Sr. AWS Cloud Architect

Peraton•,

1d•$112,000 - $179,000•Remote

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Architect to design, lead, and govern enterprise cloud architecture supporting mission-critical federal programs. This role defines the target-state cloud architecture across AWS (primary) and Azure (secondary), ensuring solutions meet FedRAMP Moderate security and compliance requirements. The Cloud Architect serves as the technical subject matter expert (SME) for cloud design decisions, partnering closely with Cloud Computing, Application Development, Data Science, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity Engineering teams and stakeholders. This position is 100% remote.

Requirements

US citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret eligible clearance
Minimum 12 years work experience with BS/BA in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience), Min 10 years with MS/MA
8 years of progressive experience in cloud infrastructure/architecture roles on AWS
Deep hands-on expertise designing AWS solutions, including VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, networking/Transit Gateway, KMS, Organizations, Control Tower, PrivateLink, Direct Connect, and Site-to-Site VPN
Strong grasp of networking, databases, storage, and container tooling on AWS
Experience with AWS cloud-native security services such as GuardDuty, Security Hub, and Inspector
Demonstrated experience architecting within FedRAMP Moderate (or FedRAMP High/DoD or similar compliance) environments, with familiarity in NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171 control families
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
Scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
Experience with cloud-native and serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, microservices) and containerization (EKS, ECS, Fargate)
Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud architecture, including Azure (VNets, Azure AD/Entra ID, SSO/MFA, Azure Policy, Site-to-Site VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect)
Experience implementing SRE practices and disaster recovery plans
Experience supporting ATO and continuous monitoring processes with government customers
Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Experience with Databricks implementation and support
Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
Experience with Microsoft .NET and SQL Server
Experience with Azure
Experience with DevSecOps
Strong collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams
Experience with AI/ML platforms deployed in regulated environments
Active security clearance
Familiarity with AI security and governance frameworks, national security/defense/critical infrastructure missions, and supporting federal agencies or large GovCon programs

Responsibilities

Design and document scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures (blueprints, diagrams, and strategies) on AWS, with secondary integration and support for Azure workloads
Develop and implement reference architectures and design patterns aligned to FedRAMP Moderate control baselines (NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171)
Lead cloud migration and modernization strategy, including workload assessment, right-sizing, and cost optimization
Evaluate and recommend cloud-native and hybrid solutions that balance performance, cost, and compliance
Lead technical gap analysis, partner with the cloud security team, execute automated control mapping, and support development and maintenance of System Security Plans (SSPs), architecture diagrams, and other ATO documentation
Develop and implement reusable Infrastructure as Code templates using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation to ensure continuous compliance and rapid deployment
Configure secure CI/CD pipelines, monitoring solutions, and containerization using tools such as Azure DevOps and AWS-native services (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy) and other security tooling
Architect secure identity access boundaries, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on (SSO), network firewalls, and encryption schemas for data at rest and in transit
Build site reliability engineering (SRE) practices and disaster recovery solutions.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud engineers