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# Cloud Architect

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $86,900.0 - $198,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, CompTIA Security+, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Identity and Access Management, Interoperability, Networking Basics, OpenShift, Cloud Services, Ansible, Prometheus, Zero Trust Network Access, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, AI Infrastructure, Datadog, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, Computer Network Technologies, Grafana, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Containerization, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Rancher, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://justjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17248174?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17248174%2FCloud-Architect-Maryland-Fort-Meade

## About the Role

* 6+ years of experience with cloud architecture
 * Experience designing, implementing, and managing onpremises, cloud, and hybrid compute and storage architectures for mission or enterprise environments
 * Experience with major cloud providers, such as AWS or Azure, and hybrid architectures, including VPC/VNet design, IAM, networking, security groups, and storage solutions
 * Experience with InfrastructureasCode (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
 * Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and configuration management
 * Experience integrating systems in secure, classified or mission environments, including applying cybersecurity principles, Zero Trust concepts, and hardening standards
 * Experience with networking fundamentals, interconnectivity, APIs, and system integration
 * Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability tooling, such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK/EFK, or Grafana, to ensure performance, reliability, and availability
 * TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
 * HS diplomaor GED and 6+ years of experience with cloud-based infrastructure and environments, or Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience with cloud-based infrastructure and environments

Nice If You Have:

 * 10+ years of experience with cloud architecture
 * Experience with LLMOps/MLOps frameworks, model registry tools, and AI pipeline orchestration, such as Kubeflow, MLflow, Vertex AI, or SageMaker
 * Experience with containerization and orchestration, such as Kubernetes, EKS/AKS/GKE, Rancher, or OpenShift
 * Experience performing interoperability testing across mission systems, thirdparty APIs, and federated data platforms
 * Experience supporting environments with multiclassification or crossdomain data flows
 * Experience with Zero Trust architectures, FedRAMP/GovCloud requirements, or DoDspecific cloud environments
 * Experience architecting solutions for edge compute, disconnected operations, or limitedbandwidth environments
 * Ability to evaluate, recommend, and implement emerging compute, storage, and network technologies
 * Bachelor's degree
 * Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Security+, CASP+, CISSP, or other cybersecurity certifications

## Description

Everyone is trying to "harness the cloud," but not everyone knows how. As an experienced cloud computing infrastructure architect, you know how to take advantage of cloud capabilities. Here, you'll oversee our team of experienced professionals and use cutting-edge enterprise cloud platforms to guide your clients as they modernize their IT infrastructure and meet their most challenging missions. We're looking for someone like you to help support national security efforts by accelerating the integration of Artificial Intelligence solutions with our client's mission.

You'll work closely with AI Model Engineers, Data Engineers, software teams, and mission partners to design, integrate, and optimize the hybrid compute and storage environments that power AI information systems across operational, research, and enterprise settings. You'll expand your expertise in automation and InfrastructureasCode while developing and managing modular, scalable architectures that seamlessly support AI models, data pipelines, and mission workflows. With access to advanced onpremises and cloud environments, you'll explore innovative approaches for building resilient AI infrastructure, enhancing monitoring and performance, and enabling realtime situational awareness through a Common Operational Picture (COP). Whether modernizing existing mission systems or architecting new solutions endtoend, you'll contribute to secure, highavailability platforms that drive critical nationallevel operations.


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