Senior Principal Cloud Architect

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Cloud Architect – AWS Gov Cloud Development Environment

Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to lead a critical program effort to establish a unified software development environment in AWS Gov Cloud and migrate existing separate development networks into a single, common development environment. This role focuses on designing scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud architectures that consolidate disparate development infrastructures while maintaining the rigor, consistency, and reliability required for mission-critical operations.

The ideal candidate fundamentally favors automated, repeatable workflows over repetitive manual operational tasks, trusting mature automated resources to deploy systems more accurately and consistently than manual deployment.

Responsibilities Lead the design and architecture of a consolidated, maintainable cloud development environment in AWS Gov Cloud aligned with program and mission requirements

Plan and execute the migration of our separate development networks into a single, unified development environment

Develop automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code templates to streamline provisioning, deployment, and network consolidation

Provide systems engineering project leadership in support of a large, leading-edge development effort

Interface directly with the customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding priorities, capability architectures, requirements, and use cases to derive and decompose migration specifications

Implement security controls including encryption, hardened configurations, and compliance safeguards appropriate for a classified environment

Collaborate with Dev Ops engineers to enhance CI/CD pipelines within the consolidated environment

Support risk assessments and develop risk mitigation countermeasures during network migration and consolidation

Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to implementation teams

Evaluate and recommend new cloud services and technologies to improve operational capabilities

Support troubleshooting of complex architectural issues during migration and active operations

Required SkillsU.S. Citizenship Active TS/SCI clearance8+ years of directly relevant experience5+ years of experience designing cloud architectures, preferably on AWSStrong expertise in AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, and Cloud Formation Experience  with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, etc.)Deep understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance requirements

Proven ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions

Demonstrated experience leading migration and consolidation of multiple networks or environments

Proven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading teams

Experience working in an Agile development environment

Strong documentation and technical communication skills

Experience with automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Power Shell)
Working networking knowledge — network infrastructure, protocols, TLS encryption, and VPC firewall management

Desired Skills Prior experience working in AWS Gov Cloud environments

Experience designing…