Lead Cloud Solutions Architect- Software Architect

ESM • Fort Belvoir, VA

21h

About The Position

Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is hiring a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect to support an enterprise-level program in a federal environment. The role leads the end-to-end technical architecture, engineering, and deployment of TDMT's AWS GovCloud hosting environments across Development, Test, and Production. It provides strategic and technical leadership in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, resilient cloud infrastructure that meets DoD Impact Level 4 (IL4) and Impact Level 5 (IL5) requirements.

The position establishes and enforces cloud governance standards, ensures compliance with the Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA), and advances automation, scalability, and continuous operational readiness. It aligns cloud environments with the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG), DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) enterprise architecture standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Active CISSP or CASP+ certification.
• Active AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
• Eight years of hands-on cloud architecture and engineering experience.
• Demonstrated expertise architecting enterprise solutions in AWS GovCloud, including VPC peering, Direct Connect, IAM role governance, and SCCA Virtual Datacenter Security Stack integration.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing, architecting, implementing, and managing secure, scalable, and highly available AWS GovCloud environments across Development, Test, and Production.
• Ability to develop cloud architectures supporting DoD mission requirements and IL4 and IL5 workloads.
• Extensive knowledge of DoD cloud security requirements, including the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide, DISA STIGs, RMF, and security control implementation.
• Knowledge of cloud security boundaries, IAM, network segmentation, encryption, access controls, and security monitoring in regulated government cloud environments.
• Experience automating cloud infrastructure using tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS automation services.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated security controls, auto-scaling, and configuration management.
• Knowledge of AWS monitoring, logging, incident response, disaster recovery, backup strategies, capacity planning, automated scaling, and continuous operational readiness across multiple cloud environments.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, develop architecture standards, evaluate emerging cloud technologies, and align solutions with DLA enterprise architecture and DoD policies.
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, team lead, management, and government customers.
• Ability to research and develop creative solutions to unique problems with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to commute to the vicinity of Ft. Belvoir, Virginia.
• Must hold a Top Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Positive, self-motivated, and proactive approach.
• Ability to adapt to change and tolerate stressful situations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end technical architecture, engineering, and deployment of TDMT's AWS GovCloud environments across Development, Test, and Production.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, resilient, highly available, and performance-optimized cloud infrastructure meeting DoD IL4 and IL5 requirements.
• Establish and enforce cloud governance standards and SCCA requirements.
• Ensure alignment with DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide, DISA STIGs, DLA enterprise architecture standards, and DoD cloud policies.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure meets applicable security, authorization, and compliance requirements.
• Automate cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration, deployment, and management.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated security controls, auto-scaling, and configuration management.
• Maintain monitoring, logging, incident response, disaster recovery, backup strategies, capacity planning, automated scaling, and operational readiness.
• Translate business and mission requirements into secure, compliant, sustainable cloud architecture solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, develop architecture standards, evaluate emerging cloud technologies, and support organizational IT modernization objectives.

What This Job Offers

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