Senior GovCloud Architect - DoD Cloud | Zero Trust

CHAOS Industries; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k match

Relocation assistance

Annual bonuses

Stock options

Lunch provided

No meeting Fridays

Unlimited PTO

Casual dress code

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking an Enterprise Cloud Architect to shape and govern our cloud strategy for defense and GovCon programs. This senior IC role spans concept to delivery, ensuring mission-ready, compliant cloud solutions across classified and unclassified environments.

You will own the cloud architecture roadmap, drive GovCloud and cross‑domain connectivity, and mentor teams while collaborating with government customers and prime contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; Master’s preferred or equivalent experience.
• 8–12 years in cloud architecture with DoD/government program exposure.
• Hands-on IaC tooling experience and CI/CD security practices.
• Active Secret clearance; TS/SCI eligibility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and own enterprise cloud architecture across GovCloud, Azure Government, and on‑premise/hybrid environments.
• Develop cloud documentation: design docs, diagrams, ATO artifacts aligned to NIST RMF/ FedRAMP.
• Enforce cloud security standards: ZTA, IAM, encryption, workload isolation.
• Lead migration planning and secure delivery across programs.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Zero Trust

Security architecture

DoD/government experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Cloud Computing

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

CI/CD

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking an Enterprise Cloud Architect to shape and govern our cloud strategy for defense and GovCon programs. This senior IC role spans concept to delivery, ensuring mission-ready, compliant cloud solutions across classified and unclassified environments.

You will own the cloud architecture roadmap, drive GovCloud and cross‑domain connectivity, and mentor teams while collaborating with government customers and prime contractors.