Collaboration Principal – Microsoft and Google Workspace

Job Description

Collaboration Principal (Microsoft and Google Workspace) | SAIC

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at SAIC, located in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a hybrid work schedule. SAIC delivers advanced technology solutions to government agencies, and this position is pivotal in supporting the Department of Transportation’s enterprise operations. The Collaboration Principal will provide essential technical, managerial, and strategic leadership, ensuring the robust design, implementation, and efficient functioning of critical communication and collaboration platforms across the entire enterprise, aligning both operational tasks and strategic initiatives.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid – Onsite 2 days a week; could possibly be 5 days onsite a week going forward
• Location: Hybrid – Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• Team: Leads two technical teams focused on Google Workspace and Microsoft infrastructure for the Department of Transportation.
• Mission: Provides comprehensive technical, managerial, and administrative direction for planning and completing both operational tasks and strategic initiatives across the enterprise.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Exchange, Google Workspace (GWS), AWS, Azure

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategic Leadership: Lead two dedicated teams in the comprehensive strategy, design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the Department of Transportation’s Google Workspace and Microsoft infrastructure.
• Project Management: Work closely with diverse stakeholders to meticulously gather requirements and precisely define the scope of various technology projects.
• Solution Development: Develop and implement robust, tailored solutions that directly meet the specific operational and mission needs of the Department of Transportation.
• Talent Development: Mentor and actively develop engineers within the teams to ensure they are highly skilled and well-equipped to effectively meet DOT’s evolving technical requirements.
• Inter-team Collaboration: Collaborate extensively with other infrastructure teams and external vendors to identify potential approaches, rationalize solutions, and realize significant operational efficiencies within the agency’s overarching cloud offering.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree. This role requires a Principal-level professional with comprehensive expertise in information technology, focused on architecting and implementing enterprise-wide solutions and managing cloud environments. The degree requirement may be substituted with an additional six years of related experience.
• Experience: A minimum of 15 years of experience in information technology, specifically in architecting and implementing diverse solutions such as business application and enterprise tool deployments. Requires 10+ years of related experience managing cloud environments, demonstrating extensive skills and knowledge in Microsoft Exchange, Google Workspace (GWS), cloud service provider selection, implementation techniques, and application data migration techniques for optimal business solutions and future capacity planning.
• Skills:
• Deep understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices for sustaining enterprise cloud environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of security best practices, including access management, monitoring, and configuration management, as they relate to cloud-based environments and workloads.
• Deep understanding of enterprise architecture principles and practices, with the ability to identify, rationalize, and solution opportunities for improvement.
• Understanding of DevSecOps pipelines and toolsets and their application in creating enterprise shared services.
• Demonstrated understanding of principles supporting compute, network, storage, and their application within cloud platforms (AWS, GWS, and/or Azure), including application architectures (web tier, application tier, database tier) and their cloud implementation.
• Bonus: ITIL v3/v4 certification, demonstrated experience in leading a team, and familiarity with agile planning methodologies.