Senior Cloud Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Oversee enterprise architecture, platform integration, product engineering, and application modernization within a complex federal technology framework.

• Develop and uphold technical architecture standards, reference patterns, integration methodologies, and governance guidelines.

• Direct solution design across various cloud service providers, SaaS platforms, enterprise productivity tools, low-code platforms, APIs, workflow automation, data integrations, and secure access strategies.

• Facilitate architectural design reviews and technical decision-making forums.

• Define and manage integration patterns utilizing APIs, SDKs, webhooks, event streams, serverless functions, workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.

• Assist with infrastructure-as-code, policy-as-code, configuration-as-code, DNS-as-code, and consistent automation practices.

• Guide product development, delivery, and maintenance teams through requirements gathering, solution design, backlog refinement, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement.

• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams on Zero Trust principles, access controls, logging, monitoring, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and compliance matters.

• Work with data teams to ensure governed data access, data quality, analytics, reporting, and AI-enabled capabilities.

• Provide technical guidance for platform rationalization, application lifecycle management, performance enhancement, technical debt mitigation, and automation.

• Aid in release planning, change management, technical documentation, implementation strategies, architecture diagrams, runbooks, and knowledge transfer.

• Convert intricate technical challenges into actionable recommendations for client stakeholders, program leaders, product teams, and delivery partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.

• U.S. Citizenship is a requirement due to federal contract stipulations.

• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Federal Public Trust clearance.

• 15+ years of experience in leading enterprise architecture, systems integration, platform engineering, application modernization, or product engineering within complex enterprise settings.

• One active certification in cloud, enterprise architecture, security, or IT service management, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect, TOGAF, CISSP, Security+, ITIL Foundation, or an equivalent.

• 8+ years of experience in designing and governing cloud, SaaS, PaaS, or enterprise platform solutions in multi-team delivery environments.

• 5+ years of experience in supporting federal technology programs or regulated enterprise environments with established security, compliance, or authorization requirements.

• 5+ years of experience in leading technical design for application modernization, platform integration, product development, API integration, workflow automation, or DevSecOps delivery.

• 5+ years of experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• 5+ years of experience with DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, automated testing, release management, and environment promotion.

• 3+ years of experience implementing or governing infrastructure-as-code, policy-as-code, configuration-as-code, or similar automation methodologies.

• 3+ years of experience with enterprise SaaS or collaboration platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SharePoint, Teams, Slack, GitHub, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Adobe, DocuSign, or comparable platforms.

• 3+ years of experience leading architecture assessments, technical governance boards, developing engineering standards, or approving solution designs.

• Experience working with HHS, NIH, FDA, CMS, CDC, or other health-related federal agencies.

• Experience in designing SaaS-first or cloud-first enterprise architectures with minimal reliance on custom infrastructure.

• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture, identity-aware access, conditional access, TIC 3.0, NIST 800-53, CIS benchmarks, FISMA, or FedRAMP-aligned environments.

• Experience with the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse, ALM, environment strategy, and governance.

• Proficiency in enterprise identity, endpoint management, collaboration platforms, networking, secure access, and platform operations.

• Experience in product management, Agile delivery, backlog governance, release planning, sprint execution, and user-centered product delivery.

• Experience in developing architecture diagrams, technical standards, implementation roadmaps, platform governance models, and modernization playbooks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, disabled veterans, and sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Confidential accommodation support.

• Benefits information provided in accordance with the Transparency in Coverage Act.