Cloud Architect

SteerBridge Strategies is a modern technology company delivering innovative, mission‑focused solutions to the U.S. Government and private sector. Leveraging deep expertise in federal acquisition, digital transformation, and emerging technologies, we deliver agile, commercial‑grade capabilities that accelerate operational effectiveness and drive measurable mission success.At the core of SteerBridge is our people—especially the veterans whose leadership, problem‑solving mindset, and commitment to excellence elevate every project we support. We don’t simply hire exceptional talent; we cultivate it, creating meaningful career pathways for veterans, military spouses, and professionals who share our passion for advancing technology and strengthening the missions we serve.SteerBridge is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to design the secure, scalable AWS GovCloud architecture behind a mission-critical Defense Aviation platform used by federal customers. This role owns the technical blueprint for environments that support fleet readiness monitoring, maintenance planning, logistics coordination, and operational decision-making.The architect will work directly with engineers, security architects, data scientists, and product owners to translate mission requirements into well-architected cloud solutions that are secure, resilient, compliant, and cost-effective.Unlike a purely advisory role, this position stays close to implementation. The ideal candidate can produce architecture and design documentation, prototype solutions, set standards for infrastructure as code, and guide engineering teams through delivery.SteerBridge applies proven patterns—well-architected design, hardened and STIG-aligned baselines, Medallion data architecture, and automated CI/CD to deliver platforms that meet DoD security and authorization expectations. The architect ensures these patterns are applied consistently across the environment.This is a hybrid position based in Vienna, VA.Solution Architecture and DesignDesign secure, scalable AWS GovCloud architectures for aviation analytics and operational workloadsProduce architecture diagrams, design documents, and technical decision recordsDefine standards for networking, identity, compute, storage, and data servicesApply AWS Well-Architected principles across reliability, security, performance efficiency, and costEvaluate trade-offs and make technology selections aligned with mission and compliance needsSecurity and Compliance by DesignEmbed least-privilege IAM, encryption, segmentation, and hardened baselines into every designPartner with security architects to align solutions with DoD and DISA frameworks and authorization requirementsDesign for auditability, logging, and continuous monitoring from the outsetImplementation GuidanceSet standards for infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelinesGuide and review engineering implementation to ensure fidelity to the designPrototype and validate new patterns and services before broad adoptionLead architecture and design reviewsCollaboration and StrategyTranslate mission and product requirements into technical roadmapsPartner with data teams to align platform architecture with Medallion data patternsAdvise stakeholders and subject matter experts on cloud strategy, modernization, and riskRequirementsU.S. Citizenship required6+ years of cloud experience, including 3+ years in an architecture or lead engineering roleDeep expertise designing AWS solutions across compute, networking, storage, and IAMStrong command of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and secure cloud design patternsExperience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD at scaleStrong understanding of cloud security, identity, and network segmentationAbility to produce clear architecture documentation and present to technical and non-technical audiencesExperience leading delivery across multidisciplinary teamsPreferredExperience architecting in AWS GovCloud or other federal or regulated environmentsFamiliarity with DoD and DISA compliance, STIG hardening, and ATO and authorization processesExperience with data platform and Medallion architecture for analytics workloadsExperience with deploying containerized application workloads, hybrid networking and DNSAWS Professional-level certification such as Solutions Architect ProfessionalExperience supporting aviation, defense, logistics, or fleet management systems