Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Cloud Infrastructure Architect Washington, D.C. 20224 18 months Key Responsibilities Design and document secure, scalable AWS architectures including multi-account structures, VPCs, and cross-account integrations.Architect networking solutions including Transit Gateway, VPC peering, Direct Connect, and Route 53 configurations.Design compute and storage solutions leveraging EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, EFS, and other AWS services for EDP workloads.Develop and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, and infrastructure blueprints.Ensure infrastructure designs meet resilience, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements.Collaborate with security teams to embed security controls into architecture designs from inception.Evaluate and recommend AWS services and architectural patterns that align with compliance requirements.Support capacity planning, cost optimization, and infrastructure performance reviews.Coordinate with government technical leads on architecture approvals and change management.Provide technical guidance to cloud engineers on infrastructure implementation best practices. Required Qualifications & Skills 7+ years of experience in IT operations and infrastructure management.5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS services and infrastructure architecture.Deep expertise in AWS networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, ALB/NLB).Proficiency in AWS compute (EC2, ECS, EKS) and storage (S3, EFS, RDS) services.Experience designing multi-account AWS environments with cross-account IAM and resource sharing.Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST) and cloud compliance standards.Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) preferred.AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification preferred.Experience supporting high-availability, mission-critical government systems preferred.Knowledge of tax or financial data platform operations highly preferred.

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