AWS Platform Architect

Analytica is looking for a hands‑on Lead Platform Solutions Architect Lead 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 person will lead platform engineering, developing infrastructure as code, monitoring, testing automation, and the CI/CD backbone that enables secure, scalable delivery of mission‑critical identity, scheduling, and biometrics applications in alignment with federal security and compliance frameworks.

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.
• 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.
• Apply federal security and compliance standards including FISMA, FedRAMP, DHS Enterprise Architecture (HLS EA), and NIST frameworks.
• 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.
• Support Team Managed Deployment (TMD) and Ongoing Authorization (OA) processes.
• Enable serverless, containerized microservices patterns (AWS Lambda, EKS, Kubernetes, Rancher, Docker) and support SPA/MPA Dev Sec Ops  practices.
• Partner with Application Dev Sec Ops  Solutions Architect Leads, Data Architect/Scientist Leads, and ISSO personnel to ensure cross‑cutting platform decisions align to program needs.
• Research and adopt cutting‑edge platform tools, processes, and practices; document and justify innovations for government approval prior to implementation.

• Experience:
  
  Minimum ten (10) years of experience leading Dev Sec Ops  initiatives, including architecture, automation, monitoring, testing, and CI/CD pipelines for large‑scale, multi‑cloud and on‑premises platforms.
• Platform Design:
  Proven ability to design scalable, secure, and resilient platforms.
• Federal Compliance:
  Knowledge of federal security and compliance standards (e.g., FISMA, FedRAMP).
• Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate or Professional (Required).
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Clearance:
  Ability to obtain and maintain DHS Public Trust (EOD).

• Experience with the USCIS AWS service footprint: EC2, S3, Aurora, RDS, Open Search, Cloud Formation, Cloud Trail, Cloud Watch, Lambda, Kinesis, EKS, KMS.
• Hands‑on with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Harness, and Backstage.
• Experience with DHS Enterprise Architecture Technical Reference Model (TRM) and IPv6 (USGv6) compliance.
• Prior USCIS, DHS, or large federal civilian cloud platform experience.

About Analytica:
Analytica is a leading data and AI engineering firm serving public sector and highly regulated industries. The company hasbeen recognized by Inc. Magazine as one…