AWS Solution Architect, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton • Washington, DC

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About The Position

AWS Solution Architect, Lead The Opportunity: At a certain point, experience-based system design can start to look like clairvoyance. When you’ve developed so many systems that you can not only orchestrate the best solution for any technology-based challenge, but you can also anticipate and preempt future issues, you’re a Solutions Architect. You’ve evolved your skills into strategy through a long path of software development accomplishments and the curiosity to understand how all the pieces of an IT ecosystem fit together. Are you ready to use your combination of knowledge, skill, and experience to take on the toughest challenges in the federal government? As an AWS Solution Architect on our team, you’ll translate customer IT needs and future goals into actionable cloud architectures by crafting architecture diagrams, requirements, design specifications, and evaluation criteria. Through your leadership, you’ll help modernize legacy systems, lead cloud migrations to AWS, and integrate advanced technologies using scalable, secure, and resilient AWS services. At this level, your impact goes beyond delivery. You’ll mentor engineers and architects, shape cloud strategy, influence technical direction, and identify opportunities to grow our digital solutions business. Work with us and help build the future of technology in the federal government. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a software or cloud solution architect, leading Agile teams delivering microservice and API-based applications
• Experience supporting FedRAMP accreditation or ATO efforts
• Experience with AWS data platforms such as Redshift, EMR, Glue, Athena, or Databricks on AWS
• Experience designing solutions on AWS, including EC2, VPC, IAM, EKS/ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, and CloudWatch
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to obtain an AWS Certification such as AWS Solutions Architect – Professional Certification within 3 months of start date

Nice To Haves

• Experience briefing and supporting senior government decision-makers
• Experience serving as a lead architect on large federal applications
• Experience collaborating with senior agency architects
• Experience supporting formal architectural and design reviews

Responsibilities

• Translate customer IT needs and future goals into actionable cloud architectures by crafting architecture diagrams, requirements, design specifications, and evaluation criteria.
• Modernize legacy systems, lead cloud migrations to AWS, and integrate advanced technologies using scalable, secure, and resilient AWS services.
• Mentor engineers and architects, shape cloud strategy, influence technical direction, and identify opportunities to grow our digital solutions business.

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level