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Leads the strategy, design, governance, and technical direction of complex cloud and hybrid architectures. Translates business requirements into secure, scalable, cost-effective solutions; establishes standards; oversees integrations, migrations, and infrastructure decisions; and guides implementation across engineering and technology teams. The role also mentors technical staff, manages architectural risks and technical debt, supports cost optimization and incident analysis, and communicates architectural tradeoffs to technical and business stakeholders.

Leads enterprise cloud, infrastructure, and IT modernization architecture from strategy through federal capture and proposal execution. Develops scalable AWS, Azure, and GCP offerings; creates technical differentiators, solution narratives, architectures, cost models, and customer presentations. Partners with growth, capture, engineering, cybersecurity, vendors, and executives to shape competitive pursuits, address capability gaps, and deliver reusable service frameworks. Requires extensive federal contractor experience, cloud-native architecture expertise, Zero Trust knowledge, and ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

Lead cloud data lakehouse architecture for a federal species-data migration program. Design Databricks Delta Live Tables ETL pipelines, harmonize schemas, establish metadata and authoritative-source standards, implement data quality frameworks, oversee version-controlled deployment, and guide FedRAMP-compliant AWS production operations. Produce data model harmonization and operational handoff documentation while supporting pipeline monitoring, maintenance, and government review.

Designs and delivers Qualys-based security and compliance solutions for enterprise customers across cloud and on-premises environments. Supports technical sales engagements, proofs of concept, architecture workshops, proposals, deployment health checks, and customer advisory activities. The role addresses asset and vulnerability management, patching, compliance, threat detection, application security, and remediation. It also contributes to product roadmap feedback, sales enablement, technical content, field training, and industry events, with at least 30% customer travel.

Defines and governs secure hybrid and multi-cloud platform architectures for mission environments. Leads architecture standards, modernization strategies, infrastructure-as-code, networking, IAM, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, observability, resiliency testing, and technical governance. Prototypes and troubleshoots platform capabilities, evaluates technologies, directs architecture reviews, and briefs government and technical leadership. Collaborates with engineering, cybersecurity, network, application, and operations teams to transition architectures into production.

Lead design and implementation of scalable, secure cloud-native and hybrid architectures. Define cloud strategy, governance, cost optimization, and mentor engineering teams while collaborating across security, DevOps, and business stakeholders to drive cloud modernization.

Designs and secures IL5 AWS GovCloud network architectures, including VPCs, routing, DNS, segmentation, firewalls, WAF, VPN, Direct Connect, and hybrid-cloud connectivity. Ensures compliance with RMF, STIGs, and Zero Trust principles; troubleshoots complex connectivity and performance issues; develops architecture documentation and standards; supports monitoring, change control, and engineering guidance across enterprise federal and DoD-aligned environments.

Lead design and development of cloud solutions, provide technical leadership and mentorship, evaluate new technologies, ensure compliance with standards, and solve complex application and systems problems to deliver high-quality, secure cloud services.

Supports sales teams and partners in technical sales activities for cloud security products. Responsibilities include understanding customer requirements, integrating solutions, delivering technical presentations and demonstrations, managing product evaluations, responding to RFPs and RFIs, supporting partner development, discussing cloud architectures, resolving technical obstacles, and training sales and partner teams on product and business value.

Designs and supports secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure, cross-domain data flows, and system security accreditation for government missions. Responsibilities include implementing cloud environments, applying cybersecurity frameworks, managing ATO/IATT processes, maintaining POA&Ms and security documentation, automating infrastructure, and supporting secure enclave and boundary defenses. The role may also architect cross-domain solutions, integrate multicloud systems, and assist with testing and audits. An active Secret clearance is required.

Own multi-cloud infrastructure architecture across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including Kubernetes platform strategy, infrastructure-as-code, networking, high availability, disaster recovery, and capacity planning. Partner with engineering teams on future infrastructure needs, support acquisition due diligence and integration, establish architecture standards, mentor senior engineers, and evaluate AI tooling for infrastructure operations. The role targets 99.95% uptime and requires hybrid work in Minneapolis or New York City.

