Lead Cloud Solutions Architect- Software Architect

ESM; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is seeking a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect - SOFTWARE ARCHITECT to lead end-to-end AWS GovCloud architecture for DoD IL4/IL5 workloads across Dev, Test, and Production environments.

You will enforce cloud governance, implement security controls per SRG/STIG/RMF, drive automation with CloudFormation and Terraform, and ensure compliant, resilient, scalable cloud solutions for federal customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Systems Engineering.
• Active CISSP or CASP+ certification.
• Active AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional.
• 8 years hands-on cloud architecture experience.
• GOVCLOUD architecture including VPC peering and IAM governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end AWS GovCloud architecture across Dev/Test/Prod.
• Design secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Enforce cloud governance and security standards (SRG, STIGs, RMF).
• Automate provisioning with CloudFormation, Terraform, and CI/CD.
• Align with DoD policies and DLA enterprise standards.

Skills

AWS GovCloud design

DoD security compliance

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD and automation

Disaster recovery & resilience

DoD policy alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

CISSP or CASP+

AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Professional

8 years cloud architecture experience

GOVCLOUD architecture experience

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Terraform

AWS Direct Connect

SCCA tooling

Job description

Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is a rapidly growing government contractor that provides strategic IT services that meet mission needs for Defense and Federal customers. We are hiring a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect - SOFTWARE ARCHITECT to support an enterprise-level program within a federal environment.

Job Description and Responsibilities

Leads the end-to-end technical architecture, engineering, and deployment of TDMT's AWS GovCloud hosting environments across Development, Test, and Production. Provides strategic and technical leadership in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure that meets Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 (IL4) and Impact Level 5 (IL5) requirements. Establishes and enforces cloud governance standards, ensures compliance with the Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA), and drives automation, scalability, and continuous operational readiness. Ensures alignment with DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG), DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) enterprise architecture standards while advancing a secure, compliant, and mission-ready cloud environment.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing, architecting, implementing, and managing secure, scalable, and highly available AWS GovCloud environments across Development, Test, and Production. Ability to develop cloud architectures that support DoD mission requirements and Impact Level 4 (IL4) and Impact Level 5 (IL5) workloads.
• Extensive knowledge of DoD cloud security requirements, including the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG), DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Risk Management Framework (RMF), and Security Control implementation. Ability to ensure cloud infrastructure meets applicable security, authorization, and compliance requirements.
• Ability to establish, implement, and maintain cloud governance frameworks and Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) requirements. Knowledge of cloud security boundaries, identity and access management (IAM), network segmentation, encryption, access controls, and security monitoring within regulated government cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration, deployment, and management using Infrastructure as Code tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS automation services. Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated security controls, auto-scaling, and configuration management to improve operational efficiency and consistency.
• Ability to design and maintain resilient, highly available, and performance-optimized cloud environments. Knowledge of AWS monitoring, logging, incident response, disaster recovery, backup strategies, capacity planning, automated scaling, and continuous operational readiness across multiple cloud environments.
• Ability to translate business and mission requirements into secure, compliant, and sustainable cloud architecture solutions. Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, developing architecture standards, evaluating emerging cloud technologies, and ensuring alignment with DLA enterprise architecture, DoD cloud policies, and organizational IT modernization objectives.

Desired KSA

• Be a positive, self-motivated, and proactive person with the ability to adapt to change and tolerate stressful situations
• Candidate must communicate effectively with team members, team lead, management, and government customer’s
• Must have the ability and desire to research and develop creative solutions to unique problems with minimal supervision

Minimum Training, Education, and Certification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• Must hold active CISSP or CASP+
• Must hold active AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Professional
• Eight (8) years of hands-on cloud architecture and engineering experience.
• Must have demonstrated expertise architecting enterprise solutions in AWS GOVCLOUD, including VPC peering, Direct Connect, IAM role governance, and SCCA Virtual Datacenter Security Stack integration.
• Commuting proximity to Ft Belvoir, VA required

Minimum Clearance

• Top Secret

Physical Requirements

• Required to stand, walk and sit; communicate verbally both in person and by telephone; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms. Regularly required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Physical demands associated with this position include extensive walking (including stairs) throughout offices and between buildings. May require use of public transportation, personal or Government vehicle to drive to local and/or remote office locations.

Additional Requirements

• Other duties as assigned

ESM provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identification or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.