Cloud Architect
Washington, District of Columbia
Job ID: 5247
CALIBRE Systems, Inc., an employee-owned mission focused solutions and digital transformation company, is looking for a highly motivated Senior Cloud Architect to join our dynamic team supporting a federal client. This role requires an innovative and collaborative mindset, with the ability to work closely with designers, back-end engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable digital solutions. With the requirement of a security clearance, CALIBRE will not be sponsoring for this position. This is a remote opportunity.
The budget for this role is $200-225K per year.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Work directly with government clients to understand mission objectives and IT modernization goals
· Assess current-state systems, applications, and infrastructure to identify technical gaps and modernization opportunities
· Design cloud and hybrid cloud architectures that meet functional, security, and compliance requirements
· Develop and evaluate application modernization and cloud migration strategies
· Provide hands-on technical guidance during implementation, including architecture reviews, design decisions, and troubleshooting
· Support cloud migration and modernization efforts to ensure alignment with defined objectives, timelines, and constraints
· Contribute to the development and application of standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud adoption and application modernization
· Collaborate with engineers, security teams, and program leadership to ensure solutions are practical, secure, and supportable
Required Skills
Required Skills:
· Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
· Strong understanding of systems, network, and application architecture
· Excellent communication skills for conveying technical insights to non-technical stakeholders
· Basic working knowledge (i.e. ability to understand, speak about, and participate in solutioning) of the following domains: Data privacy (specifically PII/PHI), data science, the software development life cycle, federal data policies, the Tricare Military Health System.
required Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
· 8+ years of experience in information technology, systems engineering, or architecture roles
· 3+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms and application modernization or migration efforts
· AWS Cloud Practitioner certification or equivalent foundational cloud knowledge
· AWS Associate or Professional-level certifications (Solutions Architect and/or DevOps Engineer)
· Experience supporting federal government clients, including familiarity with security, compliance, and accreditation considerations
· Experience working closely with delivery teams in an implementation or engineering capacity
· Demonstrated experience working with Federal healthcare agencies, Federal healthcare data, and/or data containing PII/PHI
· Active Secret Clearance at the Department of Defense (or eligibility to obtain a clearance)
· Ability to work east coast business hours (8am-5pm)
· Active Security+ certification
CALIBRE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status. For our EEO Policy statement, please click here. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.
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