Cloud Enterprise Architect - Mission

Role overview Shape cloud strategy and lead architecture for secure, mission-critical environments. This senior technical role develops cloud solutions and partner offerings, guides customer modernization, and connects cloud engineering with security, product, sales, and alliance teams.

Responsibilities - Design secure multi-cloud, hybrid, classified, and edge-to-cloud architectures. - Provide technical leadership for relationships with major cloud providers and develop joint reference architectures, migration frameworks, marketplace offerings, and solution accelerators. - Integrate cloud designs with Zero Trust, cross-domain solutions, AI and machine learning services, DevSecOps, and cloud-native technologies. - Lead customer architecture reviews, executive engagements, modernization workshops, and transformation initiatives. - Create architecture guidance, migration materials, deployment frameworks, operational playbooks, and technical publications. - Train internal teams and represent the organization in customer, partner, and industry engagements.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - Six to ten years in enterprise architecture, cloud engineering, or systems architecture, including three to five years designing, deploying, or operating enterprise cloud environments. - Deep knowledge of cloud architecture and experience across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. - Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, cloud networking, infrastructure as code, and platform engineering. - Knowledge of cloud security, Zero Trust, FedRAMP, RMF, NIST 800-53, encryption, and secure software practices. - Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, AI and machine learning cloud services, and hybrid or multi-cloud management, plus strong communication and stakeholder skills.

Nice to have - Experience supporting defense, intelligence, or federal government customers. - A professional cloud architecture certification; CISSP, TOGAF, CKA, or RHCA credentials are also valued.

Benefits and work setup - U.S.-based remote work, with a preference for the greater Northern Virginia area; travel to customer sites, cloud partner offices, and industry events is expected. - The listed base salary range is $185,100–$273,200, with bonus plans and benefits that include flexible paid time off, a retirement plan match, and healthcare contributions.