Role Description Help Shape the Future of Space Missions. Our client doesn't just operate systems—we expand what space-based technologies and their supporting infrastructure can achieve. For nearly seven decades, our client has delivered mission-critical solutions that protect national security and advance scientific discovery. Their work spans satellites, sensors and instruments, ground systems, data processing, and autonomous systems, supporting some of the most important missions for the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense. If you enjoy tackling complex challenges, leading technical innovation, and contributing to next-generation space missions, we invite you to join our team of engineers, scientists, technicians, and mission-focused professionals. Responsibilities - Lead the design and implementation of secure, high-performing cloud architectures for satellite ground systems. - Define cloud architecture strategy, evaluate alternatives, and recommend best-fit solutions. - Architect and implement mission data flow and processing frameworks with built-in monitoring and escalation tooling. - Design and template Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for repeatable, automated deployments. - Architect and govern security and compliance frameworks, including NIST control implementation and automated evidence generation. - Architect cloud networking solutions for internal and external system integration. - Lead containerization and orchestration strategies and best practices. - Design and manage cloud data storage and data management solutions. - Evaluate cloud performance, reliability, and cost, and recommend continuous improvements. - Provide architectural oversight for system integration, operations, sustainment, and lifecycle management to ensure alignment with strategic goals. - Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor to customers and program leadership. - Mentor and guide senior and junior engineering staff, establishing best practices for cloud engineering and ensuring technical excellence across the team. Qualifications - U.S. citizenship with an active Top Secret (TS) clearance (or higher) - or ability to obtain clearance. - Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of experience, master’s with 13+ years, or PhD with 9+ years (engineering or science discipline). - AWS Core Infrastructure & Compute: Expert-level knowledge of AWS compute and container services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, Fargate), and storage solutions (S3, EBS, Storage Gateway). - AWS Data & Database Technologies: Advanced proficiency with AWS database services including RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, and Redshift for enterprise-scale data management. - AWS Networking & Security: Deep expertise in VPC design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, and comprehensive security services including IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, and Security Hub. - Infrastructure Automation & DevOps: Advanced experience with Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation. - Monitoring, Observability & Cost Optimization: Proven expertise with AWS monitoring tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray, CloudTrail) and demonstrated ability to implement cost optimization strategies using Cost Explorer, Budgets, and Savings Plans. - Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication abilities to explain complex technical concepts to diverse technical and business audiences. - AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certification required; equivalent Azure certifications accepted. - Demonstrated ability to lead projects, manage risk, and deliver solutions from concept to deployment. - Ability to build and maintain trusted customer relationships. - High attention to detail with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset. Preferred Qualifications - Experience working in Agile development environments. - Experience supporting national security, Air Force, or space-domain ground systems. - Knowledge of satellite communications protocols and standards. - Experience with cybersecurity best practices for highly secure or mission-critical systems. - Experience integrating complex cloud platforms with external or legacy ground systems.

• Design and maintain enterprise cloud architecture frameworks and roadmaps spanning Azure and hybrid environments, translating enterprise requirements into scalable and secure platform architectures. • Publish and maintain enterprise cloud reference architectures and platform design patterns through the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) to guide consistent engineering implementation. • Provide cloud architecture governance for enterprise initiatives, reviewing solution designs for enterprise cloud standardization, platform architectures, and operational guardrails. • Define enterprise cloud platform structure and governance models including landing zone architecture, tenant and subscription structures, resource organization models, policy enforcement, workload integration patterns, and architecture for tenant and subscription consolidation. • Define enterprise cloud platform technical standards including Azure security and operational baselines (RBAC, Azure Policy, workload identity, logging), hybrid networking models, container and Kubernetes platforms, and enforcement through infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines. • Lead enterprise Azure inventory and baseline assessments across tenants and subscriptions and establish cloud governance and FinOps architecture including tagging standards, cost allocation models, lifecycle governance, and consumption visibility.

• Support development, test and production environments including after-hours support, release management, and monitoring server usage and up-time. • Monitor system performance, availability, cost, and reliability; proactively identify and resolve issues. • Design, implement, maintain, and support cloud-based infrastructure in both Azure and AWS. • Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting tools. • Migrate customer data from retiring colocation data center infrastructure to cloud environments. • Support IT compliance and security requirements, including auditing, logging, access controls, and regulatory standards. • Participate in on-call and after-hours support rotations as required to ensure high availability and uptime. • Perform all responsibilities in adherence to change management policies and procedures.

• Handle Entra ID administration and cloud identity tasks, including tenant configuration and common identity integrations. • Assist with Conditional Access and other policy work within established patterns. • Administer Microsoft 365 services (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams) and tenant configuration tasks. • Configure Intune device management tasks tied to cloud service delivery (profiles, compliance, baseline enforcement). • Contribute to Azure work under guidance, including VMs, storage, networking, and AVD within established designs. • Implement approved changes via Change Requests, including validation and clear documentation of outcomes. • Use existing RMM automation and tooling; write small task-level scripts when appropriate. • Execute patch management and lifecycle workflows within standards, including remediation work under guidance. • Maintain strong operational hygiene in tickets, notes, and documentation; create new KBs/runbooks/SOPs when gaps are found. • Participate in client calls as needed for troubleshooting, change discussions, and project work.