AWS Solutions Architect – Resilience

aqua IT

Springfield OR Herndon, Virginia

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Adverse Events, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Architectural Design, Best Practices, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Computer Security, Consulting, Cross-Functional, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Support/Service, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Documentation, Executive Relationships, Games Programming, Hyperion Pillar, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Reliability Engineering, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Systems Engineering, Technical Support, Top Secret Clearance, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States Department of Defense (DoD)
LOCATION
Springfield OR Herndon, Virginia
POSTED
8 days ago

Overview: Lead the design and implementation of resilient AWS cloud architectures, helping enterprise customers improve reliability, disaster recovery, and operational resilience for mission-critical workloads.

Responsibilities Include:

• Deliver resilient architecture designs (multi-AZ and/or multi-Region) tailored to customer workloads
• Conduct Well-Architected Reviews focused on the Reliability Pillar
• Implement and validate resilience through chaos engineering and game days
• Establish operational runbooks, monitoring, and DR procedures

Basic Requirements

• Active TS/SCI (CI Poly preferred but not required)

• Conducting Well-Architected Reviews with a Reliability Pillar focus
• Workshop facilitation: resilience assessments, architecture reviews, and game days
• Stakeholder communication — translating technical resilience concepts to business value
• Documentation: architecture decision records (ADRs), resilience runbooks, SOPs
• Customer relationship management and executive-level reporting
• Cross-functional collaboration with customer engineering, security, and operations teams
• Mentoring customer teams on resilience best practices and operational maturity

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Resilience Hub hