Cloud Solutions Architect

Saic; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Chantilly, VA seeks a Cloud Solutions Architect with hands-on experience in full stack development and cloud engineering to support mission-critical systems. The role involves designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle, building containerized apps, VMware infrastructure, and advancing DevSecOps practices.

An active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required; you will contribute to architecture decisions, create documentation, and mentor teams on

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree and nine+ years (or Master's 7+ years; PhD/JD 4+).
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required.
• Experience architecting services across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle.
• Experience configuring compute resources (Linux/Windows VMs) and storage/networking.
• Experience managing IAM and administering databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB).
• Experience deploying and troubleshooting Kubernetes and Docker containerized environments.
• Experience incident management, patching cloud infrastructure, and security/compliance tooling.
• Experience with Jira for issue tracking.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Design and develop new applications aligned to sponsor mission requirements.
• Provide operations and maintenance support for mission tools.
• Contribute to software architecture decisions and solve complex design challenges.
• Develop modern front end applications using current frameworks.
• Build, deploy, and maintain containerized apps in cloud environments.
• Manage virtual and physical servers within VMware environments.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Full stack development

DevSecOps

Scripting (SQL, Python)

Container orchestration

VMware administration

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Oracle

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

VMware

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect with hands‑on experience spanning full stack application development and cloud engineering.

The position is located in Chantilly, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph to be considered.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Participate across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including scope and work estimation, design, documentation, implementation, testing, integration, and sustainment.
• Design and develop new applications aligned to Sponsor mission requirements.
• Provide operations and maintenance support for multiple mission tools.
• Contribute to software architecture decisions and develop solutions to complex design challenges.
• Develop modern front end applications using current frameworks.
• Build, deploy, and maintain containerized applications in cloud environments.
• Manage virtual and physical servers within VMware environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Demonstrated experience architecting and engineering services that integrate multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle).
• Demonstrated experience installing, configuring and managing compute resources (Linux and Windows VMs), storage (file, object), networking components (VNet, load balancers, firewalls, DNS, VPNs).
• Demonstrated experience managing Identity and Access Management.
• Demonstrated experience administering databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB) and writing scripts for reporting and automation (SQL, Python) Demonstrated experience performing remote administration and automation using scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell).
• Demonstrated experience deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Demonstrated experience performing incident management, root cause analysis and troubleshooting for services and users.
• Demonstrated experience applying system patches and updates for cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience configuring security and compliance scanning, assessment and reporting tools; setting alerts and remediating issues.
• Demonstrated experience providing Tier 1-3 solution support, creating service documentation and delivering user training.
• Demonstrated experience using Jira for issue and task management.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated experience creating architecture diagrams (Visio, Draw.IO) and translating requirements into cloud solutions.
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements and sequencing solution deployments.
• Demonstrated experience automating tasks and building Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Demonstrated experience analyzing resource usage and implementing cost optimization strategies.
• Demonstrated experience working with DevSecOps practices and tools (GitLab, CI/CD pipelines).
• Demonstrated experience with Linux Administration (networking, applying patches, package management).

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.