Senior AWS Architect (TS/SCI) — Data Lake & CI/CD Lead

Quevera; Gaithersburg, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical coverage

Education, training, certifications, &

Education & professional development

6% 401(k) match

Profit-sharing contribution

Disability coverage

Employer-paid life insurance

Job summary

Quevera is seeking a Senior AWS Solutions Architect to support a Leidos facility in Gaithersburg, MD. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph and involves embedded AWS Professional Services to build and scale a petabyte-scale data lake.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on Aurora PostgreSQL, containerization (Docker, EKS/ECS/Fargate), CI/CD pipelines, and security controls within a DoD/IC environment, with on-site work in Gaithersburg and occasional travel to VA.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Senior AWS Solutions Architect with DoD/IC experience preferred.
• Hands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL, containerized environments, CI/CD pipelines, and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Manage Aurora PostgreSQL scaling, schema design, and data normalization for a petabyte-scale data lake.
• Onboard numerous data schemas as the environment grows from tens to hundreds/thousands.
• Assist with security controls management and pursuing an Authorization to Operate (ATO) for PII-High data.
• Support Leidos security lead with ATO responsibilities.
• Coach and mentor a junior CI/CD team on modern processes and the build-low, deliver-high approach.
• Expand container capabilities from Amazon EKS to Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate.
• Provide embedded AWS Professional Services support with direct access to the AWS development team.
• Escalate technical matters through AWS Professional Services to Technical Account Managers.

Skills

AWS

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security controls

TS/SCI clearance

ATO

DoD/IC experience

Mentoring

EKS

ECS

Fargate

Tools

Aurora PostgreSQL

Amazon EKS

Amazon ECS

AWS Fargate

Job description

Quevera is seeking a Senior AWS Solutions Architect to support a Leidos facility in Gaithersburg, MD. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph and involves embedded AWS Professional Services to build and scale a petabyte-scale data lake.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on Aurora PostgreSQL, containerization (Docker, EKS/ECS/Fargate), CI/CD pipelines, and security controls within a DoD/IC environment, with on-site work in Gaithersburg and occasional travel to VA.