Senior Cloud Architect & Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes

Navstar Inc.; Chantilly (VA); Sur place; USD 190 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

401K match

PTO / Federal holidays paid leave

Life Insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Résumé du poste

Navstar Inc. seeks an experienced Cloud Architect/Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure for an enterprise migration and modernization initiative. The role emphasizes IaC, Kubernetes, security, and reliability.

The candidate will lead cloud architecture, automation, and integration of cloud-native technologies, translating complex requirements into automated, secure cloud solutions. Onsite in Sterling, VA, with potential travel.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI U.S. Security Clearance.
• 10+ years of cloud engineering/architecture experience.
• Associate degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Extensive hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining AWS cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking, compute, storage, IAM, security, and best practices.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Hands‑on with Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS.
• Automation experience using Python, Bash, or similar.
• Cloud security, networking, encryption, and hardening expertise.
• Experience supporting enterprise migrations and cloud modernization.
• Willingness to work 100% onsite in Sterling, VA, with up to 25% travel.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain scalable AWS cloud architectures.
• Architect AWS infrastructure including VPCs, identity management, and security services.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Design, deploy, and support Docker/Kubernetes workloads and EKS.
• Implement cloud security controls and encryption.
• Ensure highly available, fault‑tolerant cloud solutions with DR capabilities.
• Develop automation for provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operations.
• Collaborate with developers/DevOps for migrations and modernization.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Evaluate migration strategies and architectural improvements.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across AWS, networking, Kubernetes, and security.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and hands‑on support throughout modernization.

Connaissances

TS/SCI clearance

10+ years exp

AWS cloud

IaC

Kubernetes

Security

Python scripting

On-site Sterling VA

Formation

Associate degree or higher in CS/IT/Engineering

Outils

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

Description du poste

Navstar Inc. seeks an experienced Cloud Architect/Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure for an enterprise migration and modernization initiative. The role emphasizes IaC, Kubernetes, security, and reliability.

The candidate will lead cloud architecture, automation, and integration of cloud-native technologies, translating complex requirements into automated, secure cloud solutions. Onsite in Sterling, VA, with potential travel.