+ years solution architecture</li>
<li>7+ years Federal systems</li>
<li>5+ years integration architecture</li>
<li>Deep technical architecture - J2EE, Java, .NET, Oracle, AWS</li>
<li>Integration patterns - REST/SOAP APIs, ETL, messaging, batch</li>
<li>Cloud architecture - AWS migration, infrastructure-as-code</li>
<li>Application modernization strategies</li>
<li>Technical requirements and design documentation</li>
</ul><p><b>Preferred Education/Certifications:</b></p>
<ul><li>Bachelor's CS/Engineering</li>
<li>AWS Solutions Architect Professional</li>
</ul><p><b>Required Security Clearance:</b></p>
<ul><li>US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret trust or higher clearance, per contract requirements.</li>
</ul><p><i>&ldquo;</i><b><i>Outstanding Performance&hellip;Always!&rdquo;</i></b></p>
<p><i>Our corporate motto represents our commitment to build long-term relationships with both our clients and our employees by providing the highest quality service in everything we do. We strive for excellence for our clients and for each other. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a vacation package, as well as a fast-paced and exciting work environment. </i><b><i>Come join our team!</i></b></p></div>

Lead Solution Architect

<div><p><i>Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you ready to work with a performance-based small company? At Zantech, we are a dynamic Woman Owned Small Business focused on providing complex, mission-focused solutions with a proven track record of outstanding customer performance and high employee satisfaction. We would love to talk with you regarding the next step in your career. Come join our team!</i></p>
<p>Zantech is looking for a talented <b>Chief Enterprise Architect </b>to contribute to the success of our upcoming <b>Enterprise Business Transformation project</b> in a Hybrid role based out of <b>the Washington DC Metro area</b>.</p>
<p>The <b>Chief Enterprise Architect </b>will play a crucial role in:
</p><ul><li>Current State Assessment &amp; Optimization</li>
<li>Transformation Vision, Strategy &amp; Roadmap Development</li>
<li>Enterprise, Business &amp; Data/Ai Architecture Leadership</li>
<li>Implementation, Integration &amp; Quality Assurance Support (Oversight)</li>
<li>Technical Strategy And Governance Across All Task Areas</li>
</ul><p><b>Summary:</b></p>
<p>Serves as chief architect and technical strategist providing enterprise architecture governance, technical strategy leadership, and multi-vendor architectural oversight for $150M+ HHS grants ecosystem transformation. This is the primary Senior Technical Director position responsible for strategic architecture leadership, enterprise framework definition, and technical governance. Works in coordination with Senior Technical Director to provide comprehensive architecture coverage.</p>
<p><b>Impact:
</b></p><p>Critical impact on long-term technical coherence and transformation success through enterprise architecture framework definition, strategic technical decision-making, and unified technical vision across complex multi-system portfolio with 170+ interfaces and 49+ partner integrations.</p>
<p><b>Responsibilities include, but will not be limited to:</b></p>
<ul><li>Define and govern enterprise architecture framework for future-state HHS grants ecosystem across three major systems</li>
<li>Develop reference architectures, design patterns, and solution standards ensuring scalability, security, modularity, and interoperability</li>
<li>Provide strategic technical leadership and governance across multi-vendor environment (Grants.gov, GrantSolutions, TAGGS modernization)</li>
<li>Facilitate weekly architecture governance meetings establishing DoDAF SV-2 standards adopted enterprise-wide</li>
<li>Lead current state architecture assessment across all three platforms identifying legacy constraints, dependencies, and modernization priorities</li>
<li>Advise DIS leadership on major technical decisions including architectural trade-offs, technology selection, and investment prioritization</li>
<li>Design integration architecture framework for 49+ partner systems with 170+ unique interfaces</li>
<li>Establish technical vision and multi-year roadmap aligned with HHS IT strategy, Zero Trust principles, and DOGE cost-efficiency mandates</li>
<li>Coordinate with Senior Technical Director #2 (0.25 FTE) to ensure comprehensive architecture coverage across specialized domains</li>
<li>Lead architecture reviews and EPLC technical evaluations ensuring modernization aligns with enterprise vision</li>
<li>Develop cost-optimization strategy through architectural consolidation delivering 30%+ O&amp;M cost reduction</li>
<li>Ensure architecture alignment with Federal Data &amp; AI Strategy and trustworthy AI principles</li>
</ul><p><b>Preferred Experience or Knowledge of the following technologies/functions:</b></p>
<ul><li>15+ years enterprise architecture experience in complex Federal IT environments, with 8+ years in chief architect or technical director roles leading large-scale modernization initiatives
</li><li>Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, Federal Enterprise Architecture)</li>
<li>DoDAF architecture standards and SV-2 landscape diagram development</li>
<li>Multi-system integration architecture (SOA, microservices, API design)</li>
<li>Cloud architecture and migration strategies (AWS, Azure, GCP)</li>
<li>Federal IT modernization and legacy system transformation</li>
<li>Zero Trust architecture principles and FISMA Moderate compliance</li>
<li>Architecture governance and multi-vendor technical oversight</li>
<li>Strategic technology roadmap development</li>
<li>Data architecture and semantic modeling</li>
<li>AI/ML architecture principles and governance frameworks</li>
<li>Technical debt assessment and quantification methodologies</li>
<li>Stakeholder engagement at CTO/CIO level</li>
<li>Cost optimization through architectural consolidation</li>
<li>Demonstrate a successful track record of extracting value from,</li>
</ul><p><b>Preferred Education/Certifications:</b></p>
<ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field</li>
<li>Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Enterprise Architecture, or related field</li>
<li>Advanced degree in systems engineering or related technical discipline</li>
<li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional</li>
<li>Azure Solutions Architect Expert</li>
<li>Federal Enterprise Architecture Certification</li>
<li>Open Group Certified Architect (Open CA)</li>
<li>ITIL Expert or ITIL 4 Strategic Leader</li>
<li>Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)</li>
</ul><p><b>Required Security Clearance:</b></p>
<ul><li>US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret trust or higher clearance, per contract requirements.</li>
</ul><p><i>&ldquo;</i><b><i>Outstanding Performance&hellip;Always!&rdquo;</i></b></p>
<p><i>Our corporate motto represents our commitment to build long-term relationships with both our clients and our employees by providing the highest quality service in everything we do. We strive for excellence for our clients and for each other. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a vacation package, as well as a fast-paced and exciting work environment. </i><b><i>Come join our team!</i></b></p></div>

