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Excentium, Inc · 1 day ago

Cloud Architect/Administrator

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Excentium, Inc. is a Service-Disabled Veteran owned small business that provides Cyber Security Engineering and IT services to government and commercial organizations. They are seeking an experienced Cloud Architect/Administrator to support the migration of commercial cloud SaaS applications to the VA Enterprise Cloud, focusing on designing and implementing secure cloud architectures compliant with federal regulations.

Asset ManagementCyber SecurityInformation Technology

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead and execute migration efforts from commercial cloud environments to AWS GovCloud within the VAEC

Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure that meets FedRAMP High baseline requirements and DISA STIG compliance

Develop and document migration plans, architecture diagrams, and runbooks for cloud transitions

Configure and harden AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and related GovCloud offerings

Collaborate with application development teams to ensure SaaS workloads are optimized for the GovCloud environment

Implement and maintain security controls, logging, and monitoring in accordance with VA and federal security requirements

Support Authority to Operate (ATO) activities by providing technical documentation and evidence for security assessments

Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability and performance

Participate in change management and configuration control processes

Qualification

AWS GovCloudCloud architectureFedRAMP complianceInfrastructure as CodeNetworking conceptsIdentityAccess managementAWS certificationsDocumentation skillsCommunication skills

Required

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or higher (VA suitability)

US Citizenship

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or an equivalent STEM degree from an accredited college or university

5+ years of experience in cloud architecture, administration, or engineering

3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, including demonstrated GovCloud experience

Working knowledge of FedRAMP requirements and DISA STIG implementation

One of the Following: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Experience migrating applications from commercial cloud or on-premises environments to government cloud platforms

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)

Strong understanding of networking concepts, security groups, NACLs, and VPC design

Experience with identity and access management, including role-based access controls

Excellent documentation and communication skills