Chief/Cloud Architect

Data Systems Analysts • Morgantown, WV

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About The Position

DSA is seeking a Chief/Cloud Architect to lead technical architecture for secure AWS IL5 operations, tenant isolation, capacity planning, cloud modernization, and technical trade-space decisions. The role serves as the Government’s primary technical counterpart, ensuring the solution remains secure, scalable, supportable, cost-aware, and aligned to mission growth. Employees are expected to have experience with Microsoft Copilot and/or an approved equivalent AI solution.

This position is pending contract award and is contingent upon contract award, customer approval, funding availability, and completion of applicable DSA recruiting, security, and onboarding requirements. The posted salary range is a good-faith estimate; actual compensation depends on the selected candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and other job-related factors. DSA requires background checks where permitted by law. Many positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance, which may only be granted to U.S. citizens. Applicants accepting a conditional offer may be subject to government security investigations and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
• At least 10 years of experience in enterprise systems architecture, cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or secure systems modernization.
• At least 5 years of experience supporting biometric, intelligence, or high-availability mission systems.
• Experience with cARMY, AC2SP, ECMA, SCCA, IL5, IL6, multi-AZ architectures, tenant hosting, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience designing or operating AWS environments for DoD, Army, IC, or federal mission systems.
• Experience with RMF, DoD cloud security requirements, identity and access management, network segmentation, logging, encryption, and infrastructure automation.
• Ability to translate mission needs into secure, scalable, and operationally sustainable architecture.
• DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification.
• Active Secret-level clearance.
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot and/or an approved equivalent AI solution.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (strongly preferred).
• CISSP (preferred).
• AWS Advanced Networking Specialty or AWS Security Specialty (desired).

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud architecture strategy for AWS IL5 environments supporting operational, test, development, training, and modernization needs.
• Design and govern secure tenant isolation using account boundaries, network segmentation, identity controls, encryption, logging, and centralized ingress and egress protections.
• Support capacity planning, performance engineering, resilience, backup and recovery, environment provisioning, and cloud cost optimization.
• Provide technical leadership for modernization trade studies, architecture reviews, technology refresh, and cloud migration planning.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, systems engineering, and mission application teams to ensure architecture decisions are secure and supportable.
• Develop architecture documentation, diagrams, decision records, and Government-facing technical recommendations.

What This Job Offers

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