About the Role
The Cloud Solutions Architect will provide technical leadership for the modernization, migration, integration, and ongoing support of a Federal enterprise application portfolio. The Architect will serve as the technical lead responsible for planning and executing cloud migration initiatives, modernizing legacy applications, designing Azure-based enterprise architectures, and guiding engineering teams supporting mission-critical Microsoft technologies.
This position requires regular on-site support and close collaboration with Government leadership, project managers, cybersecurity personnel, and application development teams.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 12+ years of enterprise IT architecture, systems engineering, or application modernization experience.
- Formal Education (Associates, Bachelors, Masters, PhD) may be used to offset experience requirement
- 7+ years architecting Microsoft Azure enterprise solutions.
- 5+ years leading enterprise application modernization initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience leading AWS-to-Azure cloud migrations.
- Experience designing solutions within Microsoft Azure Government (Azure GCC or GCC High preferred).
- Experience leading Agile software development teams supporting enterprise applications.
- Experience supporting Federal Government environments.
- Experience briefing executive leadership and technical stakeholders.
- Ability to support incident resolution and service restoration activities
- Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
- Familiarity with enterprise modernization and integration initiatives
- Experience working with cross-functional technical and business teams
- Experience supporting vendor coordination and escalation activities
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
Preferred Qualifications
Microsoft Azure
Extensive experience designing and implementing:
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure App Services
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure Storage
- Azure Networking
- Azure Firewall
- Azure Load Balancer
- Azure Front Door
- Azure Monitor
- Azure Backup
- Azure Site Recovery
- Azure Policy
- Azure Landing Zones
- Azure Cost Management
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure DevOps
Microsoft 365
Strong experience with:
- SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
- Power Platform
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Power BI
- Power Pages
- Dataverse
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Microsoft 365 administration
Application Development
Experience supporting enterprise applications developed with:
- .NET Framework
- .NET Core/.NET
- C#
- ASP.NET
- SQL Server
- REST APIs
- Web Services
- Entity Framework
AWS
Strong experience with:
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon VPC
- Amazon S3
- Elastic Load Balancer
- IAM
- Route 53
- CloudWatch
- CloudFormation
Responsibilities
The Architect shall:
- Lead the technical planning and execution of enterprise cloud modernization initiatives.
- Serve as the technical lead for AWS-to-Azure migration activities.
- Design Azure cloud architectures supporting mission-critical applications.
- Develop modernization roadmaps for legacy applications.
- Lead architecture reviews and technical design sessions.
- Guide Azure engineers, software developers, and DevOps engineers.
- Develop migration strategies, cutover plans, and rollback procedures.
- Ensure solutions comply with Government security, accessibility (Section 508), and records management requirements.
- Review application designs for scalability, maintainability, and security.
- Support project planning, risk management, and technical decision making.
- Produce architecture documentation, technical diagrams, and implementation guidance.
- Participate in customer meetings with the CIO, COR, and Project Manager.
- Support proposal development and technical planning for modernization initiatives.
Preferred Certifications
Required at a Minimum
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
Highly Preferred
- Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
- Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
Preferred
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- ITIL Foundation
- CISSP
- TOGAF
Our Benefits Include
- Paid Federal Holidays
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Options
- Simple IRA with Matching
- Robust Paid Vacation Policy
- Continuing Education Assistance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Company-Provided Life Insurance
