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# Cloud Architect

- **Company:** Capital Technology Group, LLC
- **Location:** Silver Spring, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Ansible, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Vulnerability Management, AWS Cdk, Data Logging, IT Architecture, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Cloud Migration, CIS Benchmarks, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker
- **Published:** June 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6d542fdf31afcad3

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Tooling?, * A strategic cloud architect who enjoys solving complex infrastructure and modernization challenges

 * Strong in both architecture design and cloud security best practices
 * Comfortable partnering across engineering, security, compliance, and delivery teams
 * A clear communicator who can influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable operating in evolving environments, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience)
 * 4+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure architecture, or cloud architecture roles
 * Deep hands-on experience designing cloud solutions in AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3 preferred) with exposure to Azure, particularly disaster recovery and resiliency planning
 * Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible
 * Strong understanding of cloud networking, compute, storage, IAM, security groups, monitoring, and infrastructure design
 * Experience with cloud security architecture including IAM, encryption, secrets management, logging, vulnerability management, and secure access controls
 * Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, CIS benchmarks, or similar regulated environments
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or similar)
 * Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD integrations
 * Strong documentation, architecture review, and stakeholder communication skills, * AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Architect, or similar certifications
 * Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture principles
 * Experience supporting federal government agencies

## Description

CTG is seeking a Cloud Architect to help design, secure, and scale modern cloud solutions supporting high-impact federal initiatives. This role will focus on architecting resilient cloud environments, driving modernization efforts, and ensuring cloud security and compliance best practices are embedded throughout the solution lifecycle., * Design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions

 * Lead cloud modernization and migration efforts across enterprise environments
 * Develop cloud architecture standards and best practices
 * Partner with engineering, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity teams to deliver secure cloud solutions
 * Ensure compliance with federal security and regulatory requirements
 * Support IAM, encryption, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud operations
 * Assess technical risks, architecture tradeoffs, resiliency, and performance optimization
 * Translate mission and business needs into scalable cloud architectures


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