Chief/Cloud Architect

Description

Every hire is expected to have experience with Microsoft Copilot or an approved equivalent AI solution.

The company needs a chief or cloud architect to set the technical direction for a secure AWS IL5 environment, covering tenant isolation, capacity, cloud modernization and the trade-offs behind technical choices. You will be the Government's main technical contact for keeping the solution secure, scalable, supportable, cost-conscious and in step with mission growth.

Responsibilities

• Set the cloud architecture direction for AWS IL5 environments that serve operations, testing, development, training and modernization.
• Design and oversee tenant isolation through account boundaries, network segmentation, identity controls, encryption, logging, and central control of inbound and outbound traffic.
• Plan capacity and performance, build in resilience, manage backup and recovery, provision environments and keep cloud spending under control.
• Lead trade studies, architecture reviews, technology refreshes and cloud migration planning.
• Work with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, systems engineering and mission application teams so architecture decisions stay secure and supportable.
• Write architecture documents, diagrams, decision records and technical recommendations for the Government.

Requirements

• Required: a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity or a closely related technical field.
• Required: at least 10 years in enterprise systems, cloud or infrastructure architecture, infrastructure engineering, or modernizing secure systems.
• Required: at least 5 years supporting biometric, intelligence or high-availability mission systems.
• Required: experience with cARMY, AC2SP, ECMA, SCCA, IL5, IL6, multi-AZ architectures, tenant hosting and Infrastructure as Code.
• Required: hands-on experience designing or running AWS environments for DoD, Army, IC or other federal mission systems.
• Required: experience with RMF, DoD cloud security requirements, identity and access management, network segmentation, logging, encryption and infrastructure automation.
• Required: the ability to turn mission needs into architecture that is secure, scalable and sustainable to operate.
• Required: a DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification.
• Required: an active Secret-level clearance.
• Desired: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Professional, strongly preferred.
• Desired: CISSP, preferred.
• Desired: AWS Advanced Networking Specialty or AWS Security Specialty, desired.

Conditions

Status is pending award. The position depends on contract award, customer approval, funding availability, and completion of the company's recruiting, security and onboarding steps.

Requisition codes: DSA209 and JE-LI1.

Pay range: $120,000 - $150,000 USD. This is a good-faith estimate. Actual pay depends on the selected candidate's qualifications, experience, skills and other job-related factors.