Senior Cloud Architect - AWS & Azure (Hybrid)

CGS Federal; Chantilly (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

endent Care, and Commuter)

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Systems Architect in Chantilly, VA with hybrid options. You will engineer and support public, private, and hybrid clouds across AWS and Azure, ensuring scalable, secure solutions and alignment with customer needs.

The role emphasizes cloud strategy advising, security integration, and cross-functional collaboration across IT teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on cloud engineering experience, strong architecture skills, programming knowledge, and a Bachelor’s

Qualifications

• Experience with and a complete understanding of the technology required for cloud computing.
• Experience with the skills to migrate applications to the cloud.
• Be able to build relationships between the customers and the team members.
• The ability and the knowledge to integrate services and tools to any and all areas to be used such as networks and data processing.
• The ability and the knowledge to implement security information and event management to keep the customer’s assets safe.
• Experience with meeting or exceeding the requirements of cloud provider service-level agreements
• Experience with AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge of a multitude of programming languages including Python, PHP, Java, Node and Ruby on Rails.
• Typically a Bachelor’s Degree and 6 years work experience or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Designs and defines system architecture for new or existing complex computer systems.
• Determines systems specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility and maintenance of system security.
• Coordinates design of subsystems and integration of total system. Identifies, analyzes, and resolves program support deficiencies.
• Develops and recommends corrective actions.
• May provide technical guidance for database administrators and software developers.

Skills

Cloud computing

Cloud migration

AWS

Azure

Security management

System architecture

Client relations

Programming languages

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Python

PHP

Java

Node.js

Ruby on Rails

Job description

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Systems Architect in Chantilly, VA with hybrid options. You will engineer and support public, private, and hybrid clouds across AWS and Azure, ensuring scalable, secure solutions and alignment with customer needs.

The role emphasizes cloud strategy advising, security integration, and cross-functional collaboration across IT teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on cloud engineering experience, strong architecture skills, programming knowledge, and a Bachelor’s