AWS Technical Lead

Koniag Government Services, LLC•Washington, DC

5d•$160,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Koniag IT Systems, LLC a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking an AWS Technical Lead to support KITS and our government customer in Washington, DC. The position is hybrid, requires 1-2 days onsite. The AWS Technical Lead will be responsible for the target-state AWS architecture for the program, including computer, networking, storage, and security design across GovCloud and commercial AWS regions as applicable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field from an accredited college or university
Minimum of 10 years of IT infrastructure experience, including 5+ years focused on AWS architecture and engineering at enterprise scale.
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise cloud migrations, including data center exit or legacy modernization initiatives.
Deep, hands-on expertise across core AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudFormation/Terraform) with AWS GovCloud experience strongly preferred.
Strong understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework principles and experience leading formal architecture reviews.
Working knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization techniques.
Experience designing security architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles and federal frameworks (NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP).
Strong knowledge of AWS services and hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell
Understanding of security best practices and common security threats
Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Ability to obtain public trust clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a federal government IT environment
Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, or NIST
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (required or strongly preferred at time of hire).
Additional AWS specialty certification (Security, Networking, or DevOps Engineer – Professional).
Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, ECS, EKS/Kubernetes).
Experience supporting business disaster continuity and recovery (BDCR) architecture for federal financial or mission-critical systems.
FinOps Certified Practitioner certification

Responsibilities

Provide senior technical leadership for ongoing data center exit and cloud migration efforts, defining migration patterns, sequencing, and technical risk mitigation for legacy on-premises workloads.
Lead AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews across the program's workloads, driving remediation of reliability, security, performance, and cost findings.
Set and enforce infrastructure-as-code standards (Terraform, CloudFormation) and reusable landing zone/account architecture patterns in partnership with the Automation Engineer and Server/Cloud Engineering teams.
Own FinOps practices for the program's AWS footprint, including cost visibility, tagging standards, rightsizing, and reserved capacity/savings plan recommendations.
Partner with security engineering to design and validate Zero Trust-aligned network and identity architecture (IAM, security groups, PrivateLink, microsegmentation) in accordance with NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP requirements.
Provide technical leadership for the program's business disaster continuity and recovery (BDCR) architecture, including multi-AZ/multi-region resilience design for mission-critical financial systems.
Evaluate and pilot emerging AWS services and container/orchestration platforms (ECS, EKS) to inform the program's modernization roadmap.
Mentor server/cloud engineers and review technical designs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams produced across the infrastructure team.
Serve as the technical escalation point for complex AWS production issues and represent the program in customer architecture review boards (ARB) and technical exchange meetings.