• Participate as a solution architect in the project team and provide agile software delivery, best-practice expertise to deliver results for an organization.
• Lead the strategic planning and technology roadmaps for a major federal agency.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and robust Azure cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions that align with our strategic goals.
• Ensure the security, reliability, and performance of Azure-based systems.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Stay abreast of the latest Azure features and best practices in cloud architecture.
• Ability to perform market research and make specific recommendations including a SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat)
• Provide deployment information technology planning and implementation support.
  
• Assist in developing project roadmaps for iterative implementations and functional expansion in phases leveraging agile/lean methodologies.
• Ensure successful analysis, design, evaluation, modification, testing, and implementation of agile software development solutions across the enterprise.
• Work closely with the Project Manager to develop detailed plans and assist with business process changes, problem resolution, and functional decisions.
• Guide functional & technical customer teams in brainstorming and gap-analysis sessions in the effort to guide modernization efforts in accordance with the organization's long term strategy.
• Proactively anticipate potential roadblocks and take corrective action to keep the project on track while escalating issues to project management as needed.

• Experience assessing, designing, deploying, and/or sustaining various industry best of breed financial management SaaS applications and/or ERPs.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing Azure solutions, including infrastructure, networking, and security.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services, such as Virtual Machines, Azure Active Directory, Azure App Service, Azure Storage, and Azure Functions.
• Significant experience in systems analysis and solution development of IT solutions to meet government business requirements.
• Experience with Azure administration, Azure development, and DevOps processes.
• Familiarity with governance, data platforms, disaster recovery, and IT operations.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Azure CLI, or ARM templates.
• Experience with cloud migration projects and/or hybrid cloud / on-premises environments with SAP S/4 HANA.
• Understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and experience with tools like Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Azure certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, are a plus.
• Significant experience defining, translating and/or mapping business requirements to technical requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  
• Experience managing technology strategies (preferred PMP or equivalent project management experience).

• 4 Year degree in computer sciences, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• No visa sponsorship available and must be able to pass a government background check.
  

We are seeking a Snowflake Engineer / Architect to join our dynamic team! This position contributes to the assessment, design, build, and deployment of Data Cloud solutions utilizing industry best practices. You will be part of a highly innovative fast-paced team, incorporating and inventing emerging software technologies to deliver best practice Data Cloud solutions. The Snowflake Engineer / Architect will play a hands-on part in driving the architecture, design, and implementation of Snowflake for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a Snowflake Engineer in the project team and provide agile software delivery, best-practice expertise to deliver results for an organization
• Play a key role in delivering data-driven solutions for our client.
• Proactively develop relationships with clients to understand their needs and effectively translate those needs into outcome driven solutions.
• Provide expertise as a Snowflake SME to solve complex business issues that translate into data integration, processing, analytics and storage designs in Microsoft Azure.
• Design, develop, and operate highly reliable large scale data lake systems
• Embrace Snowflake innovations with open source standards and tool sets
• Ensure all deliverables are high quality by setting development standards, adhering to the standards and participating in code reviews
• Participate in integrated validation and analysis sessions of components and subsystems on cloud servers
• Ability to perform market research and make specific recommendations including a SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat)
• Current knowledge of IT and Industry current trends and best practices
• Provide deployment information technology planning and implementation support.
• Ensure successful analysis, design, evaluation, modification, testing, and implementation of agile software development solutions across the enterprise.
• Work closely with the Project Manager to develop detailed plans and assist with business process changes, problem resolution, and functional decisions.
• Proactively anticipate potential roadblocks and take corrective action to keep the project on track while escalating issues to project management as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience assessing, designing, deploying, and/or sustaining applications within the Snowflake Ecosystem including experience large scale data intensive distributed systems, especially in query engines, object storage, data warehouse, data lake, data analytics, SQL/NoSQL databases, distributed file systems and data platform infrastructure
• Expertise in Snowflake concepts like setting up resource monitors, integration with matlab, RBAC controls, virtual warehouse, query performance tuning, Zero copy clone, time travel and understand how to use these features
• Expertise in Snowflake data modeling, ELT using Snowpipe and other open source tools such as Azure Data Factory and Apache Nifi,, implementing stored procedures and standard DWH and ETL/ELT concepts
• Proven track record of successfully building data driven solutions using integration, big-data processing and database and storage technologies
• Experience establishing data quality processes, performing data analysis, participating in technology implementation planning, implementing data integration processes
• Experience in architecting data pipelines and solutions for both streaming and batch integrations using Azure Data Factory.
• Experience in Data Migration to Snowflake cloud data warehouse
• Experience in developing DBT models to transform data into useful, actionable information
• Expertise in designing ETL frameworks with several years of hands on experience in implementing several aspects of data pipelines including ingestion, transformation, data quality checks, monitoring, alerts, notifications etc.
• Understanding of enterprise data management concepts (Data Governance, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Data Sharing, Data Applications)
• Significant experience in systems analysis and solution development of IT solutions to meet government business requirements
• Significant experience translating and mapping business requirements to technical requirements
• Experience in Microsoft Azure, Python, Java, C++, and SQL
• Experience developing solutions in at least 4 of the following technology areas:
  • Government Cloud IaaS and PaaS (FEDRAMP Authorized solutions)
  • Microservices and Containers
  • DevSecOps
  • Data Analytics
  • ML/AI (Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence)

Educational & Work Qualifications:

• 4 Year degree in computer sciences, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC).
• DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAT Level I
• No visa sponsorship available and must be able to pass a government background check (eligible to hold a government clearance).

CIYIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all Qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to Race, Color, Religion, Sex, National Origin, Disability Status, Protected Veteran Status or any other Characteristic Protected by Law.