Senior Cloud Solutions Architect
The Aerospace Corporation3 days ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USASenior
Base Salary
$166k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with DoD, Intelligence Community, and civil space mission owners to understand cloud use cases and mission needs.
- Work with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and other cloud service providers to help customers leverage their technologies.
- Provide cloud strategy, technical guidance, reference architectures, and best practices for space missions.
- Lead prototyping efforts to demonstrate and benchmark cloud technologies for space use cases.
- Conduct cloud architecture reviews and develop migration strategies for customer mission systems.
- Perform cloud cost estimates and optimization for customer mission systems.
- Share cloud best practices across the company’s solution architect community.
- Create and deliver presentations to internal teams and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- At least 12 years of experience working with software, IT systems, and related technologies.
- At least 5 years of experience working with cloud technologies.
- In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with at least one public cloud service provider, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Demonstrated experience with well-architected cloud concepts including operational excellence, performance efficiency, security, reliability, and cost optimization.
- Experience designing, architecting, developing, implementing, operating, and evolving cloud systems for customers.
- Proven ability to understand customer requirements and build cloud solutions to address them.
- Willingness to travel domestically up to 10% when required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain one.
- Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree, cloud computing certifications, cybersecurity certifications such as Security+ or CISSP, familiarity with satellite and ground systems architectures, and an active U.S. government security clearance.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and performance-based recognition.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options where applicable.
- 401(k) plan with company-paid benefits of 8%, 10%, or 12% based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested upon hire.
- Flexible spending accounts and a variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional growth, development, and education assistance programs.
- Inclusive work environment focused on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
- Full-time position based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, requiring 100% onsite work and up to 10% domestic travel.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit operator of a federally funded research and development center, providing independent systems engineering, research, and mission assurance for U.S. government space programs. It supports defense, civil, and some commercial customers across satellites, launch vehicles, ground systems, remote sensing, and cyber. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it advises on acquisition, design, testing, and operations to improve reliability of national security space systems.