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Office Manager

Halfaker and Associates

Office Manager

Austin, TX
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Halfaker and Associates, LLC, an award winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Software Engineering, IT Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Data Analytics to improve the health, security and well-being of all Americans. Our commitment to excellence and our vision to “Continue to Serve” has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies in the health, defense, security and intelligence sectors. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, we have employees nationwide and were recently named a 2018 TOP WORK PLACE by the Washington Post. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with Halfaker.

     

    Halfaker has an opening for a SENIOR CLOUD ENGINEER to join our talented, dynamic team. The key responsibilities for this include:

     

    • Develop business case and requirements for cloud intake solutions
    • Assess cloud-readiness, analyze alternative approaches and present findings , and advise VA of cloud suitability
    • Complete initial cost estimates, Assist VA in cloud funding identification
    • Provide Cloud Service Provider Documentation for the selection
    • Support setup, configuration and provisioning of cloud Environments
    • Design VAEC/cloud hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps
    • Manage and control permissions in the cloud service provider for each FSC application, storage, and service being hosted
    • Implement, manage, and design monitoring capability of cloud architecture and cloud hosted systems and applications to ensure they are working optimally and that the hardware and software used by FSC are compatible with all appropriate VA and Federal policies and procedures
    • Review all usage of cloud computing services provided by VAEC
    • Provide a breakdown of all costs by solution, environment, and utilization
    • Manage and implement consistent and granular cloud infrastructure security to include system, requirements engineering, and capacity planning
    • Assist in the development and maintenance of FSC cloud Infrastructure and Application architecture
    • Design and implement cloud security and data assurance processes and procedures
    • Support setup, configuration, and provisioning of VAEC environments
    • Test cloud software applications and systems to ensure they meet the necessary engineering requirements to work in an efficient, effective, and secured manner
    • Develop the required A&A documentation for the system and complete VA A&A process. The Contractor shall provide input to update the VAEC ATO, as needed
    • Provide information and documentation to support operational and production readiness reviews, and go-no-go decisions
    • Create data flow diagrams, cloud security diagrams, transition architecture diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams on Cloud Infrastructure, applications, and systems
    • Develop, maintain, and support execution of an Implementation Plan that defines the implementation approach, processes and activities (prior to, during, and after), test strategy, setup and configuration procedure, inventory of IT assets, risk assessment, key dependencies, and schedule. In the event that a VAEC CSP has not yet been selected by VA, the Contractor shall recommend a CSP
    • Develop and support execution of the Transition Plan that defines the approach and action plans to prepare VA stakeholders to receive and operate the solution. This includes improving stakeholder engagement, outreach, and communications.
    • Support setup, configuration, and provisioning of VAEC environments
    • Create and implement a cloud User Experience (UX) Metrics Report to check and identify metrics and to track and monitor the user experience
    • Develop and deliver an As-Is Architecture Design and Technological Roadmap and a To-Be Capability Design and Technological Roadmap in conjunction with the enterprise architecture team
    • Provide FSC cloud support services for systems and applications in the VAEC environments (i.e. Microsoft Azure Government (MAG) and Amazon Web Services (GovCloud)), best practices and ensure compliance with VIP development, release, and documentation requirements
    • Develop, manage, and maintain an FSC Cloud Migration Plan that addresses architecture, security, data synchronization, and migration of application, environments, and data. This plan shall include the Contractor’s iterative schedule, sequence of migration tasks, back-out and recovery plans and verification and validation activities required to execute the data migration
    • Support development and documentation of capability and technology roadmaps, application and system rationalization, and cloud and capability migration mapping
    • Coordinate and support updates for the FSC service catalog including documentation of the data tags used for applications hosted in the VAEC

    Required Skills

    • Previous VA solution engineering experience
    • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving programs
    • Experience with VA development processes
    • Knowledge of Veteran’s Information Portal (VIP practices and procedures
    • Excellent writing skills
    • Excellent oral communication and presentation skills
    • Highly motivated
    • Ability to take initiative
    • Excellent attention to detail
    • Ability to learn quickly
    • Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting

    Required Experience

    • Bachelors’ degree or higher in Computer Science, or other related discipline
    • 5 years experience in systems or solution engineering
    • A Bachelor’s and 13 years systems/solution engineering or related experience will be considered in lieu of a Computer Science degree
    • VA IT programs experience preferred
    • Must be able to successfully undergo a Veterans Affairs High Security Investigation (VA BI)

     

    Halfaker and Associates, LLC, is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

  • Qualifications
    • Previous VA solution engineering experience
    • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving programs
    • Experience with VA development processes
    • Knowledge of Veteran’s Information Portal (VIP practices and procedures
    • Excellent writing skills
    • Excellent oral communication and presentation skills
    • Highly motivated
    • Ability to take initiative
    • Excellent attention to detail
    • Ability to learn quickly
    • Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting