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Your adventure begins now-unleash your potential with MANTECH!\nMANTECH seeks an experienced and passionate, career and customer-orientedCloud System Architect to join our team inLaurel, MD.\nYou will leverage deep technical expertise to architect, deploy, and scale enterprise cloud environments, leading end-to-end integration and delivering robust infrastructure solutions supporting critical mission requirements.\nResponsibilities include but are not limited to:\nDeliver new cloud solutions into existing cloud resources and off-premise infrastructure to advance mission objectives.\nDeploy, configure, and maintain robust cloud production, staging, and test environments across hybrid architectures.\nOversee full-lifecycle integration, including application and infrastructure deployment, load testing, and disaster recovery (DR) planning.\nEvaluate customer requirements to select optimal, agile, and scalable cloud services while defining architecture and execution roadmaps.\nFully document cloud infrastructure, configurations, and operational procedures to ensure seamless handoffs to application teams.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline with 12+ years of experience as a Systems Architect (or Associate degree with 15+ years of experience, or High School Diploma with 20+ years of experience in lieu of degree).\nProficiency across enterprise cloud computing platforms such as AWS, OpenStack, or Microsoft Azure.\nDemonstrated ability to configure, administer, and manage both Linux and Windows workloads.\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools, such as Amazon CloudFormation, OpsWorks, Ansible, Chef, or Docker.\nExperience designing and implementing IaaS and PaaS environments utilizing platforms such as OpenStack, Eucalyptus, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.\nExperience developing automated software scripts using languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nStrong communication and teamwork abilities, with proven experience supporting enterprise or government IT environments.\nHands-on experience developing and deploying automation routines via SaltStack, Ansible, BASH, and Python.\nProven expertise managing, maintaining, and securing data storage systems across cloud and hybrid infrastructure to ensure availability, performance, backup integrity, and cost control.\nClearance Requirements:\nMust possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.\nPhysical Requirements:\nMust be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.\nNeeds to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, and collaborative spaces.\nFrequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations and exchanging accurate information in these situations.\nThe projected compensation range for this position is $128,000.00-$214,400.00. 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