Senior Cloud Architect: Cloud Migrations & Infra Design

ECS; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS seeks a Senior Cloud Architect to lead cloud migration and integration initiatives forDoD and federal-grade environments in Quantico, VA. You will guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, scalable cloud solutions across hybrid environments.

The role emphasizes governance, cost optimization, and collaboration with procurement and finance to manage budgets. A TS clearance and substantial AWS experience are required.

Qualifications

• US citizenship with active Top-Secret clearance.
• 10+ years of experience in Cloud systems including architecture.
• 5+ years experience delivering scalable solutions through GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• 5+ years experience creating/maintaining AWS CloudFormation Templates.
• Contributing to developing and maintaining cloud governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborating with procurement and finance teams to optimize cloud spending and manage budgets effectively.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.

Responsibilities

• Create migration plans for moving applications, data, and infrastructure to the cloud.
• Assess existing systems to identify dependencies and migration challenges.
• Coordinate data transfer, re-platforming or refactoring, and testing with minimal disruption.
• Optimize workloads using cloud-native features for performance and cost.
• Design data pipelines and integration between cloud and on-prem systems.
• Set up monitoring and observability to track KPIs and service availability.
• Mentor junior team members on cloud architecture principles.

Skills

US citizenship with active Top-Secret

10+ years of experience in Cloud

5+ years delivering scalable solutions

Cloud governance frameworks

Budget optimization collaboration

AWS certification (certification)

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

Everforth ECS seeks a Senior Cloud Architect to lead cloud migration and integration initiatives forDoD and federal-grade environments in Quantico, VA. You will guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, scalable cloud solutions across hybrid environments.

The role emphasizes governance, cost optimization, and collaboration with procurement and finance to manage budgets. A TS clearance and substantial AWS experience are required.