Cloud Integration Architect (Remote)
Lakewood, CO - USA
Job Summary
(Remote Position)
Federal Government Experience Required
Company Information NexGen Technologies Inc. is a leading IT services firm specializing in delivering innovativehigh-qualitysolutions to our federal government clients. Our core competencies include IT professional support services software development cloud services IT Operations Agile project management and GIS services.
Job Summary The Cloud Integration Architect provides strategic and technical leadership to guide current and future customer plans related to cloud technologies. This role requires deep knowledge of emerging information technology trends cloud modernization patterns and enterprisescale architecture practices. This position is responsible for designing implementing and optimizing cloud architecture solutions supporting both immediate mission needs and long-term crossfunctional requirements across federal environments.
This position handles complex architectural challenges including scalability high availability redundancy and multibureau expansion. The role also leads phased discovery and planning efforts ensuring alignment with enterprise governance data standards and modernization roadmaps.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (as assigned)
Cloud Strategy & Leadership
- Provides leadership and subject matter expertise on current and future customer cloud strategies modernization plans and enterprise technology direction.
- Advises stakeholders on cloud trends emerging technologies and long-range IT architecture considerations.
- Translates mission business and technical requirements into scalable secure and sustainable cloud architecture solutions.
Architecture Design & Implementation
- Designs end-to-end cloud architectures encompassing software hardware networking and communications layers.
- Ensures architectures support total system requirements including crossfunctional interfaces integration points and future scalability.
- Develops solutions that incorporate high availability redundancy disaster recovery and performance optimization.
- Leads the design and implementation of cloud services infrastructure patterns and reusable architecture components.
- Develops and maintains data dictionaries metadata standards and data classification models.
- Leads crossbureau expansion of cloud architecture solutions ensuring interoperability governance alignment and consistent implementation across organizational boundaries.
Technical Governance & Integration
- Ensures architectural compliance with federal security data management and cloud governance requirements.
- Collaborates with crossfunctional teams to validate architecture decisions integration patterns and modernization roadmaps.
- Provides technical oversight during implementation ensuring solutions meet design intent and performance expectations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills
- Experience in designing and implementing cloud architecture solutions (i.e. AWS Azure GCP) for information technology.
- Knowledge of the future direction and trends associated with information technology.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing cloud architecture solutions for enterprise information technology environments.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms infrastructure services and modern application architectures.
- Knowledge of emerging IT trends cloud adoption patterns and futurestate technology planning.
- Experience architecting for scalability high availability redundancy and distributed systems.
- Ability to lead discovery planning and classification activities in complex federal or multibureau environments.
Desired Skills
- Experience supporting federal agencies or multibureau modernization initiatives.
- Familiarity with enterprise data governance metadata management and data dictionary development.
- Experience leading phased modernization efforts including discovery planning and crossorganization expansion.
- Certifications in cloud architecture (AWS Azure GCP) or enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF FEAF).
Education
- Bachelors degree in business information technology engineering or a related field.
Additional Requirements
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences.
- Must be able to pass background screening prior to employment.
- U.S. Citizenship lawful permanent residency or U.S. work authorization with a minimum of three years of U.S. presence asrequiredfor federal contracts.
Compensation: $140000$160000/year (The successful candidates starting pay will fall within the salary range provided and isdeterminedbased onjob-relatedfactors including experience qualifications skills geographic work location and market conditions.)
NexGen Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
(Last Revision:)
Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
NexGen Technologies is an IT Service provider specializing in delivering a range of services to the federal government.