Senior Cloud Solutions Architect – Ground Systems

InSPIRE Corporation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401k match

Education/Training Reimbursements

Company funded events

Job summary

InSPIRE Corporation seeks a highly skilled Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based ground system solutions for mission-critical operations such as satellite communications and space systems. You will drive architecture, security, and vendor collaboration across cross-functional teams.

You will lead end-to-end cloud implementations, define data strategies, and mentor engineers while ensuring compliance with government and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, EE, or related field.
• 8+ years in software and systems architecture.
• 3+ years focused on cloud-based solutions.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform and certifications.
• Experience with ground system architectures (satellite, TT&C) or mission-critical systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, and IaC tools.
• Knowledge of networking, virtualization, containers, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud-based ground system architectures for performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of cloud platforms, services, and tools to support requirements.
• Oversee the implementation of cloud infrastructure including networking, compute, storage, and security configurations.
• Define data ingest, processing, and storage strategies in the cloud, including streaming real-time data.
• Ensure integration between cloud-based ground systems and on-premises systems or hardware.
• Analyze performance metrics and optimize for low latency, high throughput, and cost efficiency.
• Mentor engineering teams and collaborate with stakeholders to define system requirements.
• Develop architecture diagrams, design documents, and playbooks.

Skills

Cloud architectures

Ground system experience

Security & compliance

DevOps / CI/CD

Programming languages

Networking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/EE

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

InSPIRE Corporation seeks a highly skilled Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based ground system solutions for mission-critical operations such as satellite communications and space systems. You will drive architecture, security, and vendor collaboration across cross-functional teams.

You will lead end-to-end cloud implementations, define data strategies, and mentor engineers while ensuring compliance with government and industry standards.