AWS GovCloud Cloud Architect — Secure Defense Platform

SteerBridge, Inc.; Vienna (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Federal Holidays

Job summary

SteerBridge in Vienna, VA seeks a Cloud Solutions Architect to design secure, scalable AWS GovCloud architectures for a Defense Aviation platform. You’ll own the technical blueprint, produce architecture docs, and guide CI/CD and infrastructure as code across teams.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in cloud and 3+ years in architecture or lead roles, strong AWS Well-Architected expertise, DoD frameworks knowledge, and ability to translate mission needs into concrete cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance.
• 6+ years of cloud experience, including 3+ years in architecture or lead engineering.
• Deep expertise designing AWS solutions across compute, networking, storage, and IAM.
• Strong command of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and secure cloud design patterns.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD at scale.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, identity, and network segmentation.
• Ability to produce architecture documentation and present to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable AWS GovCloud architectures for aviation analytics and operational workloads.
• Produce architecture diagrams, design documents, and technical decision records.
• Define standards for networking, identity, compute, storage, and data services.
• Apply AWS Well-Architected principles across reliability, security, performance efficiency, and cost.
• Evaluate trade-offs and make technology selections aligned with mission and compliance needs.
• Embed least-privilege IAM, encryption, segmentation, and hardened baselines into every design.
• Partner with security architects to align solutions with DoD and DISA frameworks and authorization requirements.
• Design for auditability, logging, and continuous monitoring from the outset.
• Set standards for infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Guide and review engineering implementation to ensure fidelity to the design.
• Prototype and validate new patterns and services before broad adoption.
• Lead architecture and design reviews.
• Translate mission and product requirements into technical roadmaps.
• Partner with data teams to align platform architecture with Medallion data patterns.
• Advise stakeholders and subject matter experts on cloud strategy, modernization, and risk.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Security engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

SteerBridge in Vienna, VA seeks a Cloud Solutions Architect to design secure, scalable AWS GovCloud architectures for a Defense Aviation platform. You’ll own the technical blueprint, produce architecture docs, and guide CI/CD and infrastructure as code across teams.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in cloud and 3+ years in architecture or lead roles, strong AWS Well-Architected expertise, DoD frameworks knowledge, and ability to translate mission needs into concrete cloud solutions.