Senior DoD Cloud Architect for IL5/IL6 Environments

Booz Allen Hamilton; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a lead Cloud Computing Architect to direct secure, scalable cloud environments for classified and unclassified workloads, including DoD IL5/IL6 platforms. You will shape roadmaps, govern architecture choices, and ensure RMF/ATO alignment across environments.

You will mentor cloud engineers, coordinate with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and government stakeholders, translating mission needs into deployable architecture patterns and deployment guidance for mission-critical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience architecting, designing, deploying, and modernizing enterprise cloud environments using AWS or Azure
• 5+ years of experience designing or supporting DoD classified, disconnected, restricted, or air-gapped environments, including IL6
• 5+ years of experience leading cloud architecture efforts and providing technical direction to cloud engineers and operations personnel
• 5+ years of experience designing cloud landing zones, IAM, network segmentation, compute, storage, encryption, logging, monitoring, backup, and disaster-recovery
• 3+ years of experience developing cloud architecture artifacts, design patterns, roadmaps, and implementation guidance
• 3+ years of experience supporting DoD RMF, ATO, security-control implementation, and accreditation activities
• Experience designing highly available, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for mission-critical production systems
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and security clearance requirements as stated
• Security+ CE Certification and cloud-certifications are a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, modernization, and deployment of mission-critical cloud systems and applications
• Provide architectural direction to cloud engineers, DevSecOps, and operations personnel
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and government stakeholders to support RMF/ATO activities
• Translate mission, cybersecurity, and operational requirements into approved architecture patterns and roadmaps
• Ensure architectures meet service limitations and connectivity requirements for classified environments

Skills

Cloud architecture leadership

AWS/Azure expertise

DoD IL5/IL6 environments

RMF/ATO support

Security controls design

DevSecOps collaboration

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering/Cybersecurity

Master’s degree (preferable)

Security+ CE Certification

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a lead Cloud Computing Architect to direct secure, scalable cloud environments for classified and unclassified workloads, including DoD IL5/IL6 platforms. You will shape roadmaps, govern architecture choices, and ensure RMF/ATO alignment across environments.

You will mentor cloud engineers, coordinate with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and government stakeholders, translating mission needs into deployable architecture patterns and deployment guidance for mission-critical