Senior Cloud Architect

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to work in Quantico, VA to provide support data architecture, engineering, and analysis initiatives for law enforcement and scientific organizations.

Are you ready to play a crucial role in supporting cutting-edge technology for law enforcement and scientific organizations supporting the collection, processing, and analysis of data? Everforth ECS is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Cloud Architect to join our team and make a positive impact working in at the intersection of traditional IT and specialized Operational Technology (OT) systems.

Responsibilities of the Senior Cloud Architect include but are not limited to:  

• Create detailed plans for migrating applications, data, and infrastructure from on-premises environments to the cloud, considering factors like workload dependencies, data sensitivity, and business priorities.
• Thoroughly assess existing systems and applications to identify dependencies, compatibility issues, and cloud migration challenges.
• Coordinate migration activities, including data transfer, application re-platforming or refactoring, and testing. Throughout the process, they ensure minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
• Optimize workloads for cloud environments, leveraging cloud-native features and best practices to enhance performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Develop integration architectures and patterns to connect cloud-based services with existing on-premises systems and applications.
• Design data pipelines and integration workflows to ensure seamless data flow between cloud and on-premises environments, leveraging technologies like messaging queues, APIs, and ETL (extract, transform, load) tools.
• Set up comprehensive monitoring and observability tools to track key performance metrics, resource utilization, and service availability.
• Analyze monitoring data to identify performance bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for optimization across the cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Optimize resource allocation and utilization through techniques such as rightsizing, instance reservations, and workload distribution.
• Fine-tune configurations, adjust parameters, and optimize application code to improve performance, responsiveness, and scalability.
• Anticipate future capacity requirements and plan for scalability by designing architectures that can accommodate growth without compromising performance or cost-efficiency.
• Participate in architectural discussions and decision-making processes to ensure alignment with business goals and best practices.
• Document architectural designs, configurations, and implementation guidelines for reference and knowledge sharing.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members on cloud architecture principles, best practices, and technologies.
• Take part in agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to provide updates on cloud-related tasks and initiatives.

As a Cloud Architect, you will lead and support teams driving improvements in Cloud migration and integration across systems to enhance mission operations and ensure integrity, security, and usability for the organization.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Assess the organization’s current infrastructure, applications, and business requirements to determine the optimal cloud architecture.
• Create architectures that can scale seamlessly to accommodate growth and fluctuating workloads, leveraging services like auto-scaling, serverless computing, and distributed databases.
• Design architectures with redundancy, fault tolerance, and high availability to minimize downtime and ensure continuous service delivery.
• Evaluate the offerings of cloud service providers (CSPs) such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, selecting services like compute instances, storage options, databases, and networking components that best suit the organization’s needs.
• Collaborate with application developers and system administrators to ensure compatibility and interoperability between cloud and on-premises components, resolving integration challenges and addressing technical dependencies.

This is a senior-level role designed for an expert in designing, developing, and implementing cloud systems, architectures, and solutions that meet the evolving needs of the organization. You will work across teams to drive data strategy, ensure data governance, and design efficient, scalable data infrastructures that support complex mission and business requirements.

Salary Range: $150,000 - $220,000

General Description of Benefits

• US citizenship with active Top-Secret clearance  

• 10+ years of experience in Cloud systems including architecture, with a proven track record in designing and managing large-scale systems.

• 5+ year’s experience delivering scalable solutions through GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

• 5+ year’s strong experience creating/maintaining AWS CloudFormation Templates
• Contributing to developing and maintaining cloud governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborating with procurement and finance teams to optimize cloud spending and manage budgets effectively.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification