Federal Cloud Architect, AWS GovCloud & Secured IaC Lead

Softthink Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Softthink Solutions seeks an experienced Cloud Architect to lead design and optimization of AWS GovCloud environments, ensuring secure, compliant cloud operations for federal workloads.

The role focuses on advanced cloud architecture, security governance, cost optimization, and IaC leadership, with strong mentoring of DevOps teams and collaboration with COR/CO for approvals and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred for federal cloud architecture roles.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate.
• CISSP or CCSP (preferred due to SECRET‑level security environment).

Responsibilities

• AWS Architecture Design — Provide expert guidance on cloud design, scalability, resiliency, and secure‑by‑default patterns.
• Security & Compliance Oversight — Ensure all cloud operations meet FedRAMP Moderate, USITC CISO directives, and NISPOM security requirements.
• Cost Optimization & Efficiency — Advise on cost‑saving strategies, resource right‑sizing, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code Leadership — Provide Terraform architectural guidance; design reproducible, scalable IaC blueprints.
• DevOps & Engineering Mentorship — Mentor USITC engineering teams on IaC principles, DevOps workflows, and secure cloud operations.
• Cloud Management Support — Support monitoring, networking, storage, compute provisioning, and cloud resource governance.
• Incident & Access Security Compliance — Prevent unauthorized access, comply with no‑split‑tunneling rules, and report breaches within 1 hour.
• Collaboration with COR/CO — Coordinate with USITC COR/CO for approvals, reporting, and compliance actions.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Security compliance

DevOps mentoring

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field

Master’s degree preferred for federal cloud architecture roles

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

AWS Certified Security – Specialty

HashiCorp Terraform Associate

CISSP or CCSP (preferred due to SECRET‑level security environment)

Tools

Terraform

AWS GovCloud

Job description

Softthink Solutions seeks an experienced Cloud Architect to lead design and optimization of AWS GovCloud environments, ensuring secure, compliant cloud operations for federal workloads.

The role focuses on advanced cloud architecture, security governance, cost optimization, and IaC leadership, with strong mentoring of DevOps teams and collaboration with COR/CO for approvals and reporting.