Cloud Architect, Senior
Booz Allen Hamilton1 day ago
Base Salary
$87k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design cloud-based technical architectures that meet client needs and leverage cloud capabilities.
- Develop pragmatic migration paths that keep systems operational during transformation.
- Research current environments and recommend on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid tools and solutions.
- Advise clients on cloud strategy, infrastructure modernization, architecture decisions, and migration execution.
- Lead technical teams addressing complex cloud challenges.
- Build ROI models and make defensible recommendations about cloud implementations.
- Apply knowledge of cloud economics, VPC design, storage tiers, compute options, and security controls.
- Ensure standards are met throughout the cloud migration process.
Requirements
- Experience building complex enterprise infrastructure using systems engineering principles.
- Experience designing migration paths for operational systems.
- Experience with production AWS or cloud architecture.
- Experience with infrastructure modernization, technical transformations, ROI models, and incremental migration.
- Experience with iterative delivery, rapid prototyping, feedback loops, and incremental wins.
- Knowledge of cloud economics and trade-offs, VPC design, storage tiers, compute options, and security controls.
- Knowledge of agency-specific cloud migration nuances, including ATO and WANDS environments.
- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
- Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of cloud experience, or 16+ years of cloud experience in lieu of a degree.
- Preferred: experience in CNO spaces or similar high-side environments and CNO development.
- Preferred: experience with cloud cost optimization, right-sizing, FinOps practices, and cloud implementation recommendations.
- Preferred: knowledge of infrastructure priorities and restricted-environment constraints, processes, and security controls.
- Preferred: ability to communicate across cloud consultants, mission developers, security teams, and executives.
- Preferred: excellent technical communication and stakeholder management skills.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Benefits eligibility is generally available to full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis.
- Work may be remote, hybrid, or onsite depending on the position listing; remote roles may require occasional in-person work, and hybrid or onsite roles may require work at Booz Allen or customer facilities.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).