Data Analyst, Cloud Systems

Job Description

Description

SAIC’s National Intelligence Community (NIC) Business Unit, USG Mission and Information Technology Division, provides solutions and services supporting digital modernization programs in areas such as systems engineering, multi-cloud computing, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, quantum computing, application development, SecDevOps, cloud network operations, and secure communications.

We are seeking a highly motivated Data Analyst to join our multi-million dollar National Intelligence program supporting the Cloud Investment Multi-Cloud Management (CIMM) team.  As a contributor to the Intelligence Community’s first multi-cloud initiative, you will be at the epicenter of emergent cloud computing technologies, establishing a foundation that will evolve to include all agencies within the IC.  As a Data Analyst, you will advise in the design and management of cloud systems, applications, policies, and strategy in a cloud agnostic-based architecture.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Evaluating and identifying optimal cloud solutions for the Government based on mission requirements, and incorporating security management and privacy requirements into cloud hardware, software, and applications

• Analyzing user needs and software requirements to determine approach and feasibility of design within time and cost constraints

• Aggregating, maintaining, analyzing, updating, and reporting on cloud service consumption and ordering, billing, spending, and utilization metrics such as workload placement, trends, thresholds, alerts, breaches, issues, problems, and recommendations

• Program Estimation Review Technique (PERT) analysis

• Leading trend analysis activities utilizing Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI) tools

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.  

• Nine (9) or more years of experience in a cloud and/or hybrid environment (additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree)

• Cloud experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Commercial Cloud Services (C2S)

• Previous experience as a data scientist, business analyst, business process analyst, data analyst, or requirements analyst

• One (1) or more years of demonstrated experience in one or more of the following activities:

  • IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services (e.g., compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, and databases) in one or more public cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

  • Benefit and cost analysis, data analytics, and PERTs

  • Data analytics and visualization tools such as Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, and Qlik)

• Experience with Apache Hadoop and Spark

• Demonstrated experience analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design

• Ability to determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes

• Strong analysis and quality assessment skills

Desired: 

• Experience working on multiple cloud platforms

• Experience with a requirements analysis tools and processes

• Experience migrating both custom built and enterprise applications from on-prem to the cloud

• Experience with successful full life cycle cloud development projects

• Team player with the ability to collaborate with various enterprise teams (e.g., application, networking, and security), and develop solutions and resolve issues

• Experience in DevSecOps on a cloud platform

• Ability to apply principles and techniques of business management, computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis and other methodology, as appropriate (e.g., Six Sigma and/or Rational Unified Process

• Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options, and implement solutions

• Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end designs for systems that involve multiple interfaces and supporting data repositories

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, and the ability to work well independently and in a team environment

• Certification:

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 26,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.