Job Description
Are you ready to modernize the digital backbone of the nation? The Department of Digital Services is seeking a visionary Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect to lead the transition to secure, scalable cloud environments. You will play a pivotal role in designing enterprise-grade systems that directly impact the delivery of public services to millions of citizens.
This is a unique opportunity to apply commercial-grade best practices within a mission-driven public sector environment. You will influence policy, lead cross-functional technical teams, and ensure our infrastructure meets the highest standards of security and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement robust, high-availability cloud solutions (AWS/Azure) for mission-critical federal applications.
- Lead the migration of legacy on-premise infrastructure to hybrid-cloud environments while maintaining strict compliance.
- Develop and enforce infrastructure-as-code (IaC) standards and CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment cycles.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement zero-trust architecture and automated compliance monitoring.
- Mentor junior engineers and technical staff on modern cloud design patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) principles.
- Evaluate emerging cloud technologies to drive cost efficiency and performance optimization across the agency.
- Represent the department in inter-agency technical steering committees to ensure architectural alignment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, system architecture, or DevOps engineering.
- Deep technical expertise in AWS or Azure ecosystem (certification preferred).
- Proven experience working within federal regulatory environments (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53).
- Expert-level proficiency with Terraform, Kubernetes, and container orchestration platforms.
- Strong background in automation, scripting (Python/Go), and configuration management.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen eligible for a Public Trust or Secret security clearance.