Cloud Jobs in Washington, DC

Job Description:

• Design and architect end-to-end cloud-service and infrastructure solutions that meet performance, scalability, security, resilience, interoperability, and cost-efficiency requirements.
• Develop and enforce cloud architecture standards, patterns, governance practices, and technical reference architectures across program environments.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of cloud services, platforms, and technologies that support mission-critical objectives and program modernization.
• Collaborate with engineering, development, security, and operations teams to integrate cloud solutions with existing systems, workflows, and enterprise services.
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture documentation, including architecture diagrams, technical specifications, service designs, reference architectures, and decision records.
• Support continuous ATO and automated ATO processes by designing cloud-service patterns, automation, integrations, and evidence-producing controls that support ongoing authorization and monitoring.
• Design and support ingestion, normalization, and use of compliance data from FedRAMP, StateRAMP, SOC 2, and other approved sources within cloud-security, assessment, and authorization workflows.
• Develop or contribute to Security Assessment Verification and Validation Plans that define objectives, scope, dependencies, control-validation approaches, and implementation roadmaps.
• Design and implement cloud architectures that enable AI-driven analytics and automation, where approved, to improve threat detection, operational response, and service management.
• Lead or support Continuity of Operations (COOP), disaster recovery, and business-continuity planning; design and evaluate cloud solutions that sustain mission and business processes during and after disruptions.
• Participate in Red Team/Blue Team exercises by ensuring cloud-service architectures support controlled testing, monitoring, analysis, remediation, and lessons learned.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost; implement automation and IaC solutions where appropriate.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud computing, or related fields, with at least 5 years in a cloud architecture role.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing solutions on one or more major cloud platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with cloud-migration strategies, including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting approaches.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills in English, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Deep expertise in cloud-platform services, including compute, storage, networking, databases, security, observability, and DevOps tooling across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Proficiency in IaC tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, or equivalent tools.
• Strong understanding of cloud-networking concepts, including VPCs, VPNs, load balancing, DNS, CDN, and hybrid-connectivity solutions.
• Experience designing and implementing cloud-security architectures, including IAM, encryption, secure logging, policy enforcement, and Zero Trust principles.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline design and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with cloud monitoring, logging, and observability tools, such as AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Splunk, Datadog, or equivalent platforms.
• Working knowledge of cATO/automated ATO concepts, continuous monitoring, security-evidence automation, and compliance-data integration.
• Experience working within compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, and SOC 2.
• Knowledge of business-continuity, disaster-recovery, and COOP principles as applied to cloud services.
• Strong understanding of cost management and FinOps principles for cloud environments.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and guidance in a collaborative, Agile delivery environment.

Benefits:

• health, dental and vision insurance
• 401K with company matching
• flexible spending accounts
• paid holidays
• three weeks paid time off
• more