Ignite 33

Ignite 33

Senior AWS Cloud Systems Architect

Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 216 days ago
PostgreSQLAWSCI/CDData EngineeringCybersecurityNetwork SecurityAccessibilityManual TestingZero TrustLeadershipProblem Solving

About the role

  • This is not a traditional infrastructure architect role.
  • The Architect will guide legacy-to-cloud transformations, apply structured migration sequencing (7 Rs framework), and embed DevSecOps and automated validation into the architecture from inception.

Responsibilities

  • Ability to evaluate tradeoffs and document decisions clearly.
  • System-of-Systems Architecture Leadership Lead end-to-end architecture across interdependent systems and workflows.
  • Weighting logic Variance estimation Margin of Error (MOE) calculations Statistical reproducibility Design architectures that improve maintainability, scalability, observability, and performance.
  • Develop portfolio-level migration plans and modernization roadmaps.
  • Lambda, Step Functions ECS / EKS / Fargate (when justified) Glue, Aurora/PostgreSQL, S3, Batch CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure architectures.
  • Establish secure-by-design patterns aligned with Zero Trust, NIST RMF, and FedRAMP-style controls.

Requirements

  • Prepare required architecture artifacts for approvals.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting federal government modernization programs.
  • Experience with statistical, analytical, or high-volume data processing systems.
  • Experience operating in regulated or governance-heavy environments.
  • Experience leading architecture across multiple concurrent workstreams.
  • Core Competencies Systems-level thinking across interdependent architectures.
  • Strong problem-solving and architectural judgment.
  • Ability to mentor engineers and enforce architectural consistency.
  • Ability to balance innovation with operational stability.

Skills

  • The position requires architectural leadership across interconnected applications, data pipelines, integration layers, and shared services.
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