Senior Cloud Architect - DoD IL5 AWS & Security

Data Systems Analysts, Inc.; Morgantown (WV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Systems Analysts, Inc. seeks a Chief/Cloud Architect to lead the technical architecture for secure AWS IL5 operations, tenant isolation, capacity planning, cloud modernization, and trade-space decisions in DoD contexts.

You will serve as the government’s primary technical counterpart, coordinating with cybersecurity and DevSecOps, and developing Government-facing diagrams and recommendations; active Secret clearance and DoD cloud experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise systems or cloud architecture experience.
• 5+ years supporting biometric, intelligence, or high-availability mission systems.
• Experience with RMF, DoD cloud security requirements, IAM, network segmentation, logging, encryption.
• Hands-on experience designing or operating AWS environments for DoD, Army, IC, or federal mission systems.
• DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification and active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud architecture strategy for AWS IL5 environments supporting operational, test, development, training, and modernization needs.
• Design and govern secure tenant isolation using account boundaries, network segmentation, identity controls, encryption, logging, and centralized ingress/egress protections.
• Support capacity planning, performance engineering, resilience, backup and recovery, environment provisioning, and cloud cost optimization.
• Provide technical leadership for modernization trade studies, architecture reviews, technology refresh, and cloud migration planning.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, systems engineering, and mission application teams to ensure secure, supportable architecture decisions.
• Develop architecture documentation, diagrams, decision records, and Government-facing technical recommendations.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Security clearance

RMF

Identity and access management

Infrastructure as Code

AWS environments

Tenant isolation

Network segmentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Job description

Data Systems Analysts, Inc. seeks a Chief/Cloud Architect to lead the technical architecture for secure AWS IL5 operations, tenant isolation, capacity planning, cloud modernization, and trade-space decisions in DoD contexts.

You will serve as the government’s primary technical counterpart, coordinating with cybersecurity and DevSecOps, and developing Government-facing diagrams and recommendations; active Secret clearance and DoD cloud experience required.