TS/SCI AWS Architect – Secure Cloud Leader (SCIF)

CO1002 CDW Government, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia, VA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW Government, LLC seeks an AWS Architect with TS/SCI clearance to design and support secure, scalable cloud solutions for mission-critical workloads in a SCIF environment. Onsite work is available in Seal Beach, CA; Satellite Beach, FL; or Herndon, VA.

You will translate mission needs into AWS designs, lead migration planning, and implement infrastructure as code with CloudFormation or Terraform. Emphasis on least privilege, encryption, RMF, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Ability to work onsite in a SCIF at designated locations.
• Experience designing and implementing production AWS solutions with secure networking and IAM.
• Strong cloud security architecture, encryption, logging, and defense-in-depth practices.
• Hands-on IaC, automation, version control, and controlled deployments.
• Experience translating stakeholder requirements into documented architectures and actionable plans.
• Knowledge of RMF and NIST security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design AWS architectures across compute, storage, networking, identity, security, resilience, and observability.
• Create architecture diagrams, decisions, standards, roadmaps, and documes suitable for classification.
• Lead workload assessments and cloud migration planning.
• Implement infrastructure as code with approved tools.
• Define least-privilege access, network segmentation, and key management.
• Support RMF and authorization activities with architecture evidence.
• Collaborate across engineering, cybersecurity, networking, and operations to improve performance and reliability.
• Define backup, recovery, and continuity approaches.

Skills

AWS cloud design

RMF & security controls

IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform)

SCIF operations

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

CDW Government, LLC seeks an AWS Architect with TS/SCI clearance to design and support secure, scalable cloud solutions for mission-critical workloads in a SCIF environment. Onsite work is available in Seal Beach, CA; Satellite Beach, FL; or Herndon, VA.

You will translate mission needs into AWS designs, lead migration planning, and implement infrastructure as code with CloudFormation or Terraform. Emphasis on least privilege, encryption, RMF, and cross-team collaboration.