Cloud System Architect

MANTECH•Laurel, MD

1d•$128,000 - $214,400•Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH is seeking an experienced, customer-oriented Cloud System Architect to join its team in Laurel, Maryland. The role architects, deploys, and scales enterprise cloud environments, leads end-to-end integration, and delivers infrastructure solutions that support critical mission requirements. The position supports government intelligence agencies and their national security missions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline with 12 or more years of experience as a Systems Architect; alternatively, an associate degree with 15 or more years of experience, or a high school diploma with 20 or more years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Proficiency with enterprise cloud platforms such as AWS, OpenStack, or Microsoft Azure.
Ability to configure, administer, and manage Linux and Windows workloads.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Amazon CloudFormation, OpsWorks, Ansible, Chef, or Docker.
Experience designing and implementing IaaS and PaaS environments using platforms such as OpenStack, Eucalyptus, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.
Experience developing automated software scripts using languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby.
Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Nice To Haves

Strong communication and teamwork abilities, with experience supporting enterprise or government IT environments.
Hands-on experience developing and deploying automation routines using SaltStack, Ansible, BASH, and Python.
Expertise managing, maintaining, and securing data storage systems across cloud and hybrid infrastructure to ensure availability, performance, backup integrity, and cost control.

Responsibilities

Deliver new cloud solutions into existing cloud resources and off-premise infrastructure to advance mission objectives.
Deploy, configure, and maintain cloud production, staging, and test environments across hybrid architectures.
Oversee full-lifecycle integration, including application and infrastructure deployment, load testing, and disaster recovery planning.
Evaluate customer requirements to select suitable agile and scalable cloud services and define architecture and execution roadmaps.
Document cloud infrastructure, configurations, and operational procedures to enable seamless handoffs to application teams.