Cloud Platform Infrastructure Architect

Job Family:

Software Development & Support

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design, implement and manage scalable, secure and resilient cloud architectures on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Duties include the following:

• Design end-to-end AWS cloud infrastructure solutions to support enterprise applications, data platforms, and business critical services. Create high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region strategies.

• Develop migration strategies for transitioning on-premises workloads to AWS. Contribute to cloud strategy and technology roadmaps.

• Oversee deployment of Infrastructure as code (IaC)using tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or CDK. Establish and enhance continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to streamline software deployment and infrastructure updates.

• Ensure observability, monitoring and logging using AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray or third-party tools. Design architecture that meets security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements (HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2 etc.) as applicable.

• Implement IAM best practices, encryption strategies, and secure networking.

• Partner with developers, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet mission-critical needs.

• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues related to cloud infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability.

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams.

• Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and trends, evaluating and recommending new solutions to enhance our capabilities.

What You Will Need:

• US Citizenship or Green Card is required.

• Bachelor’s degree . Additional Four (4) expedience can be used in lieu of degree.

• Minimum Six(6) to Eight(8) years of prior relevant experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 5 years in AWS cloud architecture, DevOps, or infrastructure automation.

• Expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, etc.).

• Strong knowledge of networking (VPC, VPN, Direct Connect, load balancing).

• Hands on experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).

• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless architecture.

• Owns policy for access roles, change management, ops workflows, code standards, compliance enforcement, high level infra and tooling decisions, etc.

• Ensures infra budget controls. Owns policy for internal threat monitoring aka “watching the watchers”.

• Ownership of AWS services like Control Tower, Amazon Guard Duty, AWS Service Catalog, AWS Security Hub, AWS CloudTrail, Github Organization-Level Admin.

• Expertise in AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, CloudFormation, Workspaces, Snowball).

• Strong development background in Python (Boto3), Bash, SQL.

• Hands-on experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).

• Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform, GitLab CI, Puppet, Ansible).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate, mentor, help, and support other team members, as needed to solve complex operational and reliability problems.

• No visa sponsorship available for this position.

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (Highly desirable).

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or other relevant AWS certifications.

The annual salary range for this position is $102,000.00-$170,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits pac