Chief/Cloud Architect

The role

The Chief/Cloud Architect will lead technical architecture for secure AWS IL5 operations, tenant isolation, capacity planning, and cloud modernization. This person serves as the primary technical counterpart for the Government to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and cost-aware.

What you will do

• Lead cloud architecture strategy for AWS IL5 environments.
• Design and govern secure tenant isolation using account boundaries, network segmentation, identity controls, encryption, logging, and centralized ingress/egress protections.
• Support capacity planning, performance engineering, resilience, backup and recovery, environment provisioning, and cloud cost optimization.
• Provide technical leadership for modernization trade studies, architecture reviews, technology refresh, and cloud migration planning.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, systems engineering, and mission application teams.
• Develop architecture documentation, diagrams, decision records, and Government-facing technical recommendations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
• At least 10 years of experience in enterprise systems architecture, cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or secure systems modernization.
• At least 5 years of experience supporting biometric, intelligence, or high-availability mission systems.
• Experience with cARMY, AC2SP, ECMA, SCCA, IL5, IL6, multi-AZ architectures, tenant hosting, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience designing or operating AWS environments for DoD, Army, IC, or federal mission systems.
• Experience with RMF, DoD cloud security requirements, identity and access management, network segmentation, logging, encryption, and infrastructure automation.
• Ability to translate mission needs into secure, scalable, and operationally sustainable architecture.
• DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification
• Active Secret-level clearance.
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot and / or an approved equivalent AI solution.

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• CISSP
• AWS Advanced Networking Specialty
• AWS Security Specialty

Before you apply

• Position is contingent upon contract award, customer approval, funding availability, and completion of applicable DSA recruiting, security, and onboarding requirements.
• Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.
• Applicants may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• DSA requires background checks, where permitted, by law.

About the company

DSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to treating all employees with respect and dignity.