Infrastructure Architect

Summary

Join Dynamis as an Infrastructure Architect to support a contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). You will be responsible for planning, designing, assembling, and overseeing systems as part of the SEVIS program. This role involves assessing existing cloud resources, identifying areas for improvement, and making recommendations to enhance system performance. You will provide guidance to engineers and developers, ensuring the infrastructure adapts to fluctuating demands. Collaboration with ICE OCIO IT operations and other teams is crucial for developing strategies and action plans for implementing upgrades and integrations to SEVIS applications. The position requires a Bachelor's degree, significant experience, and specific AWS certifications.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship to obtain ICE Suitability
• Bachelor’s degree with eight (8) or more years of relevant experience in an Enterprise IT environment
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
• Experience with DevOpsSec pipeline tools including configuration management, requirements (e.g. JIRA), automated testing, automated deployments (CI/CD pipelines), blue green deployments, and branching strategy and implementation
• Technical proficiency designing and implementing Cloud-based AWS solutions
• Experience applying The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) in Agile solution designs to minimize technical debt and improve overall velocity

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, assemble, and oversee the systems as part of the SEVIS program
• Assess Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) existing cloud resources
• Determine any changes that may be needed to improve system performance, and make recommendations
• Provide guidance to engineers and developers on the team based on best practices to ensure the infrastructure continues to support fluctuating demands
• Work with ICE OCIO IT operations, and other teams, to develop strategies and action plans for implementing upgrades and integrations to SEVIS applications