Solutions Architect IV

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

What are we looking for?

We're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

What you will be doing?

• Sets enterprise-level infrastructure strategy
• Leads global architectures and integrations
• Manages worldwide environments
• Establishes visionary, organization-wide standards
• Ensures excellence on large-scale initiatives
• Drives sustainable, future-ready practices with full autonomy
• Provides technical leadership and architectural guidance
• Ensures cloud environments are resilient, secure, cost-effective, and positioned to support both current operations and future growth

Required For This Opportunity

• Education/Experience: Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.
• Certification: Active Secret (TS/SCI preferred); AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert; CISSP
• Skills: Proficiency in cloud architecture design, including networking, scalability, and security of cloud-based solutions; Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure); Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and tools such as containerization, Kubernetes, and serverless computing; Knowledge of cloud infrastructure including virtualization, storage, networking, and load balancing; Understanding of cloud security best practices including encryption, micro segmentation, and least privilege; Familiarity with cloud management and Infrastructure/Configuration as code tools like Terraform and Ansible; Experience with DevSecOps methodologies and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices; Awareness of Microservice and Service Oriented Architecture patterns; Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban); Experience with cloud observability toolsets; Understanding of version control systems (Git) and their integration into CI tools (Gitlab CI); Basic understanding of Linux administration and programming (Java, Python, C#); Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions (Azure Entra ID, AWS IAM, Keycloak)

Benefits

The targeted base salary range for this role is $154,000-$232,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location.