Cloud Solutions Architect

About the role

• Cloud Architecture and Solution Design Lead the enterprise cloud architecture strategy, design, and working group for ONR.
• This position is 100% onsite in Arlington, VA.

What you'll do

• Deliver secure, scalable, resilient and cost-effective AWS and hybrid solutions that support mission requirements and IT modernization goals.
• Set and govern cloud architecture standards, reference architectures, design documentation and best practices.
• Review existing environments regularly and drive improvements to performance, availability, security and cost.
• Serve as senior technical authority and mentor to cloud engineers, system administrators, developers and cybersecurity staff.
• Guide them on architecture decisions from initial planning through operational sustainment.
• AWS Cloud Engineering and Administration Hands-on expertise to architect, deploy and optimize AWS infrastructure.
• Core services include EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager and OpenSearch.
• Design complex network topologies, including VPC peering, VPN connectivity, routing, gateways and segmentation.
• Define strategies for backup, disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Oversee the full cloud infrastructure lifecycle and lead escalated troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure, connectivity, performance and integration issues.
• Cloud Security and DoD Compliance Architect cloud solutions that meet DoD, Department of the Navy and ONR cybersecurity requirements. This includes RMF, NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs and SRGs, with cybersecurity architecture expertise at IASAE Level II.
• Lead the cloud security architecture work for Authority to Operate (ATO) efforts, security assessments and continuous monitoring.
• Oversee related artifacts such as system security documentation and POA&Ms. Partner with Information Assurance and cybersecurity teams to define security controls (identity, encryption, segmentation, logging) and to prioritize and remediate risks.
• Cloud Automation and Infrastructure as Code Define and lead the enterprise Infrastructure as Code strategy using AWS CloudFormation and/or Terraform.
• The goal is standardized, repeatable and secure deployments. Architect CI/CD pipelines and automated provisioning, configuration management and deployment processes.
• Use AWS Developer Tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild) or equivalent technologies.
• Drive automation with Python, PowerShell, Bash and the AWS CLI, and work with application teams to build cloud infrastructure into software delivery and modernization efforts.
• Cloud Operations and Enterprise Integration Lead migration, modernization and integration of applications and workloads into AWS.
• Work with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, network, security and development teams to keep systems interoperable.
• Guide ongoing optimization of ONR’s AWS environment through analysis of usage and costs, governance of configuration and assets (including ServiceNow CMDB integration) and well-maintained operational documentation and baselines.
• Act as a trusted advisor to government stakeholders on cloud capabilities, modernization roadmaps and emerging technologies. Lead technical reviews, change management and resolution of critical incidents.

Qualifications

• 10+ Years of relevant/related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in one of the following: Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science or IT related field
• Required Certifications: 1) DoD Information Assurance Workforce (IAWF) DoD 8570 IASAE Level II certification. 2) Enterprise Architecture Certification
• Acitive DoD Secret Clearance