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Chief Software/Tech lead

Employer
Sigman & Summerfield Associates
Location
Reston, VA
Closing date
Jun 18, 2019
Add your resume and apply to jobs with your Glassdoor profile. Create Profile. Job. The Chief EngineerTech Lead must have extensive experience in the coordination of program and project leaders and their teams. Must have significant in depth understanding of and experience with the creation of and use of cloud based resources as well as the migration of legacy systems to cloud. Must be able to identify strategies for addressing requirements. Must have extensive experience with analysis of requirements against fiscal, schedule, and performance issues. Has extensive experience in taking program requirements and is able to create an architecture vision having experience in high volume and high availability networks and systems. Experience in creating and conveying to team members the architectural vision for a program or project. Is responsible for dictating design choices to software and system solution developers, including but not limited to platforms, deployment platform and virtualized environment solutions. Experience in establishing and enforcing standards and practices. Overseeing the development team, the Chief Engineer manages the full life cycle of the IT system development process. Has extensive software and Hardware development experience and thorough knowledge of a variety of programming languages as well as development and deployment platforms. Business Development and Client Facing Responsibilities Fills a senior technical leadership role with in-depth portfolio related technology specialization to build quality infrastructure solutions that meet the requirements and advises clients on the clients Solution offerings, strategy, designs, specific technologies, implementation approaches and alternatives tradeoffs. bull Leads the CAS technical team, overseeing all technical requirements and deliverables bull Acts as the primary technical POC for the customer on the CAS program bull Works with team to make sure they understand and support all VA VIP processes and milestones bull Is the final decision maker on technical decisions made, and technical solutions designed by the CAS technical team bull Identifies opportunities for follow-on business and assists in creating change orders. bull Leads or supports delivery of advisory services, strategic planning activities and business case development within the assigned clients portfolio areas and infrastructure disciplines such as application storage platforms, databases, networks, security and IT processes operations governance. Mentors junior architects on advisory services delivery. bull Leads or supports delivery of the clients Area of Strength portfolio strategy presentations to clients including features, implementation approach, technical requirements, impacts, and benefits. bull Assumes a leadership position on and uses understanding of the clients Portfolio Resources for new business opportunities. Performs responsibilities including Portfolio solution proposal management, solution design, solution review, risk analysis, proposal preparation and client presentations. bull Provides technical oversight for or develops technical estimates created with standards tools, portfolio Work Breakdown Structures, statements of work and industry standard estimating techniques. bull Uses portfolio solution knowledge and Portfolio Center resources to lead or support the technical portion of the bid process including design reviews, bid reviews, portfolio component selection, development case definition and system integration approach. bull Analyzes and evaluates client requirements against portfolio offerings and performs build vs. buy analyses. bull Architects a complete solution using appropriate portfolio offerings with design elements that allow integration into client environment. bull May refine and optimize infrastructure architectural models and creates architectural prototypes as required. Reviews the architectural artifacts andor technology plans produced by junior architects. bull Adheres to appropriate SDF processes, architectural artifact requirements and architectural best practices. bull Is responsible for the solution integrity within the assigned solution area for the engagement. bull Coordinates architect resources on all sized projects to develop the infrastructure architecture. bull Maintains knowledge of technologies, industry trends, standards and design techniques. Service Delivery Responsibilities Fills an architect functional role with in-depth portfolio related technology specialization to develop or refine infrastructure solution designs based on the clients portfolio offerings and interfaces with the client on all issues related to the design, implementation, testing and cutover of the solution. bull Works with client stakeholders to evaluate the solution requirements and supports the management and traceability of requirements during the engagement bull Acts as a subject matter expert resource to clients on Portfolio Solution processes, required products, product configuration, solution integration, implementation methodologies, resource requirements and implementation timelines. bull Interfaces to all levels of the clientrsquos organization on solution implementation progress, technical issues, proper practices and technical requirements. bull Acts as a key contact for medium to large client portfolio solution implementations including oversight of multiple engagements within the assigned portfolio area. bull Promotes the use of the clients standard SDF methods, tools and processes for the client engagement bull May develop and refine infrastructure design models using the clients standard asset discovery and infrastructure modeling tools. Leads or supports design peer reviews and internal project reviews. bull Works with client technical staff during the requirements definition and implementation to resolve issues bull Assumes accountability for the infrastructure solution technology components and the successful implementation of the full solution. May include hands-on modeling, design, configuration, installation, performance tuning, prototyping andor other efforts required to keep the project on a successful track. bull Provides input on implementation status and changes to risks, estimates or schedule bull Collaborates with architect peers to efficiently resolve technical issues, improve implementation quality and share high quality information bull May monitor the performance of external service providers or subcontractors People Management Will assign and review tasks, mentor engineers and architects, manage performance feedback, and create development plans consistent with performing the role of team leader or project manager Master's degree in Computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline and 15 yearsrsquo experience required. Experienced with Cloud Migration Strategy, Planning, and Migration activities Architect or developer certifications in AWS of Azure cloud technologies. Experience delivering solutions to the Dept. of Veteransrsquo Affairs (VA) with major programs

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