Hands-On Cloud AWS Architect

About the role

As an AWS Solution Architect, you will translate customer IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting Office 365, Azure, AWS, GCP, designing, architecting, and deploying production-grade AWS solutions, modernizing infrastructure, enabling secure cloud environments including GovCloud and DoD IL, and contributing to enterprise-level cloud transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting Office 365, Azure, AWS, GCP, designing, architecting, and deploying production-grade AWS solutions
• Modernize infrastructure, enabling secure cloud environments including GovCloud and DoD IL
• Contribute to enterprise-level cloud transformation initiatives
• Mentor the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow’s solutions architects
• Shape the digital solutions business and identify opportunities for growth

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in IT
• 5+ years of experience with architecting and deploying production AWS solutions
• Experience architecting and engineering cloud solutions in AWS, including VPC design, IAM, EC2, containerized workloads, storage services, and networking fundamentals
• Experience with cloud-native and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform and CloudFormation, automated testing, and secure deployment workflows
• Experience with AWS in GovCloud and DoD or IL environments
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional and 8570 IAT II Security+ CE Certifications

Qualifications

• Nice if you have:
• Experience designing and implementing automated build or deploy toolchains such as DevSecOps pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins
• Experience in cloud cost optimization, including workload right-sizing, autoscaling strategies, tagging, governance, and leveraging AWS native cost-management tools
• Experience migrating on-premises systems to AWS, including application refactoring, data migration, and modernization of legacy mission systems
• Experience with containerized and Kubernetes-based architectures, such as ECS and EKS, supporting scalable and resilient mission workloads in cloud environments
• Experience working within GovCloud or DoD IL environments, applying security controls and compliance frameworks including NIST, RMF, and 800-53

Skills

• Collaborate with AOC mission stakeholders to translate operational needs into cloud-native architectural enhancements

Benefits

• Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs.

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

Work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.