Chief Enterprise Architect

Tetrad Digital Integrity LLC

<div>Tetrad Digital Integrity (TDI) is a leading-edge cybersecurity firm with a mission to safeguard and protect our customers from increasing threats and vulnerabilities in this digital age.<br>
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We are looking for a Senior Systems Architect to support a non-profit organization based in Boston, MA who mission is to honor our Veterans by providing healthcare and housing services to them and their families. The organization operates a complex payer technology ecosystem supporting government-aligned and commercial health programs. The Sr Systems Architect will provide leadership, ensure secure and compliant systems integrations and support modernization initiatives involving systems that process, store or transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).<br>
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The position will offer a hybrid commute with the ability to support a Washington, DC office location attending in person meetings as needed.<br>
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<b>RESPONSIBILITIES:</b><ul><li>
Lead architecture design for complex, multi-system integrations across enterprise payer platforms</li><li>
Participate in governance forums: Architectural Review Board (ARB), security and compliance reviews and Change Advisory Board (CAB)</li><li>
Define and document current-state, transitional and target start architecture</li><li>
Architectural support of payer systems such as: claims processing, enrollment and eligibility platforms, Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) integrations, CRM and call center platforms and care/case management systems</li><li>
Design secure integrations patterns (API's, middleware, EDI batch and event driven)</li><li>
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, interoperability requirements, scalability and resiliency objectives</li><li>
Provide Executive and governance briefing materials</li></ul><b>
QUALIFICATIONS:</b><ul><li>
Bachelors Degree with 12+ years of enterprise IT experience</li><li>
Demonstrated experience designed complex, multi-systems integrations</li><li>
Experience in healthcare or health plan/payer environments</li><li>
Knowledge of CMMC level 2/NIST 800-171 regulations</li><li>
Experience supporting systems handling CUI</li><li>
Strong understanding of API's, EDI, middleware, batch and data exchange patterns</li></ul><b>
PREFERRED QUALIFCATIONS:</b><ul><li>
DoD, TRICARE or government aligned healthcare experience</li><li>
CMMC readiness or assessment support</li><li>
Healthcare EDI experience (834,837,835,270/271)</li></ul><p>
TDI does business with the federal government, which restricts employment to individuals who are either US citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TDI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made based on individual qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, in accordance with applicable federal laws.&rdquo;</p>
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Senior Systems Architect

