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Job Title: Technology Management Location: Washington, DC (Remote) Type: Contract To Hire Compensation: $94.87/HR on W2 Clearance: Public Trust Responsibilities

• Own the target-state design of the client's DevSecOps platform spanning Azure/AKS, AWS, mainframe z/OS/Endevor, and enterprise middleware such as WebLogic/WebSphere, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, MuleSoft, Appian, Salesforce, Power Platform.
• Translate enterprise architecture directives and governance requirements into actionable platform blueprints to enable secure and efficient development teams.
• Design and maintain platform architecture including self-managed environments for GitHub Enterprise Server, GitHub Cloud/Actions, GHAS, JFrog Artifactory/Xray, SonarQube, and Subject7 on Azure/AKS.
• Establish immutable infrastructure and GitOps patterns with Terraform and Bicep for Azure and AWS provisioning.
• Develop CI/CD pipeline architectures integrating security gates such as SAST/SCA, IaC scanning, DAST, and security quality gates.
• Design security architectures aligned with FISMA Moderate, NIST 800-53/800-207, OMB M-22-09, and CISA ZTMM 2.0 standards, including policy-as-code enforcement and secret management.
• Lead architecture reviews, produce decision briefs, and mentor senior engineers on secure and scalable architecture patterns.
• Design integration patterns connecting cloud pipelines with mainframe deployment workflows and API/event-driven integration for MuleSoft, Appian, Salesforce, and Power Platform.
• Support observability solutions to ensure >99.5% availability, including capacity planning, resilience, and high-availability architecture.
• Participate in on-call or operational support activities as needed, including surge activities during critical incidents or major releases.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive IT experience with at least 5 years in senior solutions or enterprise architecture roles.
• Hands-on experience with self-managed GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub Cloud/Actions at enterprise scale.
• Proven expertise designing and operating JFrog Artifactory/Xray, SonarQube, and GHAS/CodeQL in regulated environments.
• Strong background in authoring Terraform modules and Kubernetes/AKS configurations for federal or financial-sector compliance environments.
• Experience leading architectures through formal governance in FISMA Moderate or higher settings.
• Experience integrating hybrid cloud and mainframe CI/CD pipelines.
• Technical skills including GitHub enterprise solutions, Azure, AWS, Terraform, Bicep, Policy-as-code, NIST standards, CyberArk, Splunk, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor.
• Active certifications such as AZ-305, AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, CISSP, CKA/CKAD, HashiCorp Terraform Associate preferred.
• Experience in enterprise-scale hybrid environments, CI/CD spanning mainframe and cloud-native workloads, and FISMA compliance automation is highly desirable.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan. System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. #M-M2 #LI-RF1

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