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Everforth ECS is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Cloud Architect to join our team and make a positive impact working in at the intersection of traditional IT and specialized Operational Technology (OT) systems.\n\nResponsibilities of the Senior Cloud Architect include but are not limited to:\n\nCreate detailed plans for migrating applications, data, and infrastructure from on-premises environments to the cloud, considering factors like workload dependencies, data sensitivity, and business priorities.\nThoroughly assess existing systems and applications to identify dependencies, compatibility issues, and cloud migration challenges.\nCoordinate migration activities, including data transfer, application re-platforming or refactoring, and testing. Throughout the process, they ensure minimal disruption to ongoing operations.\nOptimize workloads for cloud environments, leveraging cloud-native features and best practices to enhance performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.\nDevelop integration architectures and patterns to connect cloud-based services with existing on-premises systems and applications.\nDesign data pipelines and integration workflows to ensure seamless data flow between cloud and on-premises environments, leveraging technologies like messaging queues, APIs, and ETL (extract, transform, load) tools.\nSet up comprehensive monitoring and observability tools to track key performance metrics, resource utilization, and service availability.\nAnalyze monitoring data to identify performance bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for optimization across the cloud infrastructure and applications.\nOptimize resource allocation and utilization through techniques such as rightsizing, instance reservations, and workload distribution.\nFine-tune configurations, adjust parameters, and optimize application code to improve performance, responsiveness, and scalability.\nAnticipate future capacity requirements and plan for scalability by designing architectures that can accommodate growth without compromising performance or cost-efficiency.\nParticipate in architectural discussions and decision-making processes to ensure alignment with business goals and best practices.\nDocument architectural designs, configurations, and implementation guidelines for reference and knowledge sharing.\nProvide mentorship and guidance to junior team members on cloud architecture principles, best practices, and technologies.\nTake part in agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to provide updates on cloud-related tasks and initiatives.\n\nAs a Cloud Architect, you will lead and support teams driving improvements in Cloud migration and integration across systems to enhance mission operations and ensure integrity, security, and usability for the organization.\n\nIn this role, you'll have the opportunity to:\n\nAssess the organization's current infrastructure, applications, and business requirements to determine the optimal cloud architecture.\nCreate architectures that can scale seamlessly to accommodate growth and fluctuating workloads, leveraging services like auto-scaling, serverless computing, and distributed databases.\nDesign architectures with redundancy, fault tolerance, and high availability to minimize downtime and ensure continuous service delivery.\nEvaluate the offerings of cloud service providers (CSPs) such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, selecting services like compute instances, storage options, databases, and networking components that best suit the organization's needs.\nCollaborate with application developers and system administrators to ensure compatibility and interoperability between cloud and on-premises components, resolving integration challenges and addressing technical dependencies.\n\nThis is a senior-level role designed for an expert in designing, developing, and implementing cloud systems, architectures, and solutions that meet the evolving needs of the organization. You will work across teams to drive data strategy, ensure data governance, and design efficient, scalable data infrastructures that support complex mission and business requirements.\n\nSalary Range: $150,000 - $220,000\n\nGeneral Description of Benefits\n\nRequirements:\nUS citizenship with active Top-Secret clearance\n10+ years of experience in Cloud systems including architecture, with a proven track record in designing and managing large-scale systems.\n5+ year's experience delivering scalable solutions through GitLab CI/CD pipelines.\n5+ year's strong experience creating/maintaining AWS CloudFormation Templates\nContributing to developing and maintaining cloud governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.\nCollaborating with procurement and finance teams to optimize cloud spending and manage budgets effectively.\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect certification\n\nReq Benefits:\nBenefits - Everforth ECS","company":"Everforth Ecs","rawCompany":"everforth ecs","city":"Quantico","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-02T13:39:59.931Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1243.00","title":"Database Architects","slug":"database-architects"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Cloud Architect","description":"Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to work in Quantico, VA to provide support data architecture, engineering, and analysis initiatives for law enforcement and scientific organizations.\n\nAre you ready to play a crucial role in supporting cutting-edge technology for law enforcement and scientific organizations supporting the collection, processing, and analysis of data? 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