Sr. AWS Cloud Architect
$112,000–$179,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design and govern enterprise cloud architecture on AWS and Azure for mission-critical federal programs, ensuring solutions meet FedRAMP Moderate security and compliance requirements. Lead cloud migration and modernization strategies, including workload assessment, right-sizing, and cost optimization. Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code templates using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation and configure secure CI/CD pipelines with DevSecOps integration. Architect secure identity access boundaries, network firewalls, and encryption schemas while building site reliability engineering practices and disaster recovery solutions. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud engineers. This 100% remote role requires US citizenship and Top-Secret clearance. Peraton serves as a leading mission capability integrator for government agencies and allied forces.
Required Qualifications
- US citizenship
- ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret eligible clearance
- Minimum 12 years work experience
- BS/BA in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Min 10 years with MS/MA
- 8 years of progressive experience in cloud infrastructure/architecture roles on AWS
- Deep hands-on expertise designing AWS solutions, including VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, networking/Transit Gateway, KMS, Organizations, Control Tower, PrivateLink, Direct Connect, and Site-to-Site VPN
- Strong grasp of networking, databases, storage, and container tooling on AWS
- Experience with AWS cloud-native security services such as GuardDuty, Security Hub, and Inspector
- Demonstrated experience architecting within FedRAMP Moderate (or FedRAMP High/DoD or similar compliance) environments, with familiarity in NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171 control families
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
- Scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Experience with cloud-native and serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, microservices) and containerization (EKS, ECS, Fargate)
- Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud architecture, including Azure (VNets, Azure AD/Entra ID, SSO/MFA, Azure Policy, Site-to-Site VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect)
- Experience implementing SRE practices and disaster recovery plans
- Experience supporting ATO and continuous monitoring processes with government customers
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
Desired Qualifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- Experience with Databricks implementation and support
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
- Experience with Microsoft .NET and SQL Server
- Experience with Azure
- Experience with DevSecOps
- Strong collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams
- Experience with AI/ML platforms deployed in regulated environments
- Active security clearance
- Familiarity with AI security and governance frameworks, national security/defense/critical infrastructure missions, and supporting federal agencies or large GovCon programs
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