Senior AWS Cloud Architect - TS/SCI Onsite

Strategic Business Systems (SBS); Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework flexibility

Professional development support for E

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and holidays

Employee referral program

Life, AD&D, disability insurance

Telework and flexible-schedule support

Job summary

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to design and deliver mission-critical cloud solutions for Federal customers.

You will guide cloud-native architectures, modernization efforts, and secure, scalable deployments within AWS, collaborating with AWS Professional Services and government stakeholders. This role supports a predominantly onsite delivery model in Chantilly, VA, with opportunities to influence architecture standards, drive DevSecOps practices, and

Qualifications

• Experience shaping cloud-native architectures for federal or regulated environments.
• Proven ability to translate mission requirements into scalable AWS solutions.
• Strong focus on security-by-design and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture, design, and delivery within AWS.
• Define reference architectures and roadmaps aligned with mission objectives.
• Drive modernization by containerization, serverless, and managed AWS services.
• Establish engineering standards and ADRs for security, reliability, and cost.
• Lead architecture reviews and document technical decisions (ADRs).
• Champion CI/CD, IaC (CDK/Terraform/CloudFormation) and automated testing.
• Architect integrations across enterprise systems, data platforms, and partners.
• Mentor engineers to raise engineering maturity and best-practice adoption.
• Support proposals and customer briefings with architectural approaches.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Security-by-design

DevSecOps

Leadership

Documentation

Tools

Lambda

ECS/EKS

API Gateway

EventBridge

Step Functions

DynamoDB

Aurora/RDS

S3

SQS/SNS

IAM

Job description

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to design and deliver mission-critical cloud solutions for Federal customers.

You will guide cloud-native architectures, modernization efforts, and secure, scalable deployments within AWS, collaborating with AWS Professional Services and government stakeholders. This role supports a predominantly onsite delivery model in Chantilly, VA, with opportunities to influence architecture standards, drive DevSecOps practices, and