Cloud Solutions Architect

Saliense; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 20 days

Sick & Safe Time 40 hours

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with tiered match

Parental leave

Professional development reimbursement

Job summary

Saliense is seeking a Cloud Architecture and Solution Design Lead in Arlington, VA, 100% onsite. You will drive enterprise cloud strategy, design, and governance for ONR, overseeing AWS-based and hybrid deployments that meet mission requirements.

You will mentor engineers, establish standards, and guide secure, scalable solutions while managing incidents and cost optimization. This role requires DoD compliance expertise and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science or IT.
• DoD IASAE Level II (8570) certification.
• Enterprise Architecture certification.

Responsibilities

• Deliver secure, scalable AWS and hybrid solutions for DoD missions.
• Set cloud architecture standards and reference architectures.
• Review environments and drive improvements in performance, security and cost.
• Mentor cloud engineers, sysadmins, developers and cybersecurity staff.
• Lead architecture decisions from planning through operational sustainment.
• Design complex network topologies incl. VPC peering and VPN.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Solution design

Leadership

Mentoring

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science or IT

DoD IASAE Level II certification

Enterprise Architecture Certification

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

OpenSearch

CodePipeline

CodeBuild

AWS CLI

System Manager

Job description

At Saliense, we are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Our employees are encouraged to take on challenging and meaningful work, with ample opportunities for career advancement. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, including:

• 20 Days PTO + 40 Hours of Paid Sick & Safe Time
• Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Tiered Match & 100% Vesting
• Parental Leave for Birthing and Non-Birthing Parents
• Professional Development Reimbursement Program

We believe in empowering our team members to achieve their professional goals while contributing to impactful projects that make a difference. Join us at Saliense and be part of a growing organization dedicated to innovation, collaboration, and excellence. Visit www.saliense.com to learn more.

There are many more - connect with us to get a preview of the full benefits package.

About the role

• Cloud Architecture and Solution Design Lead the enterprise cloud architecture strategy, design, and working group for ONR.
• This position is 100% onsite in Arlington, VA.

What you'll do

• Deliver secure, scalable, resilient and cost-effective AWS and hybrid solutions that support mission requirements and IT modernization goals.
• Set and govern cloud architecture standards, reference architectures, design documentation and best practices.
• Review existing environments regularly and drive improvements to performance, availability, security and cost.
• Serve as senior technical authority and mentor to cloud engineers, system administrators, developers and cybersecurity staff.
• Guide them on architecture decisions from initial planning through operational sustainment.
• AWS Cloud Engineering and Administration Hands-on expertise to architect, deploy and optimize AWS infrastructure.
• Core services include EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager and OpenSearch.
• Design complex network topologies, including VPC peering, VPN connectivity, routing, gateways and segmentation.
• Define strategies for backup, disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Oversee the full cloud infrastructure lifecycle and lead escalated troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure, connectivity, performance and integration issues.
• Cloud Security and DoD Compliance Architect cloud solutions that meet DoD, Department of the Navy and ONR cybersecurity requirements. This includes RMF, NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs and SRGs, with cybersecurity architecture expertise at IASAE Level II.
• Lead the cloud security architecture work for Authority to Operate (ATO) efforts, security assessments and continuous monitoring.
• Oversee related artifacts such as system security documentation and POA&Ms. Partner with Information Assurance and cybersecurity teams to define security controls (identity, encryption, segmentation, logging) and to prioritize and remediate risks.
• Cloud Automation and Infrastructure as Code Define and lead the enterprise Infrastructure as Code strategy using AWS CloudFormation and/or Terraform.
• The goal is standardized, repeatable and secure deployments. Architect CI/CD pipelines and automated provisioning, configuration management and deployment processes.
• Use AWS Developer Tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild) or equivalent technologies.
• Drive automation with Python, PowerShell, Bash and the AWS CLI, and work with application teams to build cloud infrastructure into software delivery and modernization efforts.
• Cloud Operations and Enterprise Integration Lead migration, modernization and integration of applications and workloads into AWS.
• Work with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, network, security and development teams to keep systems interoperable.
• Guide ongoing optimization of ONR’s AWS environment through analysis of usage and costs, governance of configuration and assets (including ServiceNow CMDB integration) and well-maintained operational documentation and baselines.
• Act as a trusted advisor to government stakeholders on cloud capabilities, modernization roadmaps and emerging technologies. Lead technical reviews, change management and resolution of critical incidents.

Qualifications

• 10+ Years of relevant/related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in one of the following: Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science or IT related field
• Required Certifications: 1) DoD Information Assurance Workforce (IAWF) DoD 8570 IASAE Level II certification. 2) Enterprise Architecture Certification