Senior Cloud Architect: AWS GovCloud & Security

Commercial Programming Systems, Inc.; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Commercial Programming Systems, Inc. (CPS) seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead AWS GovCloud architecture, security, and reliability for a fast-paced Agile program in Reston, VA, United States.

The role requires deep cloud engineering expertise, DoD compliance experience (NIST SP 800-171, DISA STIGs), and proven leadership for strategic planning, automation, and executive-level communications across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of systems/software engineering experience.
• Active Secret clearance required to begin employment.

Responsibilities

• Architect, manage, and optimize AWS GovCloud environments.
• Design and implement operations planning to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Support IaaS and IaC deployments.
• Ensure security and compliance of DoD systems (NIST SP 800-171, STIGs, DFARS 252.204-7012).
• Architect and implement multi-region disaster recovery strategies.

Skills

AWS GovCloud

Cloud security

IaC

DoD compliance

Leadership

Executive communication

Disaster recovery planning

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Commercial Programming Systems, Inc. (CPS) seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead AWS GovCloud architecture, security, and reliability for a fast-paced Agile program in Reston, VA, United States.

The role requires deep cloud engineering expertise, DoD compliance experience (NIST SP 800-171, DISA STIGs), and proven leadership for strategic planning, automation, and executive-level communications across cross-functional teams.