Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Brave; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A federal technologies company is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Solutions Architect to support a major U.S. Federal Health Agency. The role involves leading architecture strategy across multicloud platforms such as OCI, Azure, and AWS while ensuring compliance with federal standards. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in cloud architecture, especially in regulated environments, and hold relevant certifications, including OCI and a willingness to pursue GCP certification. The position is remote within the U.S.

Qualifications

• 12+ years enterprise infrastructure engineering experience.
• 5+ years cloud architecture experience specifically in OCI.
• Experience designing secure cloud environments in regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy across a multicloud environment.
• Design secure, scalable architectures across OCI, Azure, AWS.
• Architect hybrid connectivity and implement cloud compliance.

Skills

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) expertise

Cloud architecture

Terraform

Automation experience

Tools

OCI 2025 Architect Professional

OCI 2025 Multicloud Architect Professional

GCP Professional Cloud Architect

Job description

Infrastructure Solutions Architect – Multicloud (Federal Health Agency)

Company: Brave Federal Technologies
Location: Remote (U.S.-based)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Long-Term Permanent
Citizenship: U.S. Citizens Preferred
Clearance: Public Trust eligible preferred

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Experience and Relevant Certifications are a must

About Brave

Brave Federal Technologies delivers disciplined engineering and multicloud modernization services to U.S. federal agencies. We specialize in secure cloud transformation, compliance-aligned architectures, and mission-critical infrastructure that supports public health and citizen services. At Brave, we build infrastructure that supports national public health systems. We value engineering rigor, accountability, and merit-driven excellence. This is a long‑term opportunity to shape federal multicloud architecture at scale.

Position Overview

Brave is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Solutions Architect to support a major U.S. Federal Health Agency in a long‑term modernization initiative.

This role will lead architecture strategy and implementation across a multicloud environment (OCI, Azure, AWS, with planned GCP expansion) supporting regulated healthcare systems and high‑availability federal workloads.

This is a permanent, strategic role, not contract staffing.

Required Certifications

• OCI 2025 Architect Professional
• OCI 2025 Multicloud Architect Professional
• Willingness to obtain GCP Professional Cloud Architect within 6–12 months

Key Responsibilities

Multicloud Infrastructure Architecture

• Design secure, scalable architectures across OCI, Azure, AWS
• Develop inter‑cloud networking, identity federation, and workload portability strategies
• Architect hybrid connectivity (FastConnect, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, IPSec VPN)

Federal Health Environment

• Design cloud landing zones aligned with federal compliance requirements
• Implement encryption, logging, monitoring, and audit‑ready architectures
• Support secure data handling in regulated healthcare environments

Platform & Database Modernization

• Lead Oracle workload migrations (RAC, Data Guard, Exadata)
• Architect high availability and disaster recovery across regions
• Optimize performance and cloud cost models

Automation & Governance

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Policy‑as‑code governance implementation
• CI/CD integration and DevOps alignment

Security Architecture

• Design IAM models with least privilege enforcement
• Implement encryption with customer‑managed keys
• Deploy cloud‑native security services and guardrails

GCP Expansion Strategy

• Participate in evaluation and onboarding of GCP workloads
• Develop internal multicloud standards and reference architectures
• Create repeatable patterns for future agency expansion

Required Experience

• 12+ years enterprise infrastructure engineering
• 5+ years cloud architecture experience
• Strong OCI architecture experience (production‑grade)
• Experience designing large and complex secure cloud environments in regulated industries
• Experience supporting federal or healthcare programs preferred
• Automation experience (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD)

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting U.S. Federal Agencies
• Public Trust or federal clearance eligibility
• Kubernetes and containerized platform architecture
• Cloud cost optimization and FinOps strategy

Technical Stack

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) - Must
• GCP
• AWS/Azure
• Terraform / Ansible
• Oracle 19c+, Exadata, Autonomous DB
• SQL Server / PostgreSQL
• Kubernetes / Docker
• Enterprise monitoring and SIEM integration

What We Look For

• Architect‑level thinking (not operations‑only)
• Documentation discipline
• Ownership mindset
• Long‑term federal mission alignment
• Willingness to expand into emerging cloud platforms (GCP)