AWS Solutions Architect

Amentum; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Solutions Architect SME to lead cloud-enabled solutions for government-focused projects in Bethesda, MD. You will guide requirements, design architectures, and mentor engineers while coordinating across teams to ensure timely delivery and compliance with ODNI/ATO constraints.

You will evaluate cloud hosting options (AWS/Azure), drive consensus among stakeholders, and craft artifacts that describe architecture, integration, and security considerations for complex systems.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions.
• Hands-on with AWS or Azure environments.
• Ability to mentor teams and coordinate across groups.
• Familiarity with NIEM data exchange standards.
• Familiarity with VMware and cloud deployments.
• Ability to engage with C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead solutions architects and stand up cloud services to solve customer problems.
• Coordinate across teams for complex tasks and mentor team members.
• Ensure compliance with ODNI and ATO constraints.
• Evaluate cloud hosting options and drive consensus.
• Support business process design and technical systems.
• Engage in pre-sales qualification as needed.
• Work with Project/Program Managers on technical content.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

Java

NIEM

VMware

Enterprise architecture

Pre-sales

Tools

XML/JSON

Databases

Job description

The Solutions Architect SME (SAS) will act as lead solutions architects with an emphasis on standing up and utilizing cloud services to solve customer problems. The SAS will meet with team members and customers to understand requirements, understand obstacles and to hear and mitigate risk. The SAS is also responsible to ensure team members coordinate across teams as necessary for more complex tasks to ensure success, and to ensure team members embrace skill enhancement through mentoring and on-the-job training moments. Solutions requiring new software, methodologies, approaches, or other changes will be coordinated with the task lead and SME forums to ensure that all solutions are in ODNI compliance, and are within the constraints of the ATO. Solution stack baselines (a list of pre-approved software and code) will be encouraged to eliminate unnecessary changes to baselines.

• Support evaluation of cloud-based hosting options and recommend solutions. Collaborate with stakeholders to gain consensus, formulate planning and drive progress.
• Supports business process design and technical system related to relevant applications
• Working knowledge of existing systems and solutions within federal government departments and agencies, to include the IC.
• Full understanding of Software Development Life Cycle. Hands-on experience standing up and deploying cloud solutions including cloud administration. Candidate must have a good understanding of AWS or Azure environments.
• Hands on experience developing software solutions using JAVA or other high level languages highly desirable.
• Past experience with creating/managing and integrating systems with diverse databases, schemas, XML/JSON based exchange specifications like NIEM is highly desired.
• Certifications and operational experience with VMware, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure desirable.
• Develops technical solutions design and architecture artifacts, hardware/software, technology and infrastructure requirements and drives definition, development and implementation of solutions in response to specific customer requirements.
• Well versed with on-premise and cloud-based offerings and how to integrate these capabilities as part of the solution architecture.
• Develops and nurtures consensus and working relationships with technical teams and integration on projects and programs; collaborating with other technical teams in the exchange and transfer of technical knowledge and in the development and evolution of architecture standards, guidelines, reference architecture, and the systems Technology Roadmap; and performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned
• Participates when needed as a technical expert in pre-sales qualification. Works closely with Project Managers and Program Managers in the design, development, and implementation of the technical content defined by customer requirements.
• This role requires knowledge and skills that are both broad and deep. Experience with designing, deploying and operationalizing application architectures, datacenters, cyber and cyber-physical system security, electromagnetic system analysis, space architecture and resilience, identity management, data analytics, artificial intelligence/machine load and multi-cloud solutions are critical to this position. To be effective this position must have experience in enterprise architecture, application development, end-to-end systems analysis and be comfortable advising C-level executives as well as working with hands-on engineers. Technical focus with client site work.

Compensation Details:

80k-181k

Benefits Overview:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.