ServiceNow

<div><b>Company Description</b><p><br>
At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can&rsquo;t wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you.</p><p>
With more than 7,700+ customers, we serve approximately 85% of the Fortune 500&reg;, and we're proud to be one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For&reg; and World's Most Admired Companies&trade;.</p><p>
Learn more on Life at Now blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at ServiceNow.</p><p>
Unsure if you meet all the qualifications of a job description but are deeply excited about the role? We still encourage you to apply! At ServiceNow, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all voices are heard, valued, and respected. We welcome all candidates, including individuals from non-traditional, varied backgrounds, that might not come from a typical path connected to this role. We believe skills and experience are transferrable, and the desire to dream big makes for great candidates.</p><b><br>
Job Description</b><p><br>
ServiceNow is seeking Technology Workflows Solution Consultants with a focus on IT Asset Management on the ServiceNow platform. The solution consultant will provide strategic and technical hands-on expertise to support customers with product and solution leadership during pre-sales engagements. The solution consultant will participate in the acquisition and retention of customers by utilizing world-class technical pre-sales solution consulting techniques to communicate the power, flexibility, and ease-of-use of the ServiceNow platform.</p><p><b>
What you get to do in this role:</b></p><ul><li>
Contribute and maintain a showcase of ITAM solutions created on the ServiceNow platform.</li><li>
Create and own programs that enable Solution Consultants to demonstrate the value of IT Asset Management on the ServiceNow platform.</li><li>
Create and contribute to sales campaigns focused on IT Asset Management initiatives with ServiceNow applications that focus on software and hardware asset management.</li><li>
Strong alignment with product management and engineering teams on roadmap and field feedback.</li><li>
Assist the sales personnel in the qualification of customer needs and performing pre demo needs analysis</li><li>
Provide mentoring and training to peers and other colleagues in the organization.</li><li>
Demonstrations of the product, both standard and tailored to prospects and existing customers, both onsite and remotely</li><li>
Generation of product demo scripts and scenarios and maintaining demonstration environment(s)</li><li>
Scoping and delivering Proof of Concept/Proof of Value engagements with prospects</li><li>
Responding to Request for Information/Proposal documents</li><li>
Staying current on product developments/releases to a level required for demo and PoV/PoC</li><li>
Supporting Marketing events &ndash; user conferences, trade shows, webinars etc</li><li>
Staying current on competitive analyses and understanding differentiators between the company and its competitors.</li><li>
Responsible for understanding business and technical problems addressed by the products including key regulations, business drivers, evolving business needs, security etc.</li><li>
Serve as regional team lead to lead practice activities when called upon.</li><li>
In conjunction with Sales Personnel and Professional Services, conduct transition briefing - communicate commitments, expectations etc in preparation for deployment</li><li>
Act as the ServiceNow subject matter expert at Executive briefings / marketing events</li></ul><br>
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Qualifications</b><p><b><br>
In order to be successful in this role, we need someone who has:</b></p><ul><li>
Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI&rsquo;s potential impact on the function or industry.</li><li>
7+ years of pre-sales solution consulting or sales engineering experience in (product specific area)</li><li>
ServiceNow IT Asset Management experience</li><li>
Experience with enterprise architecture domains</li><li>
Experience with discovery technologies</li><li>
Deep knowledge of software license compliance</li><li>
Experience with ITIL / CMDB</li><li>
Pre-sales experience, IT Asset Management experience would be advantageous (Tool or process).</li><li>
Exhibits prior and current technical expertise in web technology and the ability to learn new technology.</li><li>
Technical or practice team lead in previous roles</li><li>
Exceptional communication and presentation skills to include technical and business concepts.</li></ul><p></p><p><br>
For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $126,375 to $208,425, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.</p><p>
Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.</p><b><br>
Additional Information</b><p><br>
ServiceNow is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.</p><p>
At ServiceNow, we lead with flexibility and trust in our distributed world of work. Click here to learn about our work personas: flexible, remote and required-in-office.</p><p>
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at talent.acquisition@servicenow.com for assistance.</p><p>
For positions requiring access to technical data subject to export control regulations, including Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Government for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by the U.S. Government.</p><p>
Please Note: Fraudulent job postings/job scams are increasingly common. Click here to learn what to watch out for and how to protect yourself. All genuine ServiceNow job postings can be found through the ServiceNow Careers site.</p><p></p><p><br>
From Fortune. &copy; 2022 Fortune Media IP Limited All rights reserved. Used under license.</p><p>
Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, ServiceNow.</p></div>

