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The Senior AWS Architect role involves leading the design and optimization of AWS environments for public sector clients. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in cloud architecture, particularly with AWS, and hold relevant certifications. The position emphasizes security compliance and team leadership. This senior role emphasizes the creation of secure, scalable, cost-effective, and fully compliant architectures—particularly for regulated workloads that may involve or access Criminal Justice Information (CJI)—while aligning with PCM service requirements, controls, CJIS Security Policy, NIST standards, and state data protection mandates. Position supports strategic cloud architecture and managed public cloud services under a contract, delivering secure, compliant, and innovative Google Cloud solutions to state agencies, higher education institutions, local governments, and other eligible public entities.
Job Responsibility:
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of cloud engineers and administrators
Allocate resources, manage schedules, and ensure adherence to SLAs and KPIs
Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, and training sessions
Provide oversight for the daily operations, incident management, change management, and problem resolution across customer cloud environments
Supervise deployment, maintenance, and optimization of cloud infrastructure following best practices and security standards
Ensure monitoring, backup, patching, and disaster recovery configurations are properly implemented
Conduct root cause analyses for critical incidents and drive corrective/preventive actions
Act as escalation point for customers during incidents or critical issues
Participate in client meetings, provide technical guidance, and support cloud solution discussions
Prepare and present operational reports, incident summaries, and optimization recommendations
Oversee the development and implementation of automation tools/scripts for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and reporting
Identify areas for operational improvement and cost optimization
Advocate and implement DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) philosophies
Ensure all managed environments are operated according to organizational policies, compliance frameworks, and industry best practices
Collaborate with security teams for vulnerability management, cloud security compliance, and incident investigation
Be able to support Microsoft Sentinel integration with each cloud
Requirements:
Must be a US citizen or Green card holder
8+ years of professional experience in cloud architecture and engineering
At least 5+ years focused on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in large-scale enterprise or production environments
Demonstrated success designing secure, compliant AWS architectures for regulated sectors
Expert-level knowledge across AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars
Deep hands-on expertise with core AWS services
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)
Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances
Commitment to complete CJIS security awareness training
No disqualifying criminal history as defined by FBI CJIS standards
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (mandatory)
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience