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 PRINCIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT (TEAM LEAD) to join our talented, dynamic team. The key responsibilities for this position include:
- Lead a team designing, supporting, installing, and maintaining the client hosted cloud servers and environments
- Manage and maintain operations for a cross-functional team tasked with maintaining a 99.999% operational capacity
- Develop plans to maintain ATO, account for license utilization, execute COOP and DR, install new functionality and patches, address fixes, backup essential architectures and data
- Create and update SOPs, Server Responsibility Matrices, asset management plans, production operations manuals
- Provide weekly status reports to VA staff and the clients leadership team stakeholders on Infrastructure activities
- Brief executive team on progress, updates, status, and next steps
Required Skills
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3 Foundations certification
- Excellent writing skills
- Excellent oral communication and presentation skills
- Highly motivated
- Ability to take initiative
- Ability to delegate work appropriately and manage time effectively for self and others
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent attention to detail
- Highly analytical; proven problem-solving abilities
- Willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills, new client environments, and grow domain expertise
- Ability to learn quickly
- Ability to conduct independent research to lead or support the resolution of complex questions and issues
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, IT Management, or Computer Science desired; 4 years of relevant experience with applicable certifications (ITIL, Project+, PMP, or similar IT certifications) in one of these areas will suffice
- Twelve years of experience in increasing technical management support leading teams of 4-8 or more
- Demonstrated experience planning and managing multiple simultaneous technical tasks
- 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.