Sr. Solution Consultant, ITAM

<div><p><i>Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you ready to work with a performance-based small company? At Zantech, we are a dynamic Woman Owned Small Business focused on providing complex, mission-focused solutions with a proven track record of outstanding customer performance and high employee satisfaction. We would love to talk with you regarding the next step in your career. Come join our team!</i></p>
<p>Zantech is looking for a talented <b>Data &amp; AI Architect </b>to contribute to the success of our upcoming <b>Enterprise Business Transformation project</b> in a Hybrid role based out of <b>the Washington DC Metro area</b>.</p>
<p>The <b>Data &amp; AI Architect </b>play a crucial role in:
</p><ul><li>HHS Grants Data Model &amp; AI Inference Architecture (PRIMARY)</li>
<li>OneGrants Cloud Support</li>
<li>Current State Assessment (data perspective)</li>
</ul><p><b>Summary:</b></p>
<p>The Data &amp; AI Architect will play a crucial role in providing support for OneGrants Cloud (early development phase). Designs AI-powered cloud data lake architecture, HHS grants data model, semantic layer, AI inference architecture for predictive/generative AI. Develops proof-of-concepts for AI-enabled business process automation using 20 years of grants data. Ensures alignment with Federal Data &amp; AI Strategy, trustworthy AI principles, FedRAMP, FISMA Moderate requirements.</p>
<p><b>Required Experience or Knowledge of the following technologies/functions:</b></p>
<ul><li>8+ years data architecture</li>
<li>5+ years AI/ML architecture</li>
<li>3+ years cloud data platforms (AWS data services)</li>
<li>Data lake/lakehouse architecture - S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation</li>
<li>AI/ML architecture - SageMaker, inference endpoints, LLMs</li>
<li>Data modeling - dimensional, semantic layers, ontologies</li>
<li>Data governance, quality, lineage</li>
<li>AI ethics and responsible AI frameworks</li>
</ul><p><b>Preferred Education/Certifications:</b></p>
<ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or Statistics</li>
<li>Master's degree or PhD in specialized domain</li>
<li>AWS ML Specialty or Data Analytics Specialty preferred)</li>
</ul><p><b>Required Security Clearance:</b></p>
<ul><li>US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret trust or higher clearance, per contract requirements.</li>
</ul><p><i>&ldquo;</i><b><i>Outstanding Performance&hellip;Always!&rdquo;</i></b></p>
<p><i>Our corporate motto represents our commitment to build long-term relationships with both our clients and our employees by providing the highest quality service in everything we do. We strive for excellence for our clients and for each other. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a vacation package, as well as a fast-paced and exciting work environment. </i><b><i>Come join our team!</i></b></p></div>

Data & AI Architect

Microsoft

<div><b>Overview</b><p><br>
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.</p><p>
We are looking for a <b>Senior Cloud Solution Architect &ndash; Cloud &amp; AI Data</b> to join our Federal organization. The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources &ndash; including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment &ndash; Civilian, Defense, or intelligence community.</p><b><br>
Responsibilities</b><br>
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Business Impact</b></div><div><div>
Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record (e.g., pipeline updates, time tracking). Collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams through on-strategy delivery to achieve customer/partner objectives and increase customer/partner satisfaction. Proactively manages business and technical risks, adapts methodology and applies governance principles to identify, communicate, and minimize business and technical risks. Executes work in compliance with industry and Microsoft guidelines and procedures. Continuously prioritizes among competing demands in their work and identifies where impact occurs with customers, ensuring alignment with business priorities and goals.</div><div>
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Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies (e.g., product offerings such as value-based deliverables [VBDs], advice, training, technical validation), ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed to prepare customers for operational readiness and achievement of their business goals and targets. Leveraging knowledge of change management proven practices and/or involving the change management team, proactively helps the customer deploy for long-term organizational adoption to increase customer satisfaction and drive consumption/usage. Guides customers/partners towards a well-architected (e.g., secure, resilient, artificial intelligence [AI]-enabled), and cost- and performance-optimized solution to increase retention and expansion opportunities. Provides feedback to Unified Delivery Team on VBDs to refine and further develop content.</div><div>
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Proactively identifies new opportunities for Consumption, Usage &amp; Unified expansion (especially Enhanced Solutions) at scale based on business value to customer/partner and clear understanding of the Microsoft value proposition for supported platforms to empower cloud success, foster and strengthen security and resiliency, and drive AI innovation. Actively listens to and respectfully challenges customers/partners, building trust to then advocate for alternative architectures/solutions/approaches that shape and/or enhance customer requirements. Identifies, and evaluates industry trends (e.g., customer industry verticals, information technology [IT] industry), gathers customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and maps existing architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Proactively captures opportunities in appropriate systems, processes, and tools, working collaboratively across the organization to execute on opportunities aligned with Microsoft's Customer Engagement Model.</div><div>
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Proactively identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers using appropriate tools and processes to accelerate solution deployment, value realization and usage/consumption. Applies business, technical, industry, and/or enterprise knowledge to architecture or support projects to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified constraints.</div></div></div><div><div>
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Customer Centricity</b></div><div><div>
Proactively acts as the voice of the customer/partner, sharing ideas, feedback, insights, success stories and strategic/technical input with Engineering teams, Product Offerings teams and internal communities leveraging relevant insights from feedback tools and systems. Identifies patterns of feedback across customers/partners/territories/industries and leverages them to develop strategic and actionable insights. Presents business cases to program managers to influence product roadmaps, decision making, bug fix prioritization, and own and drive initiatives as appropriate.</div><div>
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Identifies and/or translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft product and platform strategy, and explains why and/or how they meet customer/partner outcomes and return on investment (ROI) goals (e.g., via proof of concept, minimally viable product [MVP], rapid prototype) relative to competitive offerings. Proactively helps the customer/partner adopt and use Microsoft product/platform strategy-aligned (cross-solution area) solutions. Builds relationships with technical decision makers (TDMs), and helps build the bridge between TDMs and business decision makers (BDMs). Independently interacts as needed with customers/partners' Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other C-level (CXO) roles to bridge understanding of security, compliance, operational and risk requirements across BDMs, TDMs, CIO and CISO teams, appropriately engaging additional subject matter experts when deeper expertise is required.</div><div>
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Drives self and guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Defines customer/partner conditions of success by leveraging an understanding of customer goals. Anticipates and addresses customer/partner dissatisfaction and unmet needs, and executes strategies to improve customer experience, value realization, and acceleration of transformation.</div></div></div><div><div>
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Partner Specialization</b></div><div><div>
Identifies and prioritizes several opportunities that align with revenue goals, and orchestrates growth of solution utilization pipeline with partners. Provides assistance with partner and sales teams to bring clarity to specific opportunities through proof of concept and technical pre-sales support.</div></div><div><div>
