Cloud Architect

Washington, AR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Title & Code: Cloud Architect

Location: Washington DC 20003

Project End Date: 09/30/2026 (With Possible extension to next fiscal year)

CONTRACT JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities:

1. Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.

2. Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high quality services/products.

3. Identifies best practices and standards for the use of the product.

4. Delivers support and design for industry specific technologies that require integration with systems or networks.

5. Interacts with executive level business users or technical experts.

6. Functions as a niche technical SME.

7. Lead experience with technical expertise across large complex implementations for systems.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelors degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience

Skill Assessment: (Please include the years of experience last used and brief description on skills below information is to be submitted along with the resume)

Skill	Required / Desired	Amount of Experience	Years of Experience
Deep expertise in major cloud platforms (AWS Azure Google Cloud) including core services like compute storage networking databases and security	Required	10 Years
Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture	Required	10 Years
Proven track record of cloud migrations and modernization projects.	Required	10 Years
Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud architectures	Required	10 Years
Demonstratable work experience with Hybrid converged datacenters and clouds	Required	10 Years
Design and implementation of cloud solutions	Required	7 Years
Cost optimization Risk assessment and mitigation planning for cloud infrastructure	Required	7 Years
Networking fundamentals (VPCs subnets load balancing DNS firewalls)	Required	5 Years
Security and compliance frameworks (Zero Trust encryption IAM compliance standards like FedRAMP for government)	Required	5 Years
Scripting and automation (Python PowerShell Bash)	Required	5 Years
Monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch Azure Monitor Prometheus Grafana)	Required	5 Years
CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices	Required	3 Years
Containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes)	Required	3 Years
Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform Ansible CloudFormation ARM templates)	Required	3 Years
Cloud platform certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert Google Professional Cloud Architect)	Required
11-15 yrs. conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty	Required
11-15 yrs. preparing complex technical documentation	Required
Bachelors degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience	Required

Position Title & Code: Cloud Architect Location: Washington DC 20003 Project End Date: 09/30/2026 (With Possible extension to next fiscal year) CONTRACT JOB DESCRIPTION Responsibilities: 1. Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty....