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# Lead Software Engineer / Cloud Architect- Active Secret Clearance

- **Company:** Noblesoft Technologies
- **Location:** Melbourne, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $65,800.0 - $98,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Software Design Documents, Linux, High-Level Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Gitlab, Cloudformation, SC Clearance, Gitlab-ci, Terraform, Devsecops
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us426dc7005d713e836ac1fe86965b844a

## About the Role

1. Active TS/SCI Security Clearance (Deal Breaker)
 * Must already possess an Active TS/SCI
 * Candidates without an active clearance are not eligible

 2. AWS Cloud Development
 * Strong hands-on experience building cloud applications on AWS, including:
 * EC2
 * IAM
 * VPC
 * S3
 * Lambda (preferred)
 * CloudFormation/Terraform
 * Security best practices

 3. Cloud Architecture
 * Candidate should have designed enterprise cloud solutions.

Look for experience with:

 * Solution Architecture
 * Technical Architecture
 * High-Level Design (HLD)
 * Low-Level Design (LLD)
 * Architecture Documents
 * Cloud Roadmaps

 4. Customer Facing Experience
 * They want someone who:
 * Talks directly with government/customer teams
 * Understands mission requirements
 * Gives technical recommendations
 * Presents architecture

 5. Security+ Certification
Must have:

 * Security+
 * OR
 * Equivalent DoD IAT Level II certification
 * Can obtain within 80 days if not already certified.

Preferred Skills (Good to Have)

 * These are nice additions but not mandatory.
 * GitLab CI/CD
 * GitLab Pipelines
 * EC2 automation
 * Infrastructure as Code
 * High-side AWS (C2S)
 * CAP (C2S Access Portal)
 * ATO process
 * IATT process
 * DevSecOps
 * Linux
 * Defense/Aerospace background

Education

 * One of the following:
 * Bachelor's + 9 years
 * Master's + 7 years
 * No degree + 13 years relevant experience

## Description

Job Schedule: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off


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