Understands solution area-specific market opportunities (e.g., competitor insights) and collaborates with Global Partner Solutions (GPS) business stakeholders to lead and execute initiatives to translate opportunities into actions. Proactively guides and supports partners in developing repeatable offerings, practices, products, and solutions. Advises the partner throughout initial strategic customer implementations.</div></div></div><div><div>
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Technical Leadership</b></div><div><div>
Leverages market insights and demand signals to assist leadership in identifying relevant areas in which to drive up-skilling and/or accreditations based on demand. Role models technical readiness, both depth-aligned to solution area priorities and breadth-aligned to Customer Success Unit (CSU)/corporate initiatives (e.g., security, resilience, AI), and influences team to drive their own technical readiness. Acts as a mentor, leading readiness and upskilling activities in the team/organization by educating colleagues on technical and non-technical concepts and sharing proven practices.</div><div>
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Proactively identifies gaps through delivery, communicates those gaps to relevant team members and internal/external stakeholders, and connects gaps and patterns across business and technology areas that drive changes and improvements to products, IP (both existing and new), technologies, and/or processes/practices that enable solutions to scale across customers. Contributes to the development and modification of Microsoft's structured frameworks and methodologies. Provides thought leadership and innovation to customers/partners and internal communities at the local level.</div><div>
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Contributes to leading virtual teams (v-teams) around technologies and customer/partner challenges, and shares ideas, insights, and strategic, technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using knowledge of Microsoft architectures and their context in the competitive landscape. Demonstrates strong industry knowledge and increases recognition for Microsoft solutions by contributing to and sometimes leading presentations and engagements with external and internal audiences (e.g., Tech Connect, Build, Ignite) Contributes to intellectual property (IP) and identifies patterns where no IP exists (e.g., CoPilot and AI scenarios) to help build scalable and repeatable models. Participates in external technical and non-technical community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, webcasts, blogs, hackathons) that elevate the Microsoft brand and shares learnings across internal teams.</div></div></div><br>
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Qualifications</b><p><b><br>
Required/Minimum Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting<ul><li>
OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li></ul><p><b>
Other Requirements:</b></p><p><b>
Security Clearance Requirements:</b> Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:</p><ul><li>
The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.</li><li><b>
Clearance Verification</b>: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
</li><li><b>Microsoft Cloud Background Check</b>: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li><li><b>
Citizenship &amp; Citizenship Verification:</b> This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance</li></ul><p><b>
Additional/Preferred Qualifications:</b></p><p><b>
Technical</b></p><ul><li><b>
Hands-on experience building solutions or POCs with:</b><ul><li>
Azure OpenAI, open-source LLMs, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and/or Mistral RAG or Retrieval Augmented Generation</li><li>
LangChain or semantic kernel</li><li>
PyTorch or Tensorflow Machine Learning, including Azure ML Services / ML Flow
</li><li>Big Data platforms including SQL DW (Synapse), Snowflake, Redshift, Spark (EMR/HDInsight)</li><li>
Advanced Analytics, including Azure Databricks</li></ul></li><li><b>
Enterprise-scale technical experience</b> with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, architecture designs including scalability, security and resiliency, database migrations, and cloud technology management. Breadth of technical experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in the following Data Platform Cloud solutions and/or data estate workloads.</li><li><b>
SQL platforms</b> including SQL Server (Database/Analysis Services), Azure SQL DB, OSS Databases (PostgreSQL), ETL/ELT systemsNoSQL Databases including Azure Cosmos DB, and OSS Databases (Cassandra, Mongo etc)</li><li><b>
Visualization tools</b>, including PowerBIGeneral awareness of Data Governance and Stewardship processes</li><li><b>
The technical aptitude</b>, enthusiasm and desire to adapt to change, learn new technologies and understand relevant industry and cloud trends.</li></ul><p><b>
Education</b></p><ul><li>
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting<ul><li>
OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting</li><li>
OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li><li>
Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).</li><li>
Professional Cloud Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Cloud, Database, Big Data, BI, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence</li></ul><p><b>
Experiences</b></p><ul><li>
4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).</li><li>
4+ years experience working on technical projects.</li><li>
Prior work experience in a Consulting/Architecture position within a software engineering and/or professional services company such as Amazon, VMware, Google, IBM, Oracle, or similar desired</li><li>
Knowledge of Azure cloud services</li><li>
General Knowledge of competitive cloud services</li><li>
Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of enterprise public cloud platforms and related industry/marketplace</li><li>
Partners: Understanding of partner ecosystems and the ability to leverage partner solutions to solve customer needs</li></ul><br>
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<p>Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.
</p><p></p><p>Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:<br>
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</p><p><br>
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><p></p><p><br>
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process<b>.</b></p></div>

