Cloud Architect, SME

Job description

Responsibilities We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Cloud Architect to join our team in the greater DMV area, supporting the Army National Guard. Responsibilities: - Establish enterprise cloud architecture standards, reference models, migration frameworks, and governance to guide secure transition, consolidation, and hosting strategies across DoD/Army environments. - Review and adjudicate complex cloud engineering designs for compliance with Army policy, RMF requirements, DoD‑approved baselines, and Zero Trust principles. - Define cloud resiliency, disaster recovery, continuity, and performance benchmarking strategies; validate technical approaches prior to implementation. - Lead migration planning, prototype validation, performance optimization, and workload placement decisions across multi‑environment (on‑prem, cloud, hybrid) architectures. - Integrate cybersecurity controls, identity/access management, logging/monitoring, and compliance evidence into cloud designs to support RMF/ATO processes. - Advise senior leadership on cloud transformation roadmaps, cost/performance tradeoffs, modernization priorities, and technology adoption. - Coordinate with engineering, DevSe...