AWS Cloud Platform Architect
McLean, VA
Experience: 0
Category: Information Technology
Contractor Work Model: Remote
Brand: System One
Job ID: 375790
Date Posted: 06/23/2026
Shortcut: http://jobs.systemone.com/p3TcWw
AWS Cloud Platform Architect
100% remote
Must be able to obtain Public Trust Clearance
W2 employment only
NO C2C
Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud architectures for enterprise applications, data platforms, and mission-critical services.
• Develop end-to-end infrastructure solutions, including high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region strategies.
• Define migration strategies for transitioning on-premises workloads to AWS and contribute to cloud strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Oversee infrastructure as code deployments using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline software deployments and infrastructure updates.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and logging using AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and approved third-party tools.
• Design cloud architectures that meet security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements, including HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC 2, as applicable.
• Apply IAM best practices, encryption strategies, and secure networking patterns across AWS environments.
• Partner with developers, DevOps engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable cloud solutions aligned to mission needs.
• Diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues to maintain performance, reliability, and operational stability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance while staying current with emerging cloud technologies and recommending improvements.
Requirements:
• U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required, along with the ability to obtain a public trust clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant IT infrastructure experience in AWS cloud architecture, DevOps, or infrastructure automation.
• Deep expertise with AWS services, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, CloudFormation, WorkSpaces, and Snowball.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, including VPCs, VPNs, Direct Connect, load balancing, and secure network design.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Puppet, or Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitLab CI.
• Strong development and scripting experience with Python, Boto3, Bash, and SQL.
• Experience defining and enforcing policies for access roles, change management, operational workflows, code standards, compliance, infrastructure tooling, and budget controls.
• Experience managing cloud security and governance services such as AWS Control Tower, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Service Catalog, AWS Security Hub, AWS CloudTrail, and GitHub organization-level administration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work independently while collaborating with, mentoring, and supporting team members to solve complex operational and reliability challenges.
• What Would Be Nice To Have
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty or other relevant AWS certification.
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