Cloud Architect

Job Details

Location : Linthicum Heights, MD

Position Contact : Emily Eckel

Job Number : 32072

Job Posted Date : 8/27/2025

Job Description

Job Title:

Enterprise Architect

Location:

Linthicum Heights, MD

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D. A degree from an ABET or NCAE accredited university in one of the following fields is highly desired: Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or Data Science. However, an additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
• Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility
• Active IAT Level II (CompTIA Security+) certification required
• Active IAM Level III or IASAE Level II certification required
• One or more of the following additional active certifications- Certified Information Systems Security Officer (CISSO), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA), GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD), GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP), GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP), Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
• 3+ years of experience in Microsoft Azure Government.
• Experience in architecture of flexible, scalable, and highly-available systems.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, AKS, EKS).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (TerraForm, ARM templates, CloudFormation templates).
• Experience using DevOps concepts and tools (GitLab, JIRA, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible).
• Familiarity with DoD IT processes, regulations, and current IT cloud initiatives.
• Knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Knowledge of cloud computing deployment models in a public, private, and hybrid environment.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and network security methodologies.
• Knowledge of risk management processes.

Desired Qualifications:

• AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect - Professional Certification.
• In-depth knowledge of Department of the Air Force (DAF) CloudWorks.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Cloud Architect position, a crucial role in supporting a government customer, is a hands-on cloud engineering position that primarily focuses on migrating workloads to the cloud.
• The role is pivotal in delivering infrastructure migrations to the cloud for highly sensitive information and maintaining ownership of technical and service elements related to cloud migration projects.
• The Cloud Architect contributes to all levels of architecture and maintains technical documentation while consulting team members on secure coding practices and developing a familiarity with new tools and best practices.
• Drives the roll-out of cloud management platforms, evaluates their performance, and implements enhancements.
• Develops and enriches the product portfolio of cloud services and value-added services.
• Creates solution recommendations to include a Basis of Estimate for cloud services.
• Evaluate the cost/benefit of cloud vs. virtual private networks vs. dedicated hosting vs. in-house solutions and identify portions of the organization's IT platform/infrastructure with the highest potential return for cloud deployment.
• Performs operations and maintenance of secure managed cloud platform solutions.
• Implements and maintains automation to enhance operation, alerting, and auto-remediation of events. Develops, maintains, and deploys infrastructure as code using CI/CD pipelines.
• Create security-driven Azure enterprise architectures, enterprise systems, and service-oriented architectures.
• Establish and execute detailed cloud migration project plans.
• Drive cloud consulting engagements by providing technical and business insights to cloud strategy engagements, technology and architecture, deployments, cloud migrations, and portfolio management.
• Lead the design and implementation of PaaS/IaaS services, constructs, and deployment methods using containerization, database-as-a-service, storage, and infrastructure automation.
• Provide expertise in architecture and design of services and systems in support of the various customer applications through the organization and its security.
• Participate in technical project review meetings to ensure technical designs meet the client's operational requirements and infrastructure/security standards.
• Educate and influence stakeholders and engineering teams on effective cloud solutions and best practices.

Summary:

Allyon is a certified woman-owned small business dedicated to empowering cleared IT professionals to reach their career goals and building high-performance teams for our federal government clients nationwide. With over 15 years of experience supporting the federal government, we've proudly helped professionals like you achieve their career goals across all areas of IT. Apply today and become part of our mission to support the nation's most critical technology, infrastructure, and cybersecurity initiatives. Together, we can drive innovation and make a difference where it matters most!

What we Offer:

• Competitive pay and benefits
• 401k eligibility after 6 months, including company match

Allyon, Inc. is an equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer and terms of employment are without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Allyon, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.