The Cloud Architect will support the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The scope of this effort is to support research, development, assessment, adaption, transformation, testing, integration, demonstration, transition, fielding, sustainment, and enhancement of the designated information and/or intelligence software systems with Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) warfighting capabilities. DSA will assist the I2WD in the goal of meeting the needs of increasingly complex systems requirements and technologies.ALL APPLICANTS MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE, AN ACTIVE AWS PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION, AND BE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO THE APG, MD AREA. Required Education, Certifications and Security ClearanceBS degree in Engineering or Computer ScienceAWS Certified Solutions Architect - ProfessionalTS /SCIRequired QualificationsAt least 7 years of experience with the following capability areas:Designing and architecting large-scale distributed web/cloud services and enterprise architectures and large-scale systems Performing architect driving software development activities with systems architecture development, and partition of functionality among applications and components, application interfaces/interoperability via software architecture design methods and design toolsDefining product requirements and creating high-level architectural specificationsCreating large scale software systems with multiple components/layers and shaping high-level design for user interfacesDesigning systems architecture, systems strategy, integration services and applications infrastructure for developing enterprise software productsDeveloping, coding, testing and debugging new highly complex software solutions or enhancements to existing software in a maintenance capacity with building enterprise level solutionsFormulating detailed long-range plans for the implementation of software solutions including language, coding, platform, resource requirements, testing, and documentation Ability to operate independently, or collaboratively across multiple functional areasStrong verbal and written communication skillsAbility to operate independently, or collaboratively across multiple functional areasMust have experience and understand the relationship between applications, operating systems, hardware and software.Must have experience in total system design including networks.Has knowledge of security principles, policy and regulations.Programming skills in multiple languages (ex. Java, Python, Perl) and comfortable in multiple computing environments (ex. Windows, Linux, Mac OS).Demonstrated experience with cloud, data management, and development environments: (ex. AWS, HDFS, Cloudera, Spark, Presto, and SQL).Process improvement experiencePrior experience reading and developing solutions to customer requirementsKnowledge and experience with Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)Desired QualificationsExperience in working with cloud technologies, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure Experience with ICITE Cloud concepts and architecturesTechnical appreciation of online architecture, network exploitation, server configurations, and data centers.Experience with change management in an ITIL environment.