AWS Architect

We are building a team for one of the U.S. Federal Government's largest technology modernization programs, underpinning the U.S. capital markets.

Built on AWS and leveraging an AI-powered software engineering platform, this program offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with next-generation AI, Agentic AI, cloud technologies, and AI-driven engineering.

If you are looking for technically challenging work, exceptional learning, and a résumé-defining opportunity with national impact, I would love to connect.

Job Title: AWS Architect

Position Type: Full-Time

Location: Hybrid (2 days onsite)

Days Remote: 3 days remote

Position Summary:

The AWS Architect is responsible for designing and governing the cloud infrastructure for a large-scale federal platform built on native AWS services. This role establishes the cloud architecture, infrastructure standards, and deployment strategy to deliver a secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-effective platform. Working closely with engineering, security, and product teams, the AWS Architect ensures the platform aligns with FedRAMP requirements, AWS Well-Architected best practices, and modern cloud-native design principles while supporting the integration of agentic AI capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and govern cloud infrastructure using native AWS services, including AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, API Gateway, Aurora, Amazon S3, and Amazon ECS/EKS.

• Define and maintain infrastructure-as-code standards using AWS CDK and AWS CloudFormation.

• Design cloud infrastructure that supports FedRAMP compliance and federal security requirements.

• Lead AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews and drive cloud cost optimization initiatives.

• Design secure networking, identity, security, and multi-environment deployment strategies.

• Support the integration of Amazon Bedrock and agentic AI services into the cloud platform.

• Guide capacity planning, scalability, resiliency, high availability, and disaster recovery planning.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to establish cloud architecture standards and best practices across the platform.

Minimum Experience:

• 5+ years of hands-on AWS architecture and cloud solution delivery experience.

• Experience designing and implementing high-availability, high-volume cloud platforms.

• Experience designing enterprise cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code methodologies.

Mandatory Skills:

• AWS cloud architecture.

• AWS Lambda.

• AWS Step Functions.

• Amazon EventBridge.

• Amazon API Gateway.

• Amazon Aurora.

• Amazon S3.

• Amazon ECS and/or Amazon EKS.

• AWS CDK.

• AWS CloudFormation.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• AWS Well-Architected Framework.

• FedRAMP architecture and compliance.

• Cloud networking and security architecture.

• Multi-environment cloud deployment strategies.

• Capacity planning.

• High availability and resiliency design.

• Disaster recovery planning.

• Amazon Bedrock.

• Agentic AI integration.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.

• U.S. work authorization.

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience supporting FedRAMP-authorized cloud environments.

• Experience designing large-scale serverless and event-driven architectures.

• Experience integrating Amazon Bedrock and agentic AI technologies into enterprise cloud platforms.

Degrees and Certifications

Required

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience).