Position Summary:Aleut Federal is seeking a senior, market-facing technical leader specializing in cloud architecture and modernization across AWS and Azure within U.S. federal environments.
This role operates across the full lifecycle - from opportunity shaping and technical solutioning through capture, proposal development, pricing, and post-award delivery assurance. The successful candidate will directly influence technical win strategies while maintaining accountability for delivery execution.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on cloud architect who can design secure, scalable environments, lead modernization and migration efforts, and translate cloud capabilities into mission and operational outcomes.
This role requires deep, hands-on expertise in one cloud platform (AWS or Azure) and demonstrated ability to architect across both environments.
This is a build, sell, and validate role with direct impact on growth and delivery outcomes.
Core ResponsibilitiesGrowth, Sales Engineering & Solutioning- Lead technical solutioning for cloud-based federal opportunities, including application modernization, migration strategies, platform engineering, and shared services.
- Directly influence and help drive technical wins by defining cloud architecture discriminators, leading customer-facing architecture sessions, workshops, and whiteboarding engagements, and translating cloud capabilities into mission, performance, and cost outcomes.
- Partner with Business Development and Capture to shape opportunities pre-RFP and present and defend cloud architectures to technical and executive stakeholders.
AI-Enabled Engineering (Required)- Aleut Federal expects AI to be embedded into cloud solutions as a core capability for both growth and delivery.
- Design and support AI-enabled cloud architectures, including scalable data processing, model hosting, API-based AI services, and AI-enabled automation and operational optimization.
- Leverage native cloud AI services and integrate external AI platforms where appropriate.
- Support orchestration of AI-driven workflows within cloud environments and enable multi-step processing and decision pipelines.
- Required: experience working with AI/ML services within cloud environments. Strongly preferred for Senior Principal: delivery of AI-enabled cloud architectures in production with measurable outcomes.
- Ensure AI implementations align with federal requirements for security, compliance, transparency, and auditability.
Capture, Proposal & Pricing- Lead and contribute to technical proposal development for cloud opportunities.
- Author and own complete technical sections, including cloud architecture, landing zones, migration and modernization strategy, and security and governance models.
- Build BOEs aligned to infrastructure cost, migration effort, and operational overhead.
- Ensure solutions are executable, cost-efficient, and differentiated.
Delivery Assurance & Technical QA- Ensure alignment between proposed cloud architectures and delivered implementations.
- Provide technical oversight during migration, environment setup, deployment, and scaling.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to security, compliance, cost overruns, performance, and scalability.
Technical Marketing, Thought Leadership & Industry Engagement- Develop cloud-focused solution briefs, reference architectures, and capability messaging.
- Actively participate in external engagements, including industry events, customer briefings, and technical forums, and be willing to speak on modernization strategies and architecture patterns.
- Position Aleut Federal as a credible cloud transformation partner.
Required Qualifications- S. Citizenship (U.S. Citizens only).
- 7+ years of U.S. federal experience with a Bachelor's degree.
- Deep, hands-on expertise in one cloud platform (AWS or Azure required), with demonstrated ability to architect across both environments.
- Experience designing secure cloud architectures and supporting technical solutioning, capture, and proposal development.
- Ability to obtain a Position of Public Trust.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with AWS GovCloud and/or Azure Government environments.
- Experience supporting large-scale federal cloud migrations.
- Experience integrating DevSecOps practices in cloud environments.
- Experience supporting AI/ML workloads in cloud platforms.
- Active Top Secret clearance.
Certifications (Desired, Representative of Level)- AWS Solutions Architect - Professional
- AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
Position Profile Summary- Cloud architecture-focused
- Deep in one platform, capable across both
- Growth-driven with direct impact on technical wins
- Hands-on and delivery accountable
- AI-enabled
Salary Range: $150,000-$225,000 We will accept applications for this position until 11/1/26.Aleut offers the following benefits to eligible employees:
- Health insurance
- Dental/Vision insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Life insurance
- 401 (k) and match
