Senior Cloud Architect: AWS to Google Cloud Migration Lead

Devopsroles; McLean, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead modernization and migration of large federal applications from AWS to Google Cloud. You will provide architectural leadership across cloud platforms, data modernization, security, DevSecOps, and enterprise systems engineering.

You will mentor Agile squads, define IaC and CI/CD, and ensure readiness with federal SDLC/SELC standards while delivering highly available cloud services and AI-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• TEN (10+) years of progressive experience in cloud architecture and enterprise modernization.
• Demonstrated experience migrating complex systems from AWS to Google Cloud at scale.
• Deep expertise across GCP services: Compute, GKE, VPC networking, IAM, Cloud SQL/AlloyDB, BigQuery, KMS, logging/monitoring.
• Strong understanding of federal SDLC/SELC or similar structured lifecycle methodologies.
• Expert-level proficiency with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, and security engineering principles.
• Experience leading large cloud engineering teams in Agile environments.
• Google Professional Cloud Architect certification or obtained within first 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end cloud modernization strategy, design, and implementation for a federal enterprise system.
• Architect secure, scalable environments in Google Cloud; drive AWS→GCP migrations.
• Define Terraform-based IaC, GitOps, automated deployments, and policy-as-code.
• Ensure compliance with federal SDLC/SELC across artifacts, readiness reviews, and audits.
• Implement observability, resilience, and COOP for high-availability systems.
• Guide senior leadership, mentor Agile squads, and participate in architectural reviews.
• Design AI-enabled cloud solutions using Vertex AI and LLM tech.

Skills

10+ years cloud architecture

AWS to Google Cloud migration

GCP services expertise

SDLC/SELC compliance

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Agile leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS/EE or related

Tools

GKE

KMS

Vertex AI / AI tooling

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead modernization and migration of large federal applications from AWS to Google Cloud. You will provide architectural leadership across cloud platforms, data modernization, security, DevSecOps, and enterprise systems engineering.

You will mentor Agile squads, define IaC and CI/CD, and ensure readiness with federal SDLC/SELC standards while delivering highly available cloud services and AI-enabled solutions.