Hands-On Cloud & On-Prem Systems Architect

Leading Path Consulting; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Leading Path Consulting seeks a hands-on Systems Architect ( SME ) with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premises environments. You will analyze as‑is systems, design future state solutions, and drive end‑to‑end transformations.

The ideal candidate is a technical leader who collaborates across infrastructure, platform, application, DevSecOps, security, and data teams, owning reliability, performance, and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field and 10+ years of related experience.
• Hands-on experience architecting hybrid cloud/on‑prem environments.
• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end modernization and transformation programs.
• Strong collaboration across Infrastructure, Platform, App, DevSecOps and Data teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, OS, middleware, databases, and applications.
• Analyze and document as‑is infrastructure, platform, and application architectures.
• Create detailed to‑be engineering designs for modernization efforts.
• Lead cloud and on‑prem implementations, migrations, and upgrades.
• Ensure availability, performance, security, and compliance of systems.
• Integrate infrastructure and platforms with DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines.
• Produce clear technical docs, diagrams, standards, and runbooks.
• Serve as technical authority and escalation point for complex issues.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux administration

PKI

Cloud platforms

Hybrid/on-prem design

CI/CD

Security hardening

Monitoring

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

CloudFormation

ArgoCD

Job description

Leading Path Consulting seeks a hands-on Systems Architect ( SME ) with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premises environments. You will analyze as‑is systems, design future state solutions, and drive end‑to‑end transformations.

The ideal candidate is a technical leader who collaborates across infrastructure, platform, application, DevSecOps, security, and data teams, owning reliability, performance, and security.