Senior Cloud Architect — Space & DoD Missions (Onsite CO)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Telework options

401(k) Plan

Education assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design and guide cloud strategies for space missions. You will lead prototyping, architecture reviews, and migration planning with major cloud providers, while advising on cost, performance, and security.

Minimum 12 years in software/IT with 5+ years in cloud contexts; strong collaboration with DoD/IC stakeholders and ability to obtain security clearance. Onsite role in Colorado Springs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
• At least 12 years of experience with software/IT systems and related technologies.
• At least 5 years of experience with cloud technologies.
• Experience with at least one public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Understanding of well-architected cloud concepts: operational excellence, performance, security, reliability, cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with DoD, IC, and civil space mission owners to understand cloud technology use cases and mission needs.
• Work with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to help leverage technologies for government space missions.
• Provide cloud strategy, technical guidance, reference architectures, and best practices for space enterprise.
• Lead prototyping efforts to demonstrate and benchmark cloud technologies for space mission use cases.
• Conduct cloud architecture reviews of customer mission systems and develop migration strategies.
• Perform cloud cost estimations and optimizations for customer mission systems.
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge within Aerospace’s cloud architect community.
• Create and deliver presentations to internal teams and external stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Public cloud experience

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design and guide cloud strategies for space missions. You will lead prototyping, architecture reviews, and migration planning with major cloud providers, while advising on cost, performance, and security.

Minimum 12 years in software/IT with 5+ years in cloud contexts; strong collaboration with DoD/IC stakeholders and ability to obtain security clearance. Onsite role in Colorado Springs.