Cloud Enterprise Architect

Description

The company serves the US federal government, with more than 13,000 people working for clients in defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health.

The company is a technology firm within the global Accenture group. It has been named a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work and offers hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training for growth.

This role sets the architecture direction for secure, resilient cloud and infrastructure environments for federal customers. You will write the standards and designs that engineering teams follow, guide modernization and migration projects, and advise technical and executive stakeholders. The role leads through technical direction and does not involve managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Write reference architectures and standards for cloud and infrastructure across AWS, Azure, hybrid, and Google Cloud
• Plan designs for availability, resiliency, scalability, and disaster recovery
• Own the architecture for cloud migration and infrastructure modernization
• Build designs that meet NIST, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust requirements, and lead security architecture reviews with cybersecurity teams
• Hold architecture reviews and governance, and set architecture requirements for service management and operational readiness
• Advise program and executive stakeholders, and mentor engineers and junior architects

Requirements

• 7+ years in cloud or infrastructure engineering and architecture, including 3+ years as an architect or senior technical lead
• Deep design experience in AWS or Azure, with working knowledge of the other
• Solid understanding of networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and Windows and Linux environments
• Experience designing highly available, resilient architectures, including disaster recovery
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, ATO processes, identity, and Zero Trust architecture
• Enough understanding of infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and DevSecOps to set standards and review designs
• Working knowledge of ITIL and observability platforms
• Ability to explain trade-offs clearly to executives and engineers
• Active Top Secret clearance is required

Conditions

Optional: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect certification

Optional: CISSP or equivalent, and ITIL certification

Optional: experience in federal agencies or other highly regulated environments

Optional: experience with data center consolidation or enterprise modernization programs

Optional: familiarity with cloud cost management

Pay ranges are set according to labor costs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, as local law requires. Pay depends on location, role, skill set, and experience level. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no fixed deadline.

Base pay range in those locations: $111,400 - $187,500 USD

The company offers equal opportunity and a culture where everyone is respected and included.

Benefits

• A wide range of benefits is available, with details on the company's benefits page