Cloud Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton•Aurora, CO

11d•$86,800 - $198,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Cloud Architect on our team, you’ll work with Booz Allen colleagues and the Military to develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of Space Sensing capabilities to deter attacks and provide critical information to our warfighters to defeat our enemies in battle. Your customer will trust you to develop and design secure cloud-based solutions to support mission-critical operations. This is an opportunity to use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to improve your client’s environment using current cloud capabilities. Your technical expertise will be vital as you work directly with your team and the client to inform strategy and design and ensure standards are met throughout the cloud migration process. You’ll recommend tools and solutions based on your research of the current environment and knowledge of various on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid resources. You’ll use your experience to guide your team as they help the client overcome their most difficult challenges in the cloud.

Requirements

10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise IT systems and cloud infrastructures, including highly available, scalable, and resilient architectures across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
8+ years of experience with leadership, guiding architecture, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and development teams driving automation, modernization, and best‑practice cloud engineering across large‑scale enterprise engagements
Experience designing and delivering hybrid‑cloud architectures that seamlessly integrate on‑premises systems with public cloud platforms, ensuring secure connectivity, scalability, and optimized workload placement
Ability to apply structured evaluation and prototyping techniques to industry trends and emerging technologies to develop a cloud platform roadmap
Ability to collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to develop and implement cloud strategies
Secret clearance
Associate's degree in a STEM discipline such as Aerospace, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or Mathematics

Nice To Haves

Experience leading DevSecOps teams and implementing automation tools and processes
Experience with the Strategic Missile Warning architecture, its programs, and the organizations supporting the mission
Experience with ground antenna, networking, distributed systems, or data orchestration
Knowledge of security and compliance requirements for cloud-based solutions, network architecture, and security principles
Knowledge of Platform Engineering and DevSecOps practices and tools, such as OpenShift, Podman, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, SonarQube and Git
TS/SCI clearance
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solution Architect Professional, or Google Cloud Architect Certification

Responsibilities

Develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of Space Sensing capabilities.
Develop and design secure cloud-based solutions to support mission-critical operations.
Use the latest cloud technologies to improve client environments.
Inform strategy and design and ensure standards are met throughout the cloud migration process.
Recommend tools and solutions based on research of the current environment and knowledge of various on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid resources.
Guide teams in helping clients overcome cloud challenges.