Remote AWS Cloud Architect — FedRAMP & Migration Lead

Peraton; Idaho; Remote; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Architect to design, lead, and govern enterprise cloud architectures primarily on AWS with Azure as a secondary focus. The role requires FedRAMP Moderate alignment, hands-on cloud engineering leadership, and collaboration across security, development, and infrastructure teams.

This 100% remote position supports government programs, emphasizing secure, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions with an emphasis on automation and CS/CD practices.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret eligible clearance
• Minimum 12 years work experience with BS/BA in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience), Min 10 years with MS/MA
• 8 years of progressive experience in cloud infrastructure/architecture roles on AWS
• Deep hands-on expertise designing AWS solutions including VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, networking, and related services
• Strong grasp of networking, databases, storage, and container tooling on AWS
• Experience with FedRAMP Moderate (or FedRAMP High/DoD or similar) environments with NIST 800-53/800-171
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Experience with cloud-native/serverless architectures and containerization (Lambda, API Gateway, EKS/ECS/Fargate)
• Hybrid/multi-cloud architecture including Azure; Azure AD/Entra ID, SSO/MFA, ExpressRoute
• Experience with SRE and disaster recovery; ATO and continuous monitoring for government clients
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional

Responsibilities

• Systems Design: design scalable, secure cloud architectures on AWS with Azure support
• Compliant Architecture: align with FedRAMP Moderate baselines
• Migration & Modernization: lead migration and optimization
• Cost & Performance Optimization: balance performance, cost, and compliance
• ATO & SSPs: lead gap analysis and create security documentation
• Automation (IaC): create reusable Terraform/CloudFormation templates for compliance
• DevSecOps Integration: secure CI/CD pipelines and monitoring
• Identity & Data Protection: implement MFA, SSO, encryption
• SRE & Disaster Recovery: establish SRE practices and DR solutions
• Technical Mentorship: lead cloud engineers

Skills

AWS cloud architecture

VPC

IAM

EC2

S3

Lambda

RDS

Networking

KMS

Control Tower

PrivateLink

Direct Connect

Site-to-Site VPN

GuardDuty

Security Hub

Inspector

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

DevOps

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Kubernetes

Azure

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or Information Systems

MS/MA

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure DevOps

CodePipeline

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

EKS

ECS

Fargate

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Architect to design, lead, and govern enterprise cloud architectures primarily on AWS with Azure as a secondary focus. The role requires FedRAMP Moderate alignment, hands-on cloud engineering leadership, and collaboration across security, development, and infrastructure teams.

This 100% remote position supports government programs, emphasizing secure, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions with an emphasis on automation and CS/CD practices.