Cloud Architect – Services (REMOTE)

Role Overview

Koniag Data Solutions (KDS), a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Cloud Architect – Services to support ACF (Administration for Children and Families), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The role is remote and requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end cloud-service and infrastructure solutions meeting requirements for performance, scalability, security, resilience, interoperability, and cost-efficiency.
• Develop cloud architecture standards: patterns, governance practices, and technical reference architectures across environments.
• Evaluate, select, and implement cloud services/platforms/technologies for mission-critical objectives and modernization.
• Collaborate with engineering, development, security, and operations teams to integrate cloud solutions with existing enterprise systems.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, including diagrams, technical specifications, service designs, reference architectures, and decision records.
• Support continuous ATO and automated ATO processes by designing service patterns, automation, integrations, and evidence-producing controls.
• Ingest and normalize compliance data from sources such as FedRAMP, StateRAMP, SOC 2, and other approved providers to support assessment/authorization workflows.
• Contribute to Security Assessment & Verification/Validation Plans, including objectives, scope, dependencies, control-validation approaches, and roadmaps.
• Design architectures enabling AI-driven analytics and automation (where approved) to improve threat detection, operational response, and service management.
• Lead/support COOP, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning and evaluate solutions for continuity during disruptions.
• Participate in Red Team/Blue Team exercises, ensuring architectures support controlled testing and remediation.
• Support ESOC strategy and improvement efforts (current-state assessment, future-state architecture, roadmap development, recommendations).
• Perform cloud-readiness assessments and plan migrations from on-premises/legacy systems to cloud.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure for reliability and cost; implement automation and IaC where appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with federal security frameworks including FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, and FISMA.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and cloud practitioners.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust.

Nice-to-Haves / Implied Competencies

• Strong background in federal cloud security, compliance, and authorization (ATO).
• Experience with cloud modernization, resilience/DR, and security operations support.
• Familiarity with AI-driven analytics/automation in approved environments.
• Experience with Red/Blue Team style testing and continuous improvement loops.