Senior Cloud Architect for Space & DoD – Security Cleared

The Aerospace Corporation; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 166,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care and wellness

Relocation assistance

401(k) plan with match

Education assistance

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a senior cloud architect for a 100% onsite role in Colorado Springs. The candidate will lead cloud strategy, provide technical guidance, and drive prototyping efforts for space mission use cases, working with DoD, IC, and civil space customers.

A deep cloud background and security clearance readiness are required. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, well‑architected frameworks, and customer collaboration to deliver scalable cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
• At least 12 years of experience working with software, IT systems, and related technologies.
• At least 5 years of experience working with cloud technologies.
• In depth knowledge and hands on experience with at least one public cloud service provider (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• In depth understanding and demonstrated experience with well‑architected cloud concepts: operational excellence, performance efficiency, security, reliability, and cost optimization.
• Experience in designing, architecting, developing, implementing, operating, and evolving cloud systems to support customers.
• Proven track record of working with customers to understand requirements and build cloud solutions to meet those requirements.
• Willing to travel domestically up to 10% if required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with DoD, IC, and Civil space mission owners to understand their cloud technology use cases and mission needs.
• Work with cloud service providers to understand their technologies and help leverage those technologies.
• Provide cloud strategic advice, technical guidance, reference architectures, and best practices for the space enterprise.
• Act as a technical lead on prototyping efforts to demonstrate and benchmark cloud technologies for space mission use cases.
• Conduct cloud architecture reviews of customer mission systems.
• Develop cloud migration strategies for customer mission systems.
• Perform cloud cost estimations and optimizations for customer mission systems.
• Capture and share best‑practice knowledge amongst the Aerospace Corporation’s cloud solution architect community.
• Create and deliver presentations to internal teams and external stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a senior cloud architect for a 100% onsite role in Colorado Springs. The candidate will lead cloud strategy, provide technical guidance, and drive prototyping efforts for space mission use cases, working with DoD, IC, and civil space customers.

A deep cloud background and security clearance readiness are required. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, well‑architected frameworks, and customer collaboration to deliver scalable cloud