Sr. AWS Cloud Architect

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Architect to design and govern enterprise cloud architecture for mission-critical federal programs, ensuring compliance with FedRAMP Moderate security requirements.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret eligible clearance
• Minimum 12 years work experience with BS/BA in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field
• 8 years of experience in cloud infrastructure/architecture roles on AWS
• Deep hands-on expertise designing AWS solutions
• Strong grasp of networking, databases, storage, and container tooling on AWS
• Experience with AWS cloud-native security services
• Experience architecting within FedRAMP Moderate environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Scripting experience
• Experience with cloud-native and serverless architectures
• Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud architecture
• Experience implementing SRE practices and disaster recovery plans
• Experience supporting ATO and continuous monitoring processes

Responsibilities

• Design and document scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures
• Develop and implement reference architectures aligned to FedRAMP Moderate control baselines
• Lead cloud migration and modernization strategy
• Evaluate and recommend cloud-native and hybrid solutions
• Lead technical gap analysis and support development of System Security Plans
• Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code templates
• Configure secure CI/CD pipelines and monitoring solutions
• Architect secure identity access boundaries and encryption schemas
• Build site reliability engineering practices and disaster recovery solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud engineers

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