Senior AWS Cloud Architect for Multi-System Modernization

Ignite IT, LLC; Suitland (MD); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

IgniteAction in Suitland, Maryland seeks a senior AWS-certified Systems Architect to lead the design and governance of modernization initiatives across multiple teams, focusing on legacy refactoring, cloud-native transformation, and system-of-systems integration.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership across applications, data pipelines, and shared services, with emphasis on migration sequencing, zero-trust security, and automated validation from inception.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and leading large-scale cloud architectures.
• Experience with federal/government modernization is a plus.
• Strong leadership and communication across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end system-of-systems architecture across interdependent workflows.
• Define target-state architectures for presentation, application, data, and integration layers.
• Ensure integration consistency across upstream and downstream data-intensive systems.
• Produce architecture artifacts including logical/physical/data views, ICDs, and ADRs.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide authoritative technical guidance to engineering teams.
• Define and enforce architecture standards and reusable patterns across teams.
• Govern the 7 Rs migration framework and plan phased modernization waves.

Job description

IgniteAction in Suitland, Maryland seeks a senior AWS-certified Systems Architect to lead the design and governance of modernization initiatives across multiple teams, focusing on legacy refactoring, cloud-native transformation, and system-of-systems integration.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership across applications, data pipelines, and shared services, with emphasis on migration sequencing, zero-trust security, and automated validation from inception.