Lead Cloud Architect – AWS

Job Description

Seeking a Lead Cloud Architect to spearhead the design of scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms. You will develop systems to scale support for multi-cloud environments, cross-account applications, SASE, and automated solutions. Collaborate with client stakeholders to define technical requirements and objectives. Design and implement solutions leveraging the AWS Well-Architected Framework and hybrid cloud strategies. Guide a team of DevOps and SecOps engineers, ensuring innovative and secure cloud strategies. Promote CI/CD practices and automation tools for provisioning cloud services. Partner with senior leadership, enterprise architecture teams, and agency personnel to build cloud adoption strategies. Effectively communicate complex cloud architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

1. U.S. Citizen/Green Card Holder eligible for Public Trust clearance 2. 10+ years of IT/digital transformation experience 3. 5+ years of deep hands-on AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP cloud architectures and implementations 4. Strong communication and collaboration ability 5. Expertise leading multi-tenant cloud systems (e.g., landing zones, multi-account systems) 6. Experience developing and managing high-availability, secure, and automated solutions aligned with best practices 7. Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools (e.g., Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab) 8. Professional Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP) 9. Proven experience bridging on-premise systems with cloud environments

Benefits

- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts - Dental plan options - Vision plan - 401(k) plan with pre and post-tax contributions and company match - Full flex work weeks where possible to encourage work/life balance - Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave - New employees typically receive 15 days of paid leave per year for vacations, personal business, and illness, plus 10 paid holidays per year (prorated based on hire date) - Paid Family Leave program provides up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees - Short and long-term disability benefits - Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel accident insurance