AWS Solutions Architect

Amentum • Bethesda, MD

3d • $80,000 - $181,000

About The Position

The Solutions Architect SME (SAS) serves as a lead solutions architect, focusing on standing up and using cloud services to solve customer problems. The role engages with team members and customers to understand requirements, obstacles, and risks, and ensures coordination across teams for complex tasks. It also supports team skill development through mentoring and on-the-job training. Proposed software, methods, approaches, and other changes are coordinated with the task lead and SME forums to ensure compliance with ODNI requirements and authorization-to-operate (ATO) constraints. The role encourages use of pre-approved solution-stack baselines to avoid unnecessary baseline changes.

The SAS evaluates cloud-hosting options and recommends solutions, collaborates with stakeholders to build consensus and advance plans, and supports business-process design and technical systems related to relevant applications. The position develops technical solution designs and architecture artifacts, defines hardware, software, technology, and infrastructure requirements, and drives solution development and implementation in response to customer requirements. It works across on-premises and cloud offerings and integrates them into solution architectures.

The role builds working relationships and consensus with technical teams, contributes to technical knowledge exchange and the development of architecture standards, guidelines, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps, and may participate as a technical expert in presales qualification. It works closely with project and program managers on the design, development, and implementation of technical content based on customer requirements.

This position requires broad and deep technical knowledge, including experience with application architectures, datacenters, cybersecurity and cyber-physical system security, electromagnetic system analysis, space architecture and resilience, identity management, data analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and multi-cloud solutions. The role combines enterprise architecture, application development, and end-to-end systems analysis, advising C-level executives while also working with hands-on engineers. The posting describes a technical focus with client-site work.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of existing systems and solutions within federal government departments and agencies, including the Intelligence Community.
• Full understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Hands-on experience standing up and deploying cloud solutions, including cloud administration.
• Good understanding of AWS or Azure environments.
• Experience with designing, deploying, and operationalizing application architectures, datacenters, cybersecurity and cyber-physical system security, electromagnetic system analysis, space architecture and resilience, identity management, data analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and multi-cloud solutions.
• Experience in enterprise architecture, application development, and end-to-end systems analysis.
• Ability to advise C-level executives and work with hands-on engineers.
• Technical focus with client-site work.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience developing software solutions using Java or other high-level programming languages.
• Experience creating, managing, and integrating systems with diverse databases, schemas, and XML/JSON-based exchange specifications such as NIEM.
• Certifications and operational experience with VMware, AWS, or Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Meet with team members and customers to understand requirements, obstacles, and risks, and help mitigate risk.
• Coordinate team members across teams on complex tasks to support successful delivery.
• Mentor team members and encourage skill enhancement through on-the-job training.
• Coordinate proposed software, methodologies, approaches, and other changes with task leads and SME forums to ensure ODNI compliance and adherence to ATO constraints.
• Encourage the use of pre-approved solution-stack baselines to avoid unnecessary changes.
• Evaluate cloud-based hosting options and recommend solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build consensus, formulate plans, and drive progress.
• Support business-process design and technical systems related to relevant applications.
• Develop technical solution designs and architecture artifacts, define technology and infrastructure requirements, and drive solution definition, development, and implementation in response to customer requirements.
• Integrate on-premises and cloud-based offerings as part of solution architecture.
• Develop working relationships and consensus with technical teams and support technical knowledge exchange.
• Contribute to architecture standards, guidelines, reference architectures, and systems technology roadmaps.
• Participate as a technical expert in presales qualification when needed.
• Work with project and program managers on the design, development, and implementation of technical content defined by customer requirements.
• Advise C-level executives and work with hands-on engineers.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) matching
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed