Virtualization/cloud Engineer - 1099 (3 - month Contract) - Remote Eligible

Aretum It Services Assessment

Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. We partner with highly skilled independent professionals who share our mission and bring specialized expertise to support our government clients.

The Office of the CIO (OCIO) of a major government agency requires contractor support to assist technical staff in understanding the technical dependencies, potential challenges and costs associated with separating a large portion of its IT services into an independent entity.

IT services are defined as the IT systems (applications), data, and hardware that support the agency. This includes IT services housed at the agency's facilities, data centers, and in the cloud, to include SaaS. The assessment will include more than 25 applications. Note: This is a 1099 independent contractor opportunity, not a W-2 employee position. Contractors are engaged for specific projects or deliverables and are responsible for their own taxes, insurance, and benefits.

Responsibilities

Evaluates existing virtualization and cloud service utilization, designing high-level architectures for logical versus physical separation alternatives. This engineer identifies opportunities for cloud enablement (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) within the separation scenarios and estimates licensing, hosting, and support costs for the various options. The role also ensures all recommendations align with applicable security and compliance considerations.