Onsite Senior Cloud Architect — TS-Cleared (Federal)

Piper Companies; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Sr. Cloud Architect to lead design, deployment, and optimization of secure AWS cloud environments for a federal data migration modernization project.

The role is fully onsite with a TS clearance requirement and involves DevSecOps, IaC, and compliance activities. Responsibilities include building scalable cloud infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security controls, and collaborating with migration teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of cloud engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services and automation.
• Strong IaC experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation.
• Knowledge of VPC design, routing, security groups, and load balancing.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate in a federal project.
• Experience with security compliance and vulnerability remediation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and optimize cloud infrastructure for enterprise apps.
• Implement IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation and automate deployments.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and secure deployment practices.
• Ensure security controls, encryption, and access management.
• Collaborate with migration teams and stakeholders.
• Develop runbooks and technical documentation.
• Provide performance monitoring and incident response.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

CI/CD

VPC Design

Security

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Collaboration

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Docker

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Sr. Cloud Architect to lead design, deployment, and optimization of secure AWS cloud environments for a federal data migration modernization project.

The role is fully onsite with a TS clearance requirement and involves DevSecOps, IaC, and compliance activities. Responsibilities include building scalable cloud infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security controls, and collaborating with migration teams to deliver