Cloud Platform Infrastructure Architect

What You Will Do

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design, implement and manage scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Duties include the following:

• Design end-to-end AWS cloud infrastructure solutions to support enterprise applications, data platforms, and business critical services. Create high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region strategies.
• Develop migration strategies for transitioning on-premises workloads to AWS. Contribute to cloud strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Oversee deployment of Infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation or CDK. Establish and enhance continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to streamline software deployment and infrastructure updates.
• Ensure observability, monitoring and logging using AWS Cloud Watch, X-Ray or third-party tools. Design architecture that meets security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements (HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2 etc.) as applicable.
• Implement IAM best practices, encryption strategies, and secure networking.
• Partner with developers, Dev Ops engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet mission-critical needs.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues related to cloud infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams.
• Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and trends, evaluating and recommending new solutions to enhance our capabilities.

Software Development & Support

Up to 10%

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

• US Citizenship or Green Card is required.
• Bachelor’s degree. Additional four (4) years of experience can be used in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum six (6) to eight (8) years of prior relevant experience in IT infrastructure, with at least five (5) years in AWS cloud architecture, Dev Ops, or infrastructure automation.
• Expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Cloud Front, Route 53, IAM, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of networking (VPC, VPN, Direct Connect, load balancing).
• Hands‑on experience with IaC (Terraform, Cloud Formation, CDK).
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless architecture.
• Owns policy for access roles, change management, ops workflows, code standards, compliance enforcement, high level infra and tooling decisions, etc.
• Ensures infra budget controls.
• Ownership of AWS services like Control Tower, Amazon Guard Duty, AWS Service Catalog, AWS Security Hub, AWS Cloud Trail, Git Hub Organization‑Level Admin.
• Expertise in AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Cloud Formation, Work spaces, Snowball).
• Strong development background in Python (Boto3), Bash, SQL.
• Hands‑on experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Git Lab CI, Puppet, Ansible).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate, mentor, help, and support other team members, as needed to solve complex operational and reliability problems.
• No visa sponsorship available for this position.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (Highly desirable).
• AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or other relevant AWS certifications.

Annual salary range: $ – $. Compensation depends on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package…