Hands-On Cloud AWS Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 112,900 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid leave

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect to translate IT needs into scalable cloud designs and to deploy production-grade AWS solutions. You will modernize infrastructure and enable GovCloud and DoD IL environments while guiding cloud transformations for mission-critical Air Force programs.

You will mentor developers, lead enterprise cloud strategy, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate operational requirements into cloud-native architectures that support

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience required.
• 5+ years architecting and deploying production AWS solutions.
• Experience with GovCloud and DoD IL environments.
• Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree; professional certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy production-grade AWS solutions across AWS services.
• Modernize infrastructure and enable secure cloud environments (GovCloud/DoD IL).
• Lead cloud transformation initiatives and align with Air Force programs.
• Mentor developers and shape cloud strategy for enterprise systems.

Skills

IT strategy

AWS architecture

GovCloud/DoD IL

Security clearance

Mentoring

Terraform/CloudFormation

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

8570 IAT II Security+ CE

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

ECS/EKS

Job description

Job Overview

At a certain point, experience-based system design can start to look like clairvoyance. When you’ve developed so many systems that you can not only orchestrate the best solution for any technology-based challenge, but you can also anticipate and preempt future issues, you’re a solutions architect. You’ve evolved your skills into strategy through a long path of software development accomplishments and the curiosity to understand how all the pieces of an IT ecosystem fit together. Are you ready to use your combination of knowledge, skill, and experience to take on the toughest challenges in the DoW Air Force?

As an AWS solution architect on our team, you'll translate your customer’s IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting Office 365, Azure, AWS, GCP to designing, architecting, and deploying production-grade AWS solutions, modernizing infrastructure, enabling secure cloud environments including GovCloud and DoD IL, and contributing to enterprise-level cloud transformation initiatives. Through your leadership, we’ll help transform the way the Air Force uses technology including cloud migration, integrating advanced technology, and modernizing legacy systems. What do you do next in a career where you’ve reached this level? You mentor the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow’s solutions architects. As a technical leader, you’ll shape the digital solutions business and identify opportunities for growth.

Work with us and build the future of technology for our warfighters for the better.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT
• 5+ years of experience with architecting and deploying production AWS solutions
• Experience architecting and engineering cloud solutions in AWS, including VPC design, IAM, EC2, containerized workloads, storage services, and networking fundamentals
• Experience with cloud‑native and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code such as Terraform and CloudFormation, automated testing, and secure deployment workflows
• Experience with AWS in GovCloud and DoD or IL environments
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional and 8570 IAT II Security+ CE Certifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing automated build or deploy toolchains such as DevSecOps pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins
• Experience in cloud cost optimization, including workload right‑sizing, autoscaling strategies, tagging, governance, and leveraging AWS native cost‑management tools
• Experience migrating on‑premises systems to AWS, including application refactoring, data migration, and modernization of legacy mission systems
• Experience with containerized and Kubernetes‑based architectures, such as ECS and EKS, supporting scalable and resilient mission workloads in cloud environments
• Experience working within GovCloud or DoD IL environments, applying security controls and compliance frameworks including NIST, RMF, and 800‑53
• Ability to collaborate with AOC mission stakeholders to translate operational needs into cloud‑native architectural enhancements

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Benefits

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Compensation

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.