Senior AWS Platform Architect - DevSecOps Leader

Analytica LLC; Bethesda (MD); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Employer-paid health care

401(k) match

Training and development funds

Job summary

Analytica LLC is seeking a hands-on Lead Platform Solutions Architect to design, implement, and continually improve a large-scale AWS-based platform for mission-critical, public-facing services in a homeland security context.

You will lead platform engineering, IaC, monitoring, testing automation, and CI/CD to securely deliver identity, scheduling, and biometrics applications in alignment with federal security frameworks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading DevSecOps initiatives for large-scale multi-cloud/on-prem platforms.
• Proven ability to design scalable, secure, resilient platforms.
• Knowledge of federal security/compliance standards such as FISMA and FedRAMP.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate or Professional (Required).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Ability to obtain/maintain DHS Public Trust (EOD).

Responsibilities

• Lead DevSecOps initiatives, including architecture, automation, monitoring, testing, and CI/CD pipelines for large-scale platforms.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient platforms meeting performance targets (99.9% uptime, 24/7 availability).
• Architect IaC solutions using Terraform and AWS-native capabilities for secure environments.
• Integrate security and code quality scanning into CI/CD and enforce secure cloud configurations.
• Apply federal security/compliance standards (FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST) in platform decisions.
• Guide monitoring, incident response, and disaster recovery with 24x7 support and MTTR targets.
• Enable serverless and containerized microservices patterns (Lambda, EKS, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform decisions with program needs.
• Research and justify innovative platform tools for government approval.

Skills

DevSecOps leadership

Platform design

Federal security compliance

AWS certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Harness

Backstage

Job description

Analytica LLC is seeking a hands-on Lead Platform Solutions Architect to design, implement, and continually improve a large-scale AWS-based platform for mission-critical, public-facing services in a homeland security context.

You will lead platform engineering, IaC, monitoring, testing automation, and CI/CD to securely deliver identity, scheduling, and biometrics applications in alignment with federal security frameworks.