Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Bitwise • Columbia, MD

15h • $219,000 - $257,500

About The Position

This is a rare opportunity to be the technical pioneer on a mission that's just been greenlit: moving a CNO development environment from a patchwork of legacy infrastructure into a modern, cloud-native backbone. You won't be inheriting someone else's half-finished roadmap — you'll be building it. The work you do here will directly shape how CNO developers build, test, and collaborate for years to come, including enabling AI-assisted development and FVEY partner collaboration, all while keeping the mission running without interruption.

As the Cloud Infrastructure Architect, you'll own the technical strategy from end to end. You'll design the roadmap and reusable architecture patterns that give teams a clear, low-friction path to cloud adoption — think "easy button" templates and shared resources — while preserving the flexibility for organizations to keep managing on-premise infrastructure when the mission demands it. You'll start with high-ROI pilots and build from there, designing for incremental wins rather than a risky big-bang migration.

Your day-to-day will include architecting solutions for complex CNE services — tackling challenges like migrating 90%+ capacity workloads to cloud storage, creating integration patterns between legacy systems and cloud-native services, and ensuring every solution maintains rigorous security controls while improving performance and scalability. You'll conduct technical assessments of existing infrastructure, working with stakeholders to document dependencies, evaluate service utility, and build prioritization frameworks based on EOL timelines, mission impact, cost efficiency, and real user pain points. You'll partner closely with cloud professional services teams to scope engagements, validate architectures, and ensure solutions are purpose-built for CNE development, testing, and collaboration requirements. You'll also reimagine how CNE developers experience their environment — from unified SSO across disparate clients to elegant solutions for large-scale datasets. Above all, you're here to make this the best place for software development at the agency. The kind of environment that attracts top-tier talent and actually keeps them.

Requirements

• 8 years of experience in systems engineering and cloud architecture, with a proven track record of building, breaking, and rebuilding complex enterprise infrastructure; a B.S. in a technical discipline is required, or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree
• At least 4 years of hands-on, production AWS experience , including serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, Route 53, API Gateway, Amazon CloudWatch, and S3, as well as cloud storage tiers — this role is native cloud-focused, so deep AWS fluency is a must
• Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure modernization efforts , specifically executing incremental, thoughtful migrations rather than lift-and-shift approaches
• Familiarity with agency-specific cloud compliance requirements , including ATO processes and operations within the WANDS environment
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills , including the ability to build ROI models and translate complex technical decisions for security teams, executives, and mission developers alike
• Active NSYS clearance is required

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
• Experience working in CNO spaces or similar high-side environments
• CNO development experience — understanding what developers actually need makes you a more effective infrastructure architect
• Enclave experience — you understand the constraints of restricted environments and how security controls shape architecture decisions in meaningful ways
• Cost optimization and FinOps experience — right-sizing cloud resources, building defensible cost models, and knowing when cloud actually saves money versus when managed service costs spiral out of control

Responsibilities

• Architecting solutions for complex CNE services
• Conducting technical assessments of existing infrastructure
• Partnering closely with cloud professional services teams to scope engagements, validate architectures, and ensure solutions are purpose-built for CNE development, testing, and collaboration requirements
• Reimagining how CNE developers experience their environment

Benefits

• Top salaries because we're top performers
• Pick your PTO — Everyone values time and money differently, so we give you the flexibility to choose between 3 and 5 weeks of PTO with a corresponding adjustment to your pay. Your choice, your balance.
• All 11 federal holidays, paid!
• Up to 2 snow days, paid!
• We'll quadruple (4x!) the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k), giving you up to a 24% company match. Contributing less than 6%? Unclaimed matches come right back to you as extra income, giving you a guaranteed 24% that goes to your retirement, to your paycheck, or both. C'mon now!
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances. That's a lot. Already covered on health insurance? No problem — we'll trade you this benefit for a boost to your salary instead.
• $5,250 annual education assistance for training, certifications, tuition, and even student loan repayments.
• Spot bonuses for obtained certifications, customer recognition, and just about anything else that makes us go "Hot damn!". We hope to say that many times about you.

What This Job Offers

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