Senior Cloud Architect – Federal SAP & DoD Cloud

C5MI Insights LLC.; Florida; On-site; USD 167,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life Insurance

Long-term disability

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

C5MI is seeking a Lead Cloud Architect to own cloud and infrastructure architecture for a large-scale DoD-related program. You will lead the cloud and platform engineering team, ensure FedRAMP and DoD compliance, and collaborate with risk, security, and operations to deliver a hardened hosting environment.

The role requires extensive experience in cloud architecture, security, and leadership, with travel up to 50% to client sites. This position is contingent upon award.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience; 8–12 years of relevant experience with 3–5 years of people leadership with a BA, or 10–14 years without a degree.
• 8+ years of cloud/enterprise infrastructure architecture, including 5+ years on a major public cloud.
• Experience with government cloud (FedRAMP, DoD guidelines) and security certifications.

Responsibilities

• Owns end-to-end cloud and infrastructure architecture for the program, including hosting environment and network topology.
• Leads and develops the cloud and platform engineering team; manages delivery quality and staffing.
• Designs environment landscape for development, test, staging, training, and production with capacity planning.
• Ensures hosting posture meets federal cloud security requirements and DoD guidance.
• Presents architecture at reviews and advises on hosting cost drivers and licensing.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Security compliance

FedRAMP

CI/CD tooling

Infrastructure as code

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Azure Government

AWS GovCloud

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

C5MI is seeking a Lead Cloud Architect to own cloud and infrastructure architecture for a large-scale DoD-related program. You will lead the cloud and platform engineering team, ensure FedRAMP and DoD compliance, and collaborate with risk, security, and operations to deliver a hardened hosting environment.

The role requires extensive experience in cloud architecture, security, and leadership, with travel up to 50% to client sites. This position is contingent upon award.