10+ years of relevant experience in cloud architecture and engineering.
Bachelor's degree in Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science, or a related IT field.
DoD Information Assurance Workforce (IAWF) DoD 8570 IASAE Level II certification required.
Enterprise Architecture Certification required.
Active DoD Secret Clearance necessary.
Responsibilities
Lead the enterprise cloud architecture strategy and design for ONR.
Deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective AWS and hybrid solutions.
Set and govern cloud architecture standards and best practices.
Review existing environments to enhance performance and security.
Mentor cloud engineers and cybersecurity staff on architecture decisions.
Architect and optimize AWS infrastructure, including core services like EC2 and S3.
Define strategies for backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
Oversee cloud infrastructure lifecycle and troubleshoot escalated issues.
Ensure cloud solutions meet DoD cybersecurity requirements and compliance standards.
Lead automation efforts using Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.
Benefits
100% onsite position in Arlington, VA.
Opportunity to work on mission-critical IT modernization goals.
Engagement with cutting-edge cloud technologies and practices.
Mentorship and leadership opportunities in a collaborative environment.
Full Job Description
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
