Senior Cloud Architect

Raft Company Website•McLean, VA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Raft is looking for a Cloud Architect to join our team! You will be responsible for designing and evolving the cloud-native enterprise architecture that underpins these mission-critical systems. This is a technically demanding role that requires deep experience with enterprise-scale AWS environments, n-tier service-oriented architectures, and complex COTS integrations within a secure federal setting.

Requirements

AWS Solutions Architect certification (Associate or Professional) required
10+ years of hands-on experience designing enterprise-level, n-tier, service-oriented architectures composed of multiple COTS products
Deep knowledge of AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation/CDK, and AWS GovCloud
Experience architecting solutions in classified or DoD IL4/IL5/IL6 cloud environments
Strong understanding of microservices, API gateway patterns, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems
Must possess certifications IAW DoD Directive 8140.01 (Cyberspace Workforce Management) and DoD 8570.01-M (Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program)

Nice To Haves

Experience with DoD personnel security systems or enterprise identity management platforms
Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture principles and their application in DoD environments
Additional cloud certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent)

Responsibilities

Design and own the end-to-end cloud architecture for enterprise-scale, n-tier, service-oriented applications supporting DoD personnel vetting and adjudication workflows
Lead architecture decisions across AWS infrastructure, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-optimized
Define integration patterns and standards for COTS product ecosystems within a classified or sensitive government environment
Collaborate with software engineers, security engineers, and DevSecOps teams to translate architectural vision into executable designs
Provide technical guidance on cloud migration, modernization strategies, and emerging cloud-native technologies
Participate in architecture review boards and produce artifacts including architecture decision records (ADRs), system context diagrams, and interface control documents
Ensure cloud architecture compliance with DoD security frameworks including NIST RMF, FedRAMP, and applicable STIGs