Sr. Cloud Architect - 176140

• Design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise applications and data pipelines.
• Implement cloud-native services, compute configurations, load balancing, storage solutions, and networking components.
• Support modernization and migration of legacy workloads into AWS cloud environments.
• Ensure cloud deployments meet performance, scalability, availability, and reliability requirements.

Infrastructure Automation & DevSecOps Support

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar automation tools.
• Support CI/CD integration and automation for application and infrastructure deployments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and automated alerting solutions.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to maintain secure deployment pipelines and automation practices.

Security & Compliance

• Implement cloud security controls including IAM policies, encryption, network segmentation, auditing, and access controls.
• Ensure adherence to federal security standards and compliance requirements.
• Support vulnerability remediation, hardening efforts, patch management, and continuous compliance monitoring.
• Partner with security teams to proactively identify and mitigate cloud security risks.

Troubleshooting & Optimization

• Diagnose and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure, networking, deployments, and integrations.
• Perform root-cause analysis of cloud performance degradations and service interruptions.
• Collaborate with development, testing, and migration teams to resolve cloud-related challenges.
• Optimize cloud performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical design discussions.
• Provide technical guidance and cloud engineering best practices across project teams.
• Coordinate cloud activities across development, migration, testing, operations, and security workstreams.
• Support mission-focused stakeholders and customer requirements through effective collaboration and communication.

Documentation & Reporting

• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, and technical documentation.
• Provide reporting on cloud performance, incidents, optimization efforts, and operational metrics.
• Maintain documentation required for audits, compliance activities, and operational continuity.

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud operations, or infrastructure engineering
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including compute, storage, networking, security, and automation
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation initiatives
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, VPC design, routing, security groups, and load balancing
• Experience implementing cloud security controls and compliance requirements
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and collaboration skills, * Experience supporting federal modernization, data migration, or national security programs
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures
• Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Experience with cloud performance tuning and cost optimization initiatives
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, pipeline security, and automated vulnerability scanning
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, AWS Security Specialty, or similar
• AWS certifications including Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer preferred