Data Scientist - Open
The Sponsors mission is to provide cutting edge language training to enable the Sponsors employees to be proficient in a wide range of languages. The Sponsor provides a variety of instructional formats including face-to-face, online, self-directed, and virtual learning. These services and the IT infrastructure they reside on require design, deployment, and operations and maintenance (O&M) support. The Sponsors infrastructure includes a wireless environment, AWS and Azure Cloud environments with a team supporting all technical activities.
- The Contractor shall work closely with the Sponsor to gather requirements and advise on AWS infrastructure design, development and deployment of Cloud resources
- The Contractor shall design, test and implement log aggregation in support of Cloud and AWS systems.
- The Contractor shall design, test, and implement search and visualization infrastructure in support of AWS systems.
- The Contractor shall work with vendors to develop and deploy Cloud based solutions to the learning environment in AWS.
- The Contractor shall act as a liaison between the Customer and Vendor Contacts to troubleshoot AWS when deploying new resources.
- The Contractor shall recommend new technologies for use in the cloud environment (AWS).
- The Contractor shall communicate IT requirements between management and technical entities.
Mandatory Skills
The Contractor shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience:
- Demonstrated experience in risk management and ability to identify project risks and facilitate the development and implementation of mitigation strategies
- Demonstrated experience implementing and integrating AWS solutions.
- Demonstrated experience in gathering requirements from vendor contacts and customers.
- Demonstrated experience using Linux in the AWS environment.
- Demonstrated experience with scripting and web programming technologies required to support web based learning systems, such as PHP, PERL, Java, Jscript or PowerShell.
- Demonstrated experience deploying third party software products.
- Demonstrated experience with Software Configuration Management (SCCM).
- Demonstrated experience working with desktop and network hardware.
Optional Skills
Skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not required to perform the work include:
- Demonstrated experience with Mac based devices.
- Demonstrated experience managing Windows based servers.
- Demonstrated experience with the Sponsors security governance procedures.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with the Sponsors security managers.
- Demonstrated experience with the Sponsors systems and network accreditation process (A&A).
- Demonstrated experience with Windows Server 2012/2016; Windows system scripting technologies (JavaScript, Visual Basic Scripting).
- Demonstrated experience with Linux, Mac OSX, Apple IOS; Microsoft server/workstation technologies including Active Directory, Group Policy.
- Demonstrated experience with Management, IIS, Hyper-V, RIS, software deployment; Network protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and Standard.
- Demonstrated experience as a Supervisor or team leader.
