The IT Director owns Smart Tech Contracting’s information technology function as the company scales from a small specialty contractor into a midsize, technology-driven organization.
Responsibilities
Owns IT strategy, roadmap, and scaling ownership
Defines IT operating model for each growth stage
Builds and leads internal IT team
Manages IT budget, licensing, and cloud spend
Leads change management and policy development
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, or related discipline
Four additional years of hands-on IT, cloud, or software delivery experience
A hands-on senior engineering role where you’ll solve complex problems, build scalable cloud-based software and have genuine influence over how we design and deliver our products.
Responsibilities
Design and deliver complex, scalable systems, including high-traffic APIs, multi-service integrations and data-processing solutions.
Own large features and components end-to-end, from technical design and development through to deployment and production support.
Build modern applications using C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Web APIs and contemporary frontend technologies.
Influence architecture and technology decisions, helping the team choose solutions that balance scalability, maintainability and business needs.
Build and improve cloud-native solutions across Azure or AWS.
Build the infrastructure that deploys enterprise AI, owning the platform and infrastructure layer that allows Nexus to deploy securely and reliably inside complex Azure environments.
Responsibilities
Azure deployment architecture: Design the infrastructure patterns Nexus uses to deploy into customer Azure environments across subscriptions, resource groups, networks, identities, and services.
Infrastructure as code: Build reusable Bicep and/or Terraform modules for repeatable provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and teardown of Nexus environments.
Identity and security: Implement Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, service principals, RBAC, Key Vault, secrets management, least-privilege access, and secure cross-service authentication.
Networking and enterprise connectivity: Design private networking, endpoints, DNS, firewall rules, VNets, hybrid connectivity, and secure access to customer systems.
Deployment automation: Build CI/CD and release workflows that reliably deploy application code, agents, infrastructure, and configuration across development and customer environments.
Technical Consultants are experienced experts in information security and/or information security governance or compliance, supporting the Security and Compliance Practice in Delivery, Business Development, and Practice Development.
Responsibilities
Facilitate sessions of strategy, roadmap, design, and planning workshops for medium to large service engagements
Ensure that customer expectations are appropriately set and managed
Lead project engagement teams through the delivery of consulting service offerings
Drive and manage the objectives, requirements gathering, project tasks/milestone, project status, dependencies, and timelines
Break down risks or issues into manageable segments, identifies the factors that affect a problem and determine how best to approach
Design, implement, and maintain cloud security architectures for Intelligence Community clients, ensuring compliance with Information Assurance and security requirements.
Compensation
The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD).
Responsibilities
Evaluate and support documentation, validation, assessment, and accreditation processes for IT systems
Assist in defining desired state and risk thresholds and analyze compliance
Advise on codifying strategic objectives into doctrine and procedures
Evaluate software and utility programs for security assurance
Recommend tools and capabilities based on current environment
Requirements
HS diploma or GED
Associate’s degree
Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
Nice to have: software development life cycle (SDLC)
The Cloud Application Security Analyst performs application security testing, secure design and code reviews, vulnerability triage, threat modeling, and cloud security configuration support.
Compensation
Minimum $115,000 - Maximum $135,000 annually
Responsibilities
Perform static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), and targeted manual security reviews for web and mobile applications.
Review source code, APIs, application architectures, and cloud designs to identify security weaknesses before production release.
Triage, prioritize, document, and support remediation of vulnerabilities, including issues aligned with the OWASP Top 10.
Integrate automated security scanning and validation into CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, or Jenkins.
Conduct threat modeling for new features, applications, APIs, and microservices, and maintain supporting security evidence and diagrams.
Senior IT Systems Administrator responsible for designing, building, securing, and operating Windows and Azure cloud infrastructure, leading technical teams, and ensuring compliance in a defense environment.
Compensation
Salary Range: $140,000 - $200,000
Responsibilities
Architect, administer, and maintain Windows Server environments
Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud resources
Administer and improve Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and certificate services
Serve as technical lead and final escalation point for complex incidents
Mentor and coach junior systems administrators and service desk staff
We are seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, automate, and support secure cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role will focus on cloud architecture, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, AI enablement, GPU infrastructure, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code, automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, and PowerShell.
Support enterprise AI, machine learning, and GPU-based workloads by managing compute platforms, capacity, performance, and operational readiness.
Implement cloud security controls, governance policies, monitoring solutions, and resiliency standard processes to ensure platform stability and compliance.
Collaborate with infrastructure, security, data, and application teams to define platform standards, review architectures, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.