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# Cloud Architect SME (SW)

- **Company:** Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** Fairborn, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Interoperability, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, SAP (Applications), Systems Architecture, Modern Ui, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.nettemps.com/us/en/W0838E9194B8362EA11.ntap

## About the Role

* Possess minimum of 20 years of relevant work experience
 * Experience working in a DoW program or product acquisition office or environment
 * Have no less than three (3) years' experience in a Special Access Program (SAP) and/or Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) environment within the last five (5) years

Education

 * A Master of Arts/Master of Science/Master of Engineering MA/MS/ME degree (Years of experience may be considered in lieu of a master's degree)

Clearance Requirements

 * Must possess an active DoD Top Secret (TS) security clearance with ability to obtain SCI
 * U.S. Citizenship is required for this position, due to contract requirements.

## Description

MTSI is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect SME to provide highlevel technical leadership within our customer's Software Branch. In this senior role, you will shape the vision, design, and implementation of advanced cloud architectures that enable secure, scalable, and missionfocused solutions across the full system lifecycle-from initial concept and architecture through development, deployment, operations, and transition to sustainment. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted cloud architecture authority, representing the customer and driving the strategic integration of cloud services into complex software ecosystems and missioncritical systems. Responsibilities include defining and maturing enterprise cloud architecture, developing cloud migration and modernization strategies, establishing technical standards, ensuring compliance with applicable policies and directives, and independently supporting the program office across all cloud engineering, architectural planning, and
operational activities.
Key Responsibilities

 * Lead enterprise cloud architecture strategy and development, ensuring secure, scalable, and missionaligned cloud solutions across the full system lifecycle.
 * Define, refine, and govern cloud architectural requirements, standards, patterns, and reference architectures to guide system design, development, deployment, and operations.
 * Advise system owners, engineering teams, and leadership on cloud architecture risks, technical impacts, cost and performance tradeoffs, dependencies, and compliance with applicable DoD, security, and cloudframework standards.
 * Assess new cloud services, architectural changes, and infrastructure modernization efforts; recommend and validate optimal cloud architecture solutions.
 * Review, approve, and oversee architectural documentation including cloud architecture diagrams, enterprise reference models, service patterns, modernization roadmaps, and deployment architectures.
 * Lead and validate architectural reviews, design assessments, and cloud solution evaluations to ensure environments, interfaces, and services meet mission, security, and performance requirements.
 * Prepare and deliver enterprise architecture assessments, modernization strategies, migration roadmaps, and technical recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
 * Apply cloud architecture best practices, including automation, infrastructureascode, zerotrust principles, and modern design patterns across all phases of system development and deployment.
 * Evaluate cloud, network, and system architectures to identify scalability, resiliency, interoperability, and security considerations; recommend strategic mitigation and optimization approaches.
 * Provide expert architectural guidance to teams developing new mission applications or modernizing Legacy systems, ensuring alignment with longterm cloud strategies and enterprise cloud environments.
 * Identify and resolve complex systemofsystems architectural challenges as new cloud services and technologies are integrated into diverse mission, software, and data environments.
 * Stay current on emerging cloud technologies, architectural trends, automation frameworks, security models, and industry best practices to continuously evolve enterprise cloud strategy and capabilities.