Cloud Architect

The Josef Group; Maryland; On-site; USD 240,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Josef Group is seeking a Cloud Architect with TS/SCI and Poly to lead multi-cloud integration efforts across AWS, Azure, and other providers. You will design, evaluate, and implement cloud-native solutions while balancing cost, compliance, and interoperability across environments.

Responsibilities include creating reference architectures, IaC templates (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep), and mentoring teams to raise cloud maturity. Strong communication with stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience architecting solutions across AWS, Azure, and other commercial clouds.
• Deep knowledge of native cloud services for compute, networking, identity, and storage.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep).
• Monitoring, logging, and cost management across multiple clouds.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Past experience working with and understanding of the CNO mission.

Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate multi-cloud architectures spanning AWS, Azure, and other commercial environments.
• Develop reference implementations and integration patterns for cross-cloud networking, identity, and data flows.
• Assess tradeoffs between cost, performance, compliance, and vendor lock-in to inform technical direction.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to implement cloud-native solutions aligned with mission needs.
• Create reusable infrastructure-as-code templates (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep) to accelerate adoption.
• Provide expert technical guidance and mentorship to teams building or migrating workloads in multi-cloud ecosystems.
• Document architectures and share best practices to strengthen organizational cloud fluency and consistency.

Skills

Multi-cloud architecture

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Infrastructure as code

Terraform

CloudFormation

Cost management

Networking fundamentals

Communication

CNO mission experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM/Bicep

Job description

Cloud Architect
TS/SCI and Poly Required
$240K-$260K

Description:

As a Cloud Architect specializing in multi-cloud integration, you will guide teams in designing,evaluating, and implementing solutions across multiple commercial cloud environments. You’llleverage deep understanding of native cloud services—compute, storage, networking, identity,monitoring, and data pipelines to help teams select and combine the right tools for eachmission. This role requires balancing cost, complexity, and compliance while ensuringinteroperability and maintainability across clouds. You’ll work closely with development andDevOps teams to architect resilient systems that perform seamlessly across AWS, Azure, and other commercial cloud providers. Acting as a trusted technical advisor, you’ll raise the organization’s overall cloud maturity and enable smarter, faster adoption of cloud-native capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Design and evaluate multi-cloud architectures spanning AWS, Azure, and other commercial environments.
• Develop reference implementations and integration patterns for cross-cloud networking, identity, and data flows.
• Assess tradeoffs between cost, performance, compliance, and vendor lock-in to inform technical direction.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to implement cloud-native solutions aligned with mission needs.
• Create reusable infrastructure-as-code templates (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep) to accelerate adoption.
• Provide expert technical guidance and mentorship to teams building or migrating workloads in multi-cloud ecosystems.
• Document architectures and share best practices to strengthen organizational cloud fluency and consistency.

Skills Requirements:

• Solid grasp of computer networking protocols and principles.
• Individually motivated, self-starter, capable of understanding vague requirements and delivering novel approaches.
• Experience architecting solutions across multiple commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).
• Deep knowledge of native cloud services for compute, networking, identity, and storage.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep, etc.).
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and cost management tools across multiple clouds.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Past experience working with and understanding of the CNO mission.

Nice to Haves:

• Certifications across multiple providers (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Cloud Professional Architect).
• Experience designing hybrid and federated cloud systems integrating on-prem and SaaS environments.
• Familiarity with DevOps pipelines, CI/CD, and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, etc.).
• Experience and interest in mentoring and training others, sharing your expertise.

YOE Requirement:

12 yrs, B.S. or 4 additional yrs in place of B.S.