Cloud Migration Architect

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Bitwise hires talented engineers who are driven by purpose and who value a culture of technical excellence, growth, and overall wellness. We deliver new and innovative intelligence solutions to our customers at the very forefront of our country’s national security missions. And we do it every single day. Our work matters, and so will you.

We ask that every new hire be able to:

• Contribute meaningful thought leadership — if not right away, over time
• Interact with our customers and earn their confidence in your abilities
• Be detailed, even if that means taking a little more time to get it right
• Contribute their ideas and ideals to improve all aspects of our company
• Allow us to invest in their education so we both grow together
• Know and live our core values every single day

As a Cloud Architect specializing in AWS migration, you will help multiple teams modernize their infrastructure by transitioning from traditional virtual machine environments to scalable, secure cloud architectures. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the organization’s cloud strategy, designing and evaluating implementation options that balance performance, cost, complexity, and compliance. This role involves close collaboration with development teams, Dev Ops engineers, and customer stakeholders to ensure that cloud solutions are both technically sound and mission-aligned.

You will bring deep technical expertise and a pragmatic approach to solving complex migration challenges. Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll foster confidence, build alignment, and raise overall cloud fluency across the enterprise.

Responsibilities will include:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Candidates without a current clearance will not be considered.
• Design and evaluate multiple AWS migration strategies for legacy and VM-based workloads.
• Develop architecture diagrams, migration plans, and reference implementations to support adoption.
• Assess tradeoffs between complexity, cost, scalability, and compliance to recommend optimal approaches.
• Collaborate with development and Dev Ops teams to integrate AWS solutions with existing CI/CD and deployment pipelines.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to teams implementing AWS infrastructure.
• Engage directly with customers and leadership to validate designs, communicate risks, and maintain trust.
• Document and share best practices to strengthen cloud adoption across the organization.

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Experience with AWS architecture, services, and security/compliance frameworks, particularly within C2S/C2E or HCI/WandS.
• Knowledge of networking, identity management, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Cloud Formation, etc.).
• Experience migrating workloads from on-premises or VM environments to AWS.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, ECS, and containerized workload orchestration.
• Experience with Dev Ops pipelines, CI/CD tools, and monitoring stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Cloud Watch, etc.).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of building trust as an external expert.
• Twelve(12) years with a Bachelor’s or four(4) additional years without the degree.
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• Experience designing and implementing Azure cloud architectures (or other commercial clouds).
• Experience with multi-cloud strategy, hybrid cloud environments, or cross-cloud cost modeling.
• Prior experience working in CNO.

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