Senior Software Architect and Cloud Engineer

Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Architect and Cloud Engineer with expert-level, hands-on experience in AWS development, networking, and architecture to lead, design, and review the full software development lifecycle (SDLC). This versatile leader will provide both technical and managerial oversight, ensuring secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions across enterprise applications.

The ideal candidate combines deep AWS expertise with modern software engineering practices—balancing hands-on technical work, architecture design, and leadership responsibilities. They will mentor team members, drive best practices, and foster a culture of engineering excellence, ensuring software delivery aligns with both business goals and evolving technology trends.

What You'll Do

Cloud Architecture & Engineering

• Architect, implement, and optimize AWS infrastructure, networking, and cloud-native solutions, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPNs, and secure application hosting.
• Design and deliver scalable, serverless, and microservices-based enterprise applications.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, cost optimization, and compliance with federal security standards.
• Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automation of provisioning/deployment.

Software Development & SDLC Leadership

• Oversee and review the full Agile SDLC: requirements, architecture, design, coding, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Provide technical leadership in development using Node.js, Angular, and USWDS.
• Drive CI/CD pipeline adoption, DevSecOps integration, and cloud-native development workflows.
• Ensure application security, performance, and reliability through proactive monitoring and testing.
• Apply engineering best practices and code quality standards across teams.

Technical Management & Mentorship

• Lead and mentor engineering teams, promoting continuous learning and skill development.
• Serve as escalation point for complex infrastructure, networking, and application issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (security, DevOps, product owners, stakeholders) to align solutions with business objectives.
• Develop playbooks, technical documentation, and architectural roadmaps.

Strategic & Governance Contributions

• Evaluate new AWS services, frameworks, and tools to drive innovation and efficiency.
• Optimize cloud spend while ensuring performance and reliability.
• Enforce compliance with federal security frameworks and internal governance.
• Partner with leadership to define cloud modernization strategies and long-term architecture goals.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Expert-level AWS skills across networking, compute, storage, and security services.
• Knowledge of federal compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53) and cloud security best practices.
• 7 years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, architecture, and software development.
• Strong development background in js, Angular, and USWDS.
• Proven experience designing and implementing serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, etc.) and microservices.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, etc.).
• Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills

Abilities

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar).
• Build cloud enviornments from ground up.

Nice to Haves

• AWS certifications preferred (Solutions Architect Professional, Advanced Networking, DevOps Engineer).

Salary Range

$195,000 to 205,000