Senior Multi-Cloud Architect

Leidos

. Provide hands-on technical leadership for secure, resilient, cost-effective applications and cloud services supporting CMS Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace applications .

Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $131,300 - $237,350 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cloud architecture and implementation, particularly in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with a focus on secure CI/CD practices and infrastructure as code. Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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Cloud Architecture OwnershipInfrastructure As Code Using TerraformHybrid/Cloud Networking DesignSecure CI/CD ImplementationFISMA-Regulated Systems Experience

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Hard Skills

Cloud ArchitectureInfrastructure As CodeKubernetes EngineeringCI/CD ImplementationProgramming Language ProficiencyShell ScriptingHybrid/Cloud Networking DesignObservability DesignCost OptimizationProduction Architecture Experience

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipMentoringCommunicationProblem-SolvingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudOCITerraformKubernetesCI/CD ToolsNIST SP 800-53FISMACMS Hybrid Cloud

Certifications & Qualifications

Advanced Cloud Architecture CertificationDevOps CertificationSecurity Certification

Industry Keywords

CMS MedicareCMS MedicaidMarketplace ApplicationsApplication ModernizationCloud Authorization BoundariesShared ResponsibilityOperational ValidationTechnical Debt ReductionRecovery ObjectivesAuditability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudKubernetesShell ScriptingTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide hands-on technical leadership for secure, resilient, cost-effective applications and cloud services supporting CMS Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace applications
Translate mission, security, and operational needs into implementable architectures and lead adoption with application and platform teams
Own the quality of assigned architecture deliverables and recommendations within program governance
Partner with CMS Application Development Organizations, CMS Hybrid Cloud product teams, and Enterprise Shared Service teams
Assess current-state architectures and define target-state designs, transition roadmaps, architecture decision records, and reusable reference patterns
Lead design reviews and document trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and exceptions
Select cloud services and workload placement across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI
Design hybrid and cross-cloud integration, identity, networking, and shared services
Translate application requirements into prioritized modernization plans with ownership and acceptance criteria
Coordinate implementation across cloud, application, security, testing, and operations teams
Build and review reusable infrastructure-as-code modules, automation, and reference implementations
Define secure CI/CD patterns with automated testing, policy checks, artifact controls, and rollback
Validate critical designs through prototypes and production delivery
Embed least privilege, identity federation, segmentation, encryption, secrets management, and auditability
Partner with security stakeholders on FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, CMS ARS, and FedRAMP requirements
Define service-level objectives and recovery time and recovery point objectives
Design observability, failure isolation, backup, recovery, and safe change practices
Validate resilience through testing and operational-readiness reviews
Evaluate total cost of ownership, utilization, performance, and lifecycle risks
Prioritize remediation, upgrades, technical-debt reduction, and cost optimization
Mentor engineers and provide technical direction across vendors and teams
Lead complex troubleshooting and post-incident improvements
Establish documentation, runbooks, and support transitions for sustainable operations and accountability

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 12 or more years of relevant experience, or a master's degree and 10 or more years of relevant experience
Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree
Able to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination
Resided in the United States for at least three of the previous five years
Production cloud architecture ownership from requirements and design through implementation and operational validation
Deep production architecture and implementation experience in at least two of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with ability to evaluate trade-offs across all three
Ability to design hybrid/cloud networking, identity and access controls, compute, storage and data services, integration, resilience, and observability
Hands-on production-quality infrastructure as code using Terraform or equivalent
Experience engineering Kubernetes and managed container platforms
Experience implementing secure CI/CD
Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language and shell scripting
Experience designing or modernizing FISMA-regulated systems
Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, shared responsibility, and cloud authorization boundaries
Experience validating recovery and performance, diagnosing complex production failures, and making quantified cost, reliability, security, and maintainability trade-offs
Ability to work independently, lead design decisions across organizational boundaries, mentor engineers, and resolve technical disagreements
Ability to document architectures and communicate options, risks, recommendations, and results to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
OCI experience is preferred
Experience with CMS Hybrid Cloud, CMS Enterprise Shared Services, CMS Acceptable Risk Safeguards (ARS), and application onboarding or modernization within CMS is preferred
Relevant advanced cloud architecture, DevOps, or security certification is preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

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