Mission-Critical Cloud Architect – AWS, AI/ML (TS/SCI)

Leading Path Consulting; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid medical premiums

Generous PTO

401K contribution

Tuition reimbursement

Spot bonuses

Team events

Job summary

Leading Path Consulting seeks a Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership and deliver cloud-based software, IT, and data solutions for mission-critical needs.

The role collaborates with software engineers, AI/ML experts, data scientists, and stakeholders to shape the technical vision, architecture standards, and roadmaps while ensuring secure, scalable cloud implementations across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/CE or equivalent experience.
• At least eight years in software or systems architecture or related leadership roles.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale software solutions, cloud architectures, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on AWS cloud design and optimization.
• Ability to lead a technical vision aligned with customer goals.
• Strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Experience documenting architecture and briefing executives.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to development teams, aligning with enterprise architecture and best practices.
• Design and maintain scalable, secure, cloud-enabled architectures for enterprise systems.
• Identify gaps, assess risks, and plan improvements for performance and maintainability.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including AI/ML and cloud services for mission outcomes.
• Lead AWS cloud implementations emphasizing scalability, security, resiliency, and cost control.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate to define technical direction and deliver enterprise solutions.
• Prepare roadmaps aligning technology with customer mission objectives.
• Document architecture artifacts and deliver executive briefings.
• Ensure objectives meet security and operational needs.

Skills

Full-stack development

Enterprise architecture

AWS cloud

AI/ML evaluation

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/CE

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

AWS

Cloud tooling

Architecture documentation tools

Job description

Leading Path Consulting seeks a Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership and deliver cloud-based software, IT, and data solutions for mission-critical needs.

The role collaborates with software engineers, AI/ML experts, data scientists, and stakeholders to shape the technical vision, architecture standards, and roadmaps while ensuring secure, scalable cloud implementations across enterprise systems.