Senior Cloud ArchitectSystems Administrator

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County headquartered in Huntsville AL. Our team provides superior research development and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nations top 100 defense companies the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: Lighting the Pathway of Freedom. And as a Certified Evergreen ESOP we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect/Systems Administrator to support our Air & Missile Defense Business Unit.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the endtoend design and implementation of secure scalable hybrid cloud architectures across AWS Azure and onpremises environments.
• Implement and maintain architecture as code and infrastructureascode patterns (e.g. CloudFormation ARM/Bicep Terraform) to standardize automate and version cloud solutions.
• Architect build and operate CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure delivery integrating security and compliance checks (DevSecOps).
• Design and manage container platforms using Docker and orchestration technologies (e.g. Kubernetes) to support microservices and legacy application modernization.
• Drive security-by-design across cloud workloads embedding controls that align to SOC 2 NIST and Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements.
• Lead and coordinate the full Authority to Operate (ATO) process including control selection implementation evidence continuous monitoring and engagement with authorizing officials.
• Integrate and operationalize ACAS and other vulnerability management tools to support continuous scanning remediation and reporting across hybrid environments.
• Define and implement cloud security baselines guardrails and configuration standards (identity network encryption logging backup) for AWS and Azure.
• Partner with AI/ML teams to design secure compliant infrastructure for AI workloads including data pipelines model deployment and runtime monitoring.
• Establish monitoring logging and observability patterns to ensure reliability performance and incident response readiness across cloud services.
• Mentor engineers perform design and code reviews and champion best practices in automation testing and documentation.
• Evaluate emerging cloud AI and security technologies and make recommendations for pilots and adoption.

Required qualifications:

• US Citizenship.
• Bachelors or Masters Degree or related experience in the field.
• 9 years of overall IT/engineering experience with at least 9 years focused on cloud engineering and architecture.
• Proven experience designing and operating production workloads in both AWS and Azure including core services (compute storage networking IAM).
• Strong expertise with ascode practices: infrastructure as code and architecture as code using tools such as Terraform CloudFormation ARM/Bicep or similar.
• Handson experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions Azure DevOps GitLab CI Jenkins or similar) including automated testing and security checks.
• Deep proficiency with GitHub (or similar Git platforms) for branching strategies pull requests and workflow automation.
• Practical experience with containerization using Docker and one or more container orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes ECS AKS EKS).
• Demonstrated experience working within security frameworks such as SOC 2 NIST (e.g. NIST 80053) and RMF and implementing technical controls mapped to these standards.
• Direct involvement in achieving and maintaining an Authority to Operate (ATO) for cloud systems including documentation control implementation and continuous monitoring.
• Experience integrating and using ACAS or equivalent vulnerability management platforms for scanning reporting and remediation workflows.
• Strong background in hybrid cloud architectures including connectivity identity and security across onprem and cloud environments.
• Proficiency with at least one scripting or programming language (e.g. Python PowerShell Bash) for automation and tooling.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience designing secure platforms for AI/ML workloads (model training inference MLOps) in AWS and/or Azure.
• Handson experience with DevSecOps tooling: SAST/DAST container image scanning software composition analysis and secrets management.
• Familiarity with zerotrust principles and implementing identitycentric security controls in cloud environments.
• Background working in regulated or audited environments (e.g. federal defense healthcare financial services) with frequent security or compliance assessments.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert CISSP CCSP or similar.

Schedule:M-F; 8-5

Work Location: Customer- site

Travel:Yes Up to 20%.

Relocation Assistance Available:No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract:No

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment a competitive salary and an excellent comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution medical dental vision life insurance short-term disability long-term disability flexible spending accounts Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts EAP education assistance paid time off and holidays.

Applying to Torch Technologies:

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