Design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable cloud infrastructures for a federal agency. Define cloud architecture, networking, and deployments; collaborate with engineers and security teams; implement IaC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, and IAM to support agency applications and compliance.

Designs and integrates secure, cloud-agnostic enterprise architectures for U.S. Navy ashore and afloat environments. Leads Windows Server architecture, cloud migration planning, systems assessments, technical documentation, implementation oversight, and modernization using automation, orchestration, and digital engineering. Collaborates with engineering and program teams, ensures architectural compliance, supports DoD cybersecurity requirements, and mentors junior professionals.

Leads cloud and hybrid architecture strategy, designing secure, scalable, cost-effective applications, platforms, integrations, and infrastructure. Translates business requirements into technical roadmaps, establishes governance and standards, evaluates risks and platforms, and guides implementations. Partners with engineering, security, compliance, leadership, vendors, and stakeholders while mentoring technical teams. Supports cloud cost optimization, incident response, architecture reviews, migrations, and technical assessments.

Architects, deploys, and supports scalable, high-availability Azure and AWS cloud environments. Responsibilities include cloud migration, virtualization, production and development environment management, performance tuning, system upgrades, cloning, cost estimation, proof-of-concept development, and cloud infrastructure installation and maintenance across private, public, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

Designs and delivers Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM integrations and legacy data conversions for a federal modernization program. Responsibilities include developing integrations with Oracle Integration Cloud and web services, managing conversion mapping and validation, administering OCI/PaaS environments, directing technical developers, supporting testing and cutover, documenting architectures, and ensuring FedRAMP and agency security compliance. The role requires extensive Oracle Cloud implementation experience, advanced SQL and PL/SQL skills, federal program experience, and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Design and lead secure AWS/Kubernetes architectures for Space Force intelligence missions. Collaborate with engineers, security, and mission owners to plan migrations, ensure compliance with DoD controls, deliver implementations, and present roadmaps and documentation to leadership.

Design and recommend cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures to support USPACOM J6 IT modernization. Support requirements, planning, integration, testing, and transition. Coordinate design with cybersecurity, network, application, and infrastructure teams. Produce technical documentation, briefings, and modernization roadmaps while collaborating with mission partners and stakeholders onsite at Camp Smith, HI.

Lead product and cloud architecture for SMART by GEP: design/refactor SaaS solutions, provide technical direction, run PoCs, enforce best practices for performance, reliability, scalability, security, and mentor teams across geographies.

Design and implement secure, repeatable AWS and hybrid (on-prem VMware) reference architectures and IaC patterns using Terraform. Lead multi-account, network-segmented deployments, CI/CD for infrastructure, resilience/DR planning, and collaborate with security, networking, and application teams to standardize, document, and automate platform operations.

Lead cloud architecture reviews and migrations for onboarding to a FedRAMP High AWS government enclave. Assess FedRAMP compliance, interoperability (FHIR/HL7/APIs), multi-tenant and Zero Trust designs, and provide remediation roadmaps and DevSecOps guidance for ISVs and government stakeholders.

The AWS Cloud Architect will design cloud solutions, automate resource provisioning, implement security best practices, and mentor delivery teams while ensuring client satisfaction.

Provide senior cloud architecture and systems engineering leadership for the GEOMAP platform in AWS Cloud One. Advise program leadership on secure cloud design, scalability, modernization, RMF/STIG compliance, containerized deployments, CI/CD, IaC, and integration. Support architecture reviews, technical assessments, release planning, and surge reach-back SME tasks for mission-critical geospatial capabilities supporting the USAF.

Lead architecture and engineering of enterprise AWS cloud platform and CI/CD pipelines. Build and maintain IaC (CloudFormation), enforce SecDevOps and governance, integrate AI/ML into SDLC, optimize costs, and mentor teams while delivering scalable, production-ready cloud solutions.

Designs, develops, and maintains a complex federal filing application end to end. Translates business requirements into scalable system architecture, collaborates with product owners and stakeholders, and supports Agile delivery. Develops front-end and database solutions, ETL processes, authentication, automated testing, security remediation, and accessibility-compliant applications. Establishes technical standards, integrates solutions with existing infrastructure, and identifies platform opportunities.