Senior Microsoft 365 Architect

Leidos hiring for Senior Microsoft 365 Architect jobs in Riverdale, MD, US

Description

Are you ready to make an impact and join a creative, forward-thinking team? We’re looking for innovators and forward-thinkers to help us do great things.

Leidos is seeking a Senior Microsoft 365 Architect with strong expertise in operating systems and server hardware to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team at Ft. Meade, MD.

PROGRAM SUMMARY:

The DES program supports a highly demanding mission and requires support from top technical and management talent to migrate common IT services for over twenty DoD agencies under a common platform. You will play a key role in performing the discovery, design, and migration tasks in support of building a world-class Single Service Provider for the Department of Defense. This role will lead storage engineering to support the discovery analysis and design activities required to migrate common IT services from over twenty large-scale DoD agencies into DoDNet. Leidos needs the best talent in the industry to accommodate the size, scope, and complexity of this effort. A successful candidate will be technically well-rounded, producing quality work with special attention to the right details.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:

• Must hold an active Secret security clearance. (US Citizenship required)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform initial discovery efforts, defining data collection requirements based on inputs needed to develop a successful migration plan

• Serve as the senior Microsoft Systems Architect, leading the design and implementation planning to consolidate DoD agencies’ services across infrastructure, network, identity, hosting, support, and end user capabilities.

• Provide hands-on engineering and technical leadership for overall migration assessment, planning, architecture, design, and implementation tasks.

• Set standards, enhance architectures, and provide technical guidance to ensure consistent delivery and quality of service across multiple government agencies.

• Oversee and coordinate technical migration planning activities while monitoring and managing risks.

• Utilize advanced data analysis techniques and benchmarks to define the future state migration plan, and the pre-migration activities necessary to close gaps

• Forecast backend infrastructure needs resulting from the migration of over 20 agencies into a single architecture

• Design solutions, integrate, configure, test and deploy numerous types storage and data protection technologies from EMC, NetApp, Nutanix, and others.

• Optimize end-to-end system performance and migration workflows. 

• Conduct data captures to obtain computing performance and system configuration information. 

• Define migration plans that accelerate execution and minimize impact to the user community. 

• Establish migration plans for complex n-tier applications and services. 

• Gather needed data to forecast long-term capacity and performance requirements.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree with 15+ years of experience; additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.

• Proficiency with enterprise-class storage and data protection technologies such as: storage and backup arrays, SAN switches, backup software, and storage replication technology.

• DoD IAT Level II (Security+ ) certification or equivalent is required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Consulting firm experience

• Strong knowledge of networking, servers, cyber, and data center facilities

• Cloud Migration

• Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

• Microsoft Intune – Endpoint Management & Software Distribution

• Microsoft 356 Administration

• Microsoft Power BI

• Active Directory Administration

• Enterprise level migration experience

• Operating system rollout

• Developing engineering and implementation plans

DISADES

External Referral Eligible

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.