Senior Cloud Architect & FinOps Strategist (TS/SCI)

J T; Elkridge (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

J T in Elkridge, MD seeks a senior Cloud Technical Expert 3 to provide strategic advisory, architectural leadership, and direction for hybrid cloud initiatives. Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

You will bridge government cloud use cases with commercial best practices, architect robust hybrid solutions across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, modernize legacy apps, and implement advanced security and FinOps governance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related technical discipline with at least 7 years of IT experience, including 5+ years in cloud computing.
• Deep understanding of commercial and government cloud architectures (AWS, Azure) across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.
• Experience refactoring legacy systems into cloud-native designs and implementing FinOps.
• Knowledge of agency security controls and compliance baselines in cloud architectures.
• Strong ability to advise leadership and translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level technical guidance and architectural recommendations on hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
• Evaluate cloud service performance boundaries and engineer resilient architectural solutions.
• Architect and modernize applications into cloud-native architectures (microservices, serverless, containers).
• Incorporate agency cybersecurity policies into cloud design patterns.
• Implement FinOps methodologies to optimize IT spend and model long-term cloud investments.
• Design automated cost guardrails and governance for engineering teams.
• Advise senior government leaders on emerging cloud technologies and roadmaps.

Skills

Cloud architecture leadership

FinOps knowledge

Security governance

Hybrid/multi-cloud guidance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master’s degree in related technical discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

J T in Elkridge, MD seeks a senior Cloud Technical Expert 3 to provide strategic advisory, architectural leadership, and direction for hybrid cloud initiatives. Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

You will bridge government cloud use cases with commercial best practices, architect robust hybrid solutions across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, modernize legacy apps, and implement advanced security and FinOps governance.