GCP Cloud SME

Job description

**Req ID:** RQ208950
**Type of Requisition:** Regular
**Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:** None
**Public Trust/Other Required:** NACI (T1)
**Job Family:** Software Engineering
**Skills:**
AI Prompting,Cloud Based Services,Cloud Solutions
**Experience:**
15 + years of related experience

**Job Description:**

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an **GCP Cloud Subject Matter Expert (SME)** supporting The United States Postal Service (USPS).

GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

This position would be aligned to the USPS Office of Chief Information Officer (CIO) Architecture, Strategy, & Innovation (CASI).

The position is under the Technology & Infrastructure Innovation Program which requires a **GCP Cloud SME** to support the _team_ with advising and assisting IT functional groups to define and implement solutions aligned with a Cloud based Microservices / Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for infrastructure or business applications.

Creates architecture deliverables describing cloud solutions in sufficient detail to develop bill of materials, technology components, vendor components, cost estimations, and design parameters suitable for handoff to implementation teams.

Prepares solution descriptions, assumptions, technical approach, and content that explains why solution is recommended, risks and mitigation plans.

**HOW A GCP CLOUD SME WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:**

+ Leads cultural change for cloud adoption.

Actively participates in the development and socialization of Infrastructure Solution roadmaps related to public cloud offerings.
+ Creates and communicates cloud policies, procedures, standards, design patterns, and reference architectures that define repeatable solutions.
+ Identifies training and development needs required to support cloud-based solutions standards; develops materials for training and awareness and delivers messages to the intended audience.
+ Interfaces with vendors to ensure standard architectures are adhered to and implemented for projects within a specific technology area.
+ Provides technical direction to management and systems professionals engaged in the analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of business information systems.
+ Ensures alignment of infrastructure and application solution design to the overall architecture for Enterprise applications and compliance with defined technology standards, policies, processes and best industry practices.
+ Researches and analyzes the technology industry and market trends relating to cloud technologies to determine potential impact upon the IT enterprise; makes recommendations to capitalize on trends and industry best practice.
+ Ensures the architecture governance structure is applied in a defined solutions area based on business and IT organization strategies.
+ Ensures publication and update of solution standards pertaining to cloud hosted solutions and manages individual projects related to the release and propagation of standards across IT.
+ Provides leadership and technical assistance as an IT SWAT _team_ member to management and systems professionals engaged in problem solving regarding the analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of business information systems.
+ Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, and evaluate existing and proposed business systems and procedures, develop requirements and identify Google cloud centric system solutions in detailed measurable terms that achieve optimum performance and cost effectiveness.
+ Experience leading the design, development and deployment of performant cloud business software, in particular Google cloud, at scale or current hands-on technology infrastructure, network, compute, storage, and virtualization experience.
+ Ability to integrate cloud services, in particular on Google cloud, with other SaaS or on-premise technologies from leading vendor products Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, _Linux_ , SAP, etc.
+ Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements in a regulated environment such as SOX and PCI for cloud applications, in particular on Google cloud.
+ Ability to automate complex tasks, in particular on Google cloud, using scripting or coding skills, or similar current automation tools (e.g., shell, _Python_ , Ruby, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, or Puppet).
+ Knowledge of information systems enterprise-wide architecture including knowledge of a wide range of foundational technology such as cloud services, servers and storage, virtualization, high availability, performance analysis and management, and enterprise infrastructure monitoring for highly available web-scale systems.

**WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:**

**Required Experience** :

+ 13+ years of hands-on experience

**Education:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent experience – not required.

**Required skills** **:**

+ Ability to communicate, orally and in writing, sufficient to develop and present management briefings; provide written and/or verbal guidance on technical issues; and prepare/present recommendations and reports.
+ Using design patterns for building scalable and maintainable applications/solutions.
+ Clearly document code, models, and technical solutions.
+ Expert knowledge of Google cloud services and have an Active Google Cloud Associate or Professional certification.
+ Knowledge of industry developments, business information systems and practices, development methods, procedures, standards, techniques, Agile application life cycle, test driven development, continuous integration of code development, and current cloud technologies, in particular Google cloud.
+ Continuous learning and adaptability in a very large IT organization.
+ Understanding of concepts like CI/CD, containerization, and deployment strategies for Kafka components in large-scale production environments.
+ Querying and managing data in both SQL and NoSQL databases.
+ Proficiency in creating:
+ Generative AI and prompt engineering.
+ Technical diagrams with products like Microsoft Visio or Draw.io.
+ Technical design and architecture documents in Microsoft Word.
+ Business and technical presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.
+ Data representations, charts and reports in tools such as Microsoft’s Excel worksheets and Power BI.

**Location** :

+ Raleigh, NC (Preferred)
+ Remote

**Security Clearance Level:**

+ Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
+ _This position has a U.S. residency requirement.

The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions).

Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years._

**GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:**

+ 401K with company match
+ Comprehensive health and wellness packages
+ The internal mobility _team_ is dedicated to helping you own your career
+ Professional growth opportunities include paid education and certifications
+ Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
+ Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $191,404 - $258,958.

This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary.

Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.

To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.

GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.

Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.

The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.

To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT.

A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community.

Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation.

We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development.

Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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