Cloud Architect
Attain Talent2 months ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
Base Salary
$110k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions
- Lead cloud modernization and migration efforts across enterprise environments
- Develop cloud architecture standards and best practices
- Partner with engineering, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity teams to deliver secure cloud solutions
- Ensure compliance with federal security and regulatory requirements
- Support IAM, encryption, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud operations
- Assess technical risks, architecture tradeoffs, resiliency, and performance optimization
- Translate mission and business needs into scalable cloud architectures
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- At least 4 years of professional experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure architecture, or cloud architecture
- Hands-on experience designing cloud solutions in AWS, with preferred experience in EKS, EC2, RDS, and S3, plus exposure to Azure and disaster recovery planning
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, compute, storage, IAM, security groups, monitoring, and infrastructure design
- Experience with cloud security architecture, including IAM, encryption, secrets management, logging, vulnerability management, and secure access controls
- Knowledge of NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, CIS benchmarks, or similar compliance frameworks
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
- Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD integrations
- Strong documentation, architecture review, and stakeholder communication skills
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
- Preferred certifications include AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Architect, or similar
- Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture and experience supporting federal government agencies are preferred
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement; hybrid roles are specified in the job post
- Full-time employee benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) with 4% matching
- Liberal paid time off policy
- Annual continuing education benefit
- Annual wellness budget
- Bonus incentive programs for employee referrals and performance-based rewards
About Attain Talent
Attain Talent is a Melbourne-based recruiting agency placing candidates in sales, marketing, customer service, administration, and other corporate services roles across permanent and contract engagements. Founded in 2017 and self-owned, it focuses on building long-term hiring partnerships with employers. The company earns revenue through recruitment services and placement fees for organizations growing commercial and back-office teams.