AWS Cloud Architect

Fairfax, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 19 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: AWS Cloud Architect

Location: Onsite in Fairfax VA 3 days and in Washington DC 2 days per week.

Duration: Long Term Contract

Positions Require a Secret Clearance

Primary Responsibilities:

Design and deploy dynamically scalable highly available fault tolerant AWS applications and infrastructure
Lead & advise on cloud migration strategies for complex multi-tier systems
Select AWS services (EC2 S3 RDS Lambda VPC etc.) matching project needs
Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC): implement Terraform CloudFormation CI/CD pipelines
Optimize cost and performance: monitor usage implement cost-control best practices
Ensure security & compliance: apply AWS Well Architected frameworks IAM encryption audit/logging
Define and enforce security policies (IAM roles encryption network security)
Plan and execute migration of applications and data from on-premises or other clouds to AWS.
Disaster Recovery & Resilience: develop and maintain backup DR plans failover strategies
Continuously assess review existing architecture and recommend enhancements including new AWS features

Skills and Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
10 years in Cloud migration enhancement and virtualization.
Expertise in disaster recovery and achieving 100% up time
Agile and DevSecOps project knowledge
Experience deploying AWS service in GovCloud
Familiarity with DoD systems cybersecurity frameworks and cloud platforms

Certifications:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Certified Data Analytics Cloud Practitioner and AI Practitioner preferred
Desired expertise in AWS SysOps and AWS Machine Learning Engineering

Security Clearance Requirements:

U.S. Citizen with active DoD Secret clearance.

Work Location:

3 days in Fairfax VA 2 days in Washington D.C.

Role: AWS Cloud Architect Location: Onsite in Fairfax VA 3 days and in Washington DC 2 days per week. Duration: Long Term Contract Positions Require a Secret Clearance Primary Responsibilities: Design and deploy dynamically scalable highly available fault tolerant AWS applications and infrast...