Senior Cloud Solution Architect

Senior Cloud Solution Architect (Hazelwood, MO; Aurora, CO; Bellevue, WA; Everett, WA; North Charleston, SC; Fort Walton, FL; Huntsville, AL; Long Beach, CA; Mesa, AZ; Plano, TX; Ridley Park, PA; Salt Lake City, UT)

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment that's welcoming, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth.

The Cloud Solutions Team within Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Architect to support our application modernization efforts. This role will assess, plan, and guide the migration of BDS applications to cloud platforms, working closely with the Cloud Migration Lead, architects, engineering teams, product owners, and stakeholders to define migration strategies, evaluate application portfolios, and support the adoption of cloud-native patterns. Position Responsibilities

• Determine appropriate architecture, design, and services for cloud migrations and new applications
• Execute technical feasibility assessments and develop proposals for moving identified workloads to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
• Assess application and workload characteristics to define migration approaches, including rehost, replatform, refactor, or replace
• Develop and maintain migration runbooks, documentation, reusable tooling, policy, and process documentation to improve consistency, compliance, and operational efficiency
• Support migration execution for selected applications, components, and supporting infrastructure
• Implement cloud-native infrastructure, deployment, and operational patterns that support secure, repeatable, and efficient migrations
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, product teams, security, operations, customers, and other stakeholders to resolve issues, remove blockers, and align on migration decisions
• Support compliance assessments and ensure application design aligns with cloud architecture standards and operational requirements
• Support cloud onboarding, application readiness, and post-migration stabilization efforts
• Contribute to cloud onboarding, migration, and adoption improvements by identifying opportunities for automation, optimization, and technical debt reduction

• 5+ years of experience in broad-based computing system architecture
• 5+ years of experience migrating applications to a cloud platform
• 5+ years of experience deploying and managing distributed systems on at least one cloud platform (eg, Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (eg, AWS or Azure), infrastructure as code (eg, Terraform), and automation tools (eg, Puppet, Ansible, Chef)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired)

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Current industry certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent
• Experience in team building, leading cross-functional teams, motivating and engaging team members, and inspiring work groups through daily interactions
• Experience migrating applications from a traditional data center to cloud
• Experience with AI technologies
• Experience in cloud computing architecture
• Experience in database design/development
• Experience with markdown, Terraform, Azure ARM, AWS CloudFormation, draw.io, Visio
• Experience with threat modeling
• Experience in DevSecOps tools such as GitLab, Confluence, and related practices
• Experience facilitating discussions with technical teams to drive improvement and efficiencies
• Experience with cloud-native development principles and best practices
• Experience in process improvement methodologies
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework or Agile Methodologies, This position requires compliance with U.S. export controls. A U.S. Person, as defined by U.S. regulations (citizen, national, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee), is required.

Summary Pay Range: $142,800 - $207,000. Total Rewards includes competitive base pay, variable compensation, and a range of health, retirement, and insurance benefits. Specific programs vary by geography and eligibility.

Conflict of Interest Successful candidates must satisfy Boeing's Conflict of Interest assessment process.