MeF Infrastructure Architect - W2

Note: Active MBI Clearance is required for this role.

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND TASKS:

Statement of Work:

MeF is a platform for electronically filing returns with the IRS. It provides SOA based web services that filers use to submit returns and provides web applications for IRS users to work with the returns. MeF validates filed returns, determines their disposition, and interfaces with other IRS systems for downstream processing of the returns. IBM developed and enhanced MeF since 2001.

Task Description:

Lead a team of architects to evolve the MeF infrastructure architecture in alignment with the IRS future state architecture, review and approve infrastructure requirements, develop and maintain infrastructure architecture artifacts and documentation in accordance with IRS document templates, provide direction for moving MeF to containers and the Cloud, and make recommendations for increasing MeF DevSecOps maturity.

Primary Duties:

• Develop and extend MeF infrastructure solution architectures estimated 35%
• Provide recommendations/architectural options and solutions for migrating MeF to containers and the Cloud estimated 35%
• Manage a team of three senior infrastructure architects and coordinate team activities estimated 20%
• Provide LoE estimates for Impact Assessments and VROMs estimated 5%
• Provide recommendations for implementing DevSecOps practices on MeF estimated 5%

Required Skills/Level of Experience:

• Developed, in collaboration with stakeholders, including customers, partners, project teams, and vendors, infrastructure architectures for large, complex programs - 10+ years
• Strong customer communication skills, both oral and written 10+ years
• Experience maintaining infrastructure requirements and traceability against business and application requirements for large, complex Java EE applications 4+ years
• Experience migrating applications to the cloud 4+ years
• Experience supporting the migration of monolithic applications to microservices - 4+ years
• Experience with the Linux platform 4+ years
• Experience with server and network virtualization 4+ years
• Experience with information security for large, highly sensitive Java applications 4+ years
• Experience with CM tools, such as IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) and Git SCM 4+ years
• Experience developing (V)ROM estimates in response to requests for new work 3+ years
• Experience with infrastructure products, including JBoss EAP, WebSphere Application Server, and IBM MQ - 3+ years
• Experience in implementing DevSecOps on complex projects 2+ years
• Experience in leading team(s) of architects and/or developers 5+ years

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with relational database technologies
• Experience with CMMI Level 3 Process Areas
• Experience with Agile Lean methodologies
• Experience with IaC tools such as Puppet/Chef/Ansible
• Experience with WebMethods EAIB, API Gateways, and ESB
• Experience with Ping Identity

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