ENTERPRISE CLOUD ARCHITECT

VSolvit, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

VSolvit is seeking an experienced Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect to lead the design, modernization, and migration of enterprise applications within an Azure Government IL5 environment supporting a DoD customer.

You will drive secure, scalable cloud-native solutions, modernize on-premises systems, implement governance and DevSecOps, and mentor engineering teams across hybrid deployments. This role requires deep security, Zero Trust, and collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, enterprise-scale software engineering and technical project leadership.
• Azure Government IL5 expertise with DoD Zero Trust principles and IL5 security controls.
• Proven track record of leading end-to-end migrations of legacy on-premises apps to secure cloud-native environments.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep), CI/CD, and enterprise cloud governance.
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end migration of legacy on-premises applications to Azure Government IL5.
• Design secure, scalable cloud-native architectures and reference architectures.
• Design Azure networking including VNets, NSGs, firewall, load balancers, VPN, ExpressRoute, and private endpoints.
• Architect secure identity and access management using Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Conditional Access, and Zero Trust.
• Architect containerized environments with AKS, Docker, Helm, and ACR; plan multi-cluster strategies.
• Develop Data Lake architectures with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and analytics platforms.
• Architect AI/ML solutions with Azure ML, Azure OpenAI, RAG, LLMs, vector databases, and semantic search.
• Establish governance and DevSecOps pipelines with Infrastructure as Code and policy controls.
• Provide architectural leadership, mentorship, and cross-team guidance.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure IL5

DevSecOps

AKS

Security architecture

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure Policy

ExpressRoute

Job description

Job Summary

VSolvit is seeking an experienced Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect to lead the design, modernization, and migration of enterprise applications within an Azure Government Impact Level 5 (IL5) environment supporting a Department of Defense (DoD) customer.

In this role, you will serve as the primary cloud architecture authority responsible for designing secure, scalable, and highly available cloud-native solutions, modernizing legacy on-premises applications, and driving AI-enabled capabilities across the enterprise. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, application developers, and customer stakeholders to establish cloud governance, robust security postures, modern data lakes, and cutting-edge DevSecOps practices aligned with DoD Zero Trust principles and IL5 compliance controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Migration & Modernization: Lead the end-to-end migration of legacy on-premises applications to Azure Government IL5. Partner with application teams to modernize monolithic applications into cloud-native, microservices-based architectures.


• Cloud Architecture & Standards: Design secure, scalable, and highly available cloud-native architectures. Develop enterprise cloud reference architectures, organizational standards, and technology modernization roadmaps.


• Azure Networking: Design and implement robust Azure networking solutions, including Virtual Networks (VNets), Subnets, Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Firewall, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Private Endpoints, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.


• Identity & Security Architecture: Architect secure identity and access management using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Conditional Access, and Zero Trust principles. Design cloud security architectures incorporating network segmentation, security groups, end-to-end encryption, compliance frameworks, and IL5 security controls.


• Containerization & Orchestration: Architect containerized environments utilizing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Helm, and Azure Container Registry (ACR). Design Kubernetes clustering strategies covering node pool optimization, high availability, workload isolation, and multi-cluster management.


• Scalability & Performance: Architect automated scaling solutions for applications, containers, compute resources, and storage platforms to dynamically support enterprise workloads.


• Data Lakes & Analytics: Develop enterprise Data Lake architectures using Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and integrated modern analytics platforms.


• Enterprise AI & Machine Learning: Architect AI/ML solutions leveraging Azure Machine Learning Studio, Azure OpenAI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLMs), Vector databases, and semantic search. Establish AI governance and responsible AI practices across enterprise systems.


• Secure Knowledge Systems: Design secure enterprise AI capabilities that leverage internal organizational knowledge bases while maintaining strictly isolated data boundaries and IL5 compliance.


• Integrations & Hybrid Systems: Architect secure API integrations and hybrid connectivity mechanisms bridging cloud-native services with existing on-premises legacy infrastructure.


• Governance & DevSecOps: Establish enterprise cloud governance using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep), Azure Policy, Landing Zones, and automated DevSecOps pipelines.


• Leadership & Mentorship: Provide high-level technical leadership, architectural oversight, and mentoring across engineering and implementation teams.

Technical Environment

• Cloud Platform: Azure Government (IL5), Azure Landing Zones, Hybrid Cloud


• Identity & Security: Microsoft Entra ID, Zero Trust Security, RBAC, Conditional Access, IL5 Compliance Controls


• Networking: VNets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, Application Gateways, Private Endpoints


• Containers & Orchestration: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Helm, ACR, Kubernetes Clustering


• Data & AI: Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning Studio, RAG, LLMs, Vector Databases


• Automation & DevOps: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Bicep), Azure Policy, DevSecOps, CI/CD Pipelines

Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, enterprise-scale software engineering and technical project leadership.


• Azure Government (IL5): Deep expertise in Azure Government IL5 compliance controls, including network segmentation, security architecture and DoD Zero Trust principles.


• Architecture & Migration: Proven track record of leading end-to-end migrations of legacy on-premises applications to secure cloud-native environments.


• DevSecOps & Automation: Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep), automated CI/CD pipelines and enterprise-wide cloud governance.


• Containerization: Strong background in architecting high-availability environments using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker and Helm.


• AI/ML Integration: Experience architecting and deploying AI/ML solutions, including Azure OpenAI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large-scale data lake analytics.


• Leadership: Exceptional communication, mentorship and cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to drive modernization roadmaps across diverse engineering teams.

Company Summary

Join the VSolvit Team! Founded in 2006, VSolvit (pronounced 'We Solve It') is a technology services provider that specializes in cybersecurity, cloud computing, geographic information systems (GIS), business intelligence (BI) systems, data warehousing, engineering services and custom database and application development. VSolvit is an award winning WOSB, CA CDB, MBE, WBE and CMMI Level 3 certified company. We offer a customizable health benefits program that best meets the needs of its employees. Offering may include: medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, long and short-term disability and other insurance products, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account 401K Retirement Plan options, Tuition Reimbursement and assorted voluntary benefits. Our goal is to grow together and enjoy the work that we do as a team.

VSolvit LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status.