GPS - Technical Lead - Supervising Associate

From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector (GPS) practice of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world.

Our GPS Technology Organization is a structure within the US GPS practice that implements and maintains a new operate and technology model designed specifically to support U.S. Defense and Government engagements.

The opportunity

As the GPS Enclave Technical Lead, you’ll be responsible and accountable for developing solutions to agreed budgets and timelines, utilizing the appropriate methodologies and standards.  You will be responsible for building non-production, secure, Sandbox environments that can be consumed by business teams for experimentation, training, and demonstration of code, applications, products and services within Azure Government Cloud prior to execution of the full development lifecycle. You will assist with the design, engineering, delivery, as well as operations and maintenance of solutions in Azure Gov Cloud while driving relevant technology standards, providing stability, security, auditability, and performance.  You’ll work with other teams to design, deploy, test solutions for classified cloud while keeping security, compliance, automation, maintainability, and reliability at forefront.  We are looking for a technical lead who consistently thinks about new creative, modern approaches and is empowered to make decisions, focusing on execution and delivery.

Your key responsibilities

• Adhere to the strategy and roadmap of assigned Platforms and Technologies in Azure Government Clouds
• Provide strategic direction and input to a group of engineers, operations team and vendors dedicated to securely automate, and integrate solutions through collaboration with InfoSec, Risk management, Solutions Architecture and Development teams ensuring business case and customer satisfaction goals are met
• Utilize thought leadership ensuring offerings supporting organization’s overall strategy and goals
• Applying Software Development Lifecycle as well as DevSecOps methodologies, standards and leading practices as an evolution out of the Sandbox for selected solutions
• Ensuring re-use through consumption and expansion of shared platform technology assets, as well as knowledge and capabilities from non-classified EY clouds, as applicable
• Applying modern development standards/principles, product-specific guidelines, security standards, usability design standards, as appropriate
• Identifying, communicating and mitigating Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Decisions throughout full lifecycle
• Using critical thinking consider the art of the possible, comparing various options based on feasibility and impact, proposing measurable plans and roadmaps that balance tactical and strategic needs
• Providing regular updates about Sandbox direction and release plans  
• Partnering with internal customers to validate requirements and priorities through various forums (analysis, meetings, focus groups, etc.) and refining those requirements for broad market applicability
• In collaboration with Information System Security Officer (ISSO), vendors and support organizations, provide applicable security measures and processes implementing security requirements supporting the classified environment, workloads and data.
• Knowledge of information security policies and compliance policies of NIST such as FIPS, implementing DISA STIG controls, 800 series publication’s applications
• Conduct research to explore new AI techniques and methodologies.
• Develop and maintain documentation for AI models, processes, and systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand technical requirements and translate them into AI solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
• Design, implementation and administration experience of containerized application implementations using Azure Kubernetes Services and other PaaS services.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong technical knowledge and/or specific domain expertise in classified IT domains
• Strong technical proficiency in designing, developing, and debugging platforms in Azure Cloud, with past experience in architecture and development
• Strong knowledge of Azure Cloud technologies and Azure Cloud products
• Knowledge and experience of team management, Agile methodology, risk management, IT standards and policies formulation
• Knowledge of and experience with project management processes and project controls
• Communicate fluently in English, both written and verbal
• Strong interpersonal communication and organizational skills to contribute as a leading member of distributed teams passionate about delivering quality services and solutions
• Able to distil complex technical challenges to measurable and explainable decisions
• Ability to inspire teams by building consensus and mediating compromises when necessary
• Demonstrate engineering & automation skills in the context of cloud based global platform/product delivery using continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD)
• Demonstrate ability to learn new and emerging technologies with ability to rapidly define engineering standards and produce automation code
• Operational abilities including early life support and driving root cause analysis and remediation
• Experience and knowledge of Data Mesh and/or Data Fabric capabilities including Azure technologies with focus on Azure Data Lakes, Azure Data Fabric, Azure Synapse, Databricks as well as other Database, Data Catalogue, Data Lineage, Data Security concepts.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Mathematics, or related field or relevant work experience
• 5-7+ years in an engineering role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms
• Knowledge and working experience in Azure Government Cloud, Azure Secret and associated platforms, as well as experience on implementation/integration of Enterprise Solutions in Government Clouds
• Knowledge of programming, scripting or data science languages
• 2+ years CI/CD delivery using code management, configuration management and automation tools such as ADO, VSTS, Bicep as primary and Ansible and ARM templates as secondary, Desired State Configuration
• Relevant industry experience required, demonstrating working knowledge of relevant software infrastructure platforms (depending on specialism) and understanding of applicable standards​
• Experience with DevSecOps engineering
• Experience with any claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, RBAC, or ABAC
• Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc.
• Experience with resilient and highly available mission critical technology components
• Experience with multi-tier service design and operations
• Delivery using modern methodologies especially SAFe Agile, Iterative, Waterfall, etc
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Budgeting, partnering and leadership skills
• Technology, Security and/or PMI/Product Management certifications
• Experience building self-service Sandbox environments
• Experience with Power Platform, ServiceNow, UI Path, AI

What we look for

• A self-starter, independent-thinker, curious and creative person with ambition and passion
• History of continuous learning and continuous progression
• Leadership skills prioritizing overall deadlines and providing supervision of all members of distributed team

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.