Senior Cloud Architect

LMI seeks an experienced Senior Cloud Architect to lead cloud architecture design, implementation, and sustainment for the U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training's (CIMT) Holistic Health & Fitness (H2F) management System. This environment supports a vendor-developed application and includes Army cloud hosting, cybersecurity, continuous ATO (cATO) compliance, DevSecOps enablement, data ingestion, and a custom user interface.

The Senior Cloud Architect will design secure, scalable cloud solutions in an Army-approved cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or cARMY), ensuring compliance with DoW and Army cybersecurity policies. This role includes ownership of system architecture, network configuration, identity/access implementation, logging/monitoring, and cloud service integration. The architect will collaborate closely with cybersecurity engineers, DevSecOps engineers, data engineers, full stack developers, and the TPM to deliver a resilient, secure, and maintainable cloud platform. This is a senior technical leadership role requiring deep experience in DoW cloud environments, RMF/cATO, Zero Trust architecture, and cloud-native modernization.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Design, document, and implement the end-to-end cloud architecture supporting the CIMT H2F Application.
• Define environment topology (networks, VPC/VNet structure, IAM, routing, security groups, firewalls, service boundaries).
• Architect scalable compute, storage, networking, and data-processing components aligned with Army enterprise cloud requirements.
• Select and configure cloud-native services appropriate for IL2/IL4/IL5 environments.
• Ensure architecture aligns with RMF, Zero Trust, Army data-tagging requirements, and cATO frameworks.
• Collaborate with the ISSM/ISSO to develop system security documentation (SSP, SAR, POA&M materials).
• Implement and validate required cybersecurity controls and support continuous monitoring.
• Architect logging, SOC/SIEM integration, audit readiness, and vulnerability remediation workflows.
• Architect and support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Ensure the environment supports secure deployment and integration of the vendor-developed application.
• Guide implementation of containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS/AKS), and automated scanning.
• Design cloud components that integrate with:
• The vendor-developed H2F application
• The custom user interface (UI) built by LMI engineers
• Army enterprise systems and data services
• Support development of APIs, gateways, and identity/access management mechanisms (e.g., CAC, SSO, OAuth2, SAML).
• Work with data engineers to design secure data ingestion pipelines.
• Define data storage, encryption, retention, tagging, and access-layer architecture.
• Ensure the environment supports dashboards, analytics tools, and data products required by Human Performance specialists.
• Architect monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability systems (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, ELK, Grafana, etc.).
• Define and implement backup/restore, failover, BC/DR, and environment hardening strategies.
• Support environment troubleshooting, incident response, and performance tuning.
• Provide senior-level technical leadership across a cross-functional Agile team.
• Mentor junior cloud engineers and guide architectural decision-making.
• Participate in sprint planning, technical backlog refinement, and architecture reviews.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into technical specifications and system designs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 10+ years of cloud engineering/architecture experience, including support to DoW or federal IT programs.
• Hands-on experience architecting solutions in AWS, Azure, or cARMY cloud environments.
• Extensive experience with RMF, cATO, Zero Trust, and DoW cybersecurity controls.
• Expertise in IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep), automation, and DevSecOps toolchains.
• Strong knowledge of VPC/VNet networking, IAM, encryption, key management, and secure cloud design.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/AKS).
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoW Secret clearance.
• Location: Remote
• Travel: Ability to travel to the customer site at Fort Eustis, Virginia and/or the LMI HQ in Tysons, VA up 1-2 times per quarter to plan work and collaborate with the agile team and Army stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Architect Expert, or equivalent certification.
• CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CCSP, or similar cybersecurity certifications.
• Experience supporting H2F, CIMT, T2COM, or similar Army programs.
• Experience architecting IL4/IL5 DoD cloud environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise-level API gateway services and identity management systems.

Target salary range: $150,000 - 190,000

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

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