AWS Platform Architect

Analytica is looking for a hands-on lead AWS Solution Architect to lead designing, implementing, and continuing to improve a large scale, enterprise AWS-based platform underpinning mission critical, public facing services for a leading homeland security client. This architect leads end-to-end Dev Sec Ops  architecture, automation, and CI/CD design for enterprise identity, scheduling, and biometrics applications hosted primarily in AWS, with integrated AI/ML,data analytics, and entity resolution capabilities.

The role provides technical leadership to multi-disciplinary Agile teams and drives the "zero-trust," "automation-first," and "infrastructure as code" principles across the program.

Analytica has been recognized byInc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing 250 businesses in the US for 3 years. We work with U.S. government clients in health, civilian, and national security missions to build better technology products that impact our day-to-day lives. The company offers competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses, employer-paid health care, training and development funds, and 401k match.

• Lead Dev Sec Ops  initiatives, including architecture, automation, monitoring, testing, and CI/CD pipelines for large-scale, multi-cloud and on-premises platforms.
• Architect, design, and implement production enterprise applications in AWS cloud platforms that leverage AI/ML.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient platforms that meet USCIS performance and availability targets (99.9% uptime; 24/7 platform availability).
• Architect infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and AWS-native capabilities to ensure consistent and secure environments.
• Integrate security and code quality scanning (Checkmarx, Sonar Qube, NexusIQ, Prisma Cloud) into the CI/CD pipeline and enforce secure configurations for cloud resources.
• Guide integration of AI/ML models into Dev Sec Ops  workflows and manage data architectures for transactions and analytical solutions.
• Guide platform monitoring, observability, incident response, and disaster recovery; support 24x7 / 15-minute incident response and MTTR of 90 minutes or less for internal code faults.
• Enable serverless, containerized microservices patterns (AWS Lambda, EKS, Kubernetes, Rancher, Docker) and support SPA/MPA Dev Sec Ops  practices.
• Support authentication and identity architecture aligned to NIST SP 800-63-3, SP 800-63A/B/C (AAL 1-3, FAL 1-3), including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, PKCE, SAML, TOTP, and WebAuthN.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to Dev Sec Ops  engineering teams;

• US Citizen with the ability to secure a public trust clearance
• Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or related technical field;
  Masters a Plus
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate or Professional (Required).
• 10+years of experience in the Information Technology field focusing on development projects, Dev Sec Ops , AI/ML engineering projects, and technical architecture, of which three (3) years shall be in architecture, design, and production enterprise applications in cloud platforms using AI/ML, specifically in AWS.
• Proven Experience leading large scale enterprise Dev Sec Ops  initiatives including architecture, automation, and CI/CD pipelines for large-scale, multi-cloud and on-premises platforms.
• Demonstrated experience with the AWS servicesEC2, S3, Aurora, RDS, Open Search, Cloud Formation, Cloud Trail, Cloud Watch, Lambda, Kinesis, EKS, KMS.
• Demonstrated experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Harness, and Backstage.
• Knowledge of federal security and compliance standards (e.g., FISMA, FedRAMP) and experience supporting ATO process

• Experience with DHS Enterprise Architecture Technical…