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Zachary Piper Solutions · 8 hours ago

Cloud Architect

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$130K/yr - $175K/yr
date8+ years exp

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cloud Architect to support a DHA contract that supports operational medicine systems across development, test, and production environments. The Cloud Architect will provide technical leadership to ensure platforms are secure, scalable, reliable, and aligned with government standards and mission needs.

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Growth OpportunitiesbadNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Lead cloud architecture design for JOMIS platforms and systems, including reference architecture, landing zone standards, environment design, and network segmentation
Define cloud hosting and connectivity approaches that support operational medicine systems, enterprise users, integrations, and deployed environments
Document, propose, and pressure test solution design options for cloud hosting and optimization solution designs including clear tradeoffs, recommended course(s) of action, and decisions to be made
Drive reliability and performance practices, including scalability planning, resiliency patterns, disaster recovery strategies, and uptime targets
Support modernization efforts by contributing to legacy system migration planning, transition architectures, and phased implementation roadmaps
Partner with cybersecurity teams to ensure architectures align with Zero Trust principles, identity-based access, encryption, auditing, and continuous monitoring requirements
Establish and maintain cloud governance practices, including architecture review processes, technical standards, and reusable patterns across teams and vendors
Guide DevSecOps platform architecture, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated compliance evidence, and environment promotion strategies
Provide clear and concise briefings to government and BCG leadership on cloud architecture decisions, risks, tradeoffs, and delivery impacts, along with a perspective on recommended course(s) of action
Develop and maintain architecture documentation, including system context diagrams, deployment views, interface mappings, and DoDAF-aligned artifacts when required

Qualification

Cloud ArchitectureDevSecOpsInfrastructure as CodeSecure Cloud EnvironmentsNetworkingCI/CD PipelinesDocumentationCommunication

Required

Bachelor's Degree in an Information Technology field
8+ years of experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles
Demonstrated experience designing secure cloud or hybrid environments in regulated or compliance-driven organizations
Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy and monolithic architectures into cloud-native or microservices-based architectures
Strong understanding of networking, identity and access management, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and incident response integration
Hands-on experience with DevSecOps concepts, automation, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipelines
Active Secret Clearance

Benefits

Health
Dental
Vision
PTO
401K
Holidays
Sick Leave if required by Law

Company

Zachary Piper Solutions

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Zachary Piper Solutions is an IT company providing government contracting solutions in support of the nation’s Intelligence Community.
dateFounded in 2011
location
Mclean, Virginia, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
http://zacharypiper.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$3M
2018-02-22Series Unknown· $1.3M
2014-04-10Series Unknown· $1.7M

Leadership Team

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Christopher Stroud
Partner Outreach & Engagements
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Justin Jordan
Founder and Chairman
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