Senior Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Data - CTJ - Secret

Knowledge Management, Inc.

<div><p>Knowledge Management, Inc. (KMI) has the leadership and experience to deliver innovative technology, logistics and management solutions to meet real mission requirements. KMI is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) that specializes in Logistics, Warehouse Services, Distance Learning/Training, Enterprise Solutions, Financial Management Support, Program Management, Intelligence AnalysisThreat Assessment, and Data Analytics/Operations Research. Since 1998, our solutions and services have helped our clients improve performance, drive cost and operational effectives, and map technology needs for tomorrow's requirements.</p><p><b>
Title: </b>Sr. DevOps Engineer</p><p><b>
Location</b>: Remote with ability to travel to support case work as required. Some travel requirements may be outside of the USA.
</p><p><b>Position:</b> 1</p><p><b>
Duration</b>: Multi-year program</p><p><b>
Start date</b>: ASAP</p><p><b>
Security Clearance:</b> Active US Treasury Public Trust preferred. Anyone with an active DOD clearance, would be processed for a DHS Public Trust.</p><p><b>
Salary: </b>Please provide your salary requirement
</p><p>Knowledge Management, Inc. is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and maintain the infrastructure and automation that powers our client's secure, mission-critical applications. This role will heavily focus on implementing best practice CI/CD principles within a GitHub Enterprise environment and eventually migrating the migration of their systems to a Kubernetes cluster-based architecture.</p><p><b>
Key Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>
Architect, implement, and manage robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Enterprise, ensuring best practices for build, test, and deployment automation.</li><li>
Collaborate closely with development teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure provisioning, and enhance platform observability.</li><li>
Coordinate with the production support team to deploy and maintain enterprise applications on cloud-agnostic microservices architecture.</li><li>
Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to manage cloud resources and ensure consistency and security.</li><li>
Establish and maintain monitoring, observability, and alerting using tools like Grafana and Prometheus to ensure high availability and performance.</li><li>
Automate infrastructure deployments and manage version control and configuration management tools.</li><li>
Develop and implement Git branching strategies that gatekeep production deployments and ensure code quality.</li><li>
Lead the strategy and execution for migrating applications and services to Kubernetes, enhancing scalability and reliability.</li></ul><p><b>
Required Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>
Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer in a senior-level role.</li><li>
Expert-level proficiency with GitHub Enterprise and building/managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.</li><li>
Strong experience with containerization technologies, specifically Docker.</li><li>
Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).</li><li>
Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure and platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).</li><li>
Experience with monitoring, observability, and alerting tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog.</li></ul><p><b>
Desired Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>
Deep, hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster administration, networking, and storage.</li><li>
An existing US Treasury Public Trust or equivalent Federal security clearance.
</li></ul><p><b>Benefits</b>: All full-time employees are eligible to participate in our benefits programs:</p><ul><li>
Health, dental, and vision insurance</li><li>
401(k) retirement plan</li><li>
Paid time off (PTO) and holidays</li><li>
Group Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance</li><li>
Voluntary Term Life Insurance</li><li>
Short and Long-term disability insurance
</li></ul><p><b>Equal Employment Opportunity Statement</b>. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.</p><p><b>
E-Verify Statement</b>. Knowledge Management, Inc. participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, KMI is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.</p><p><b>
Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision.</b> Knowledge Management, Inc. will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)</p><p><b>
Disability Statement</b>. If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodation or assistance at any point in the application or onboarding process, please email us at marie@knowledgemanagement.com.</p></div>

Sr. DevOps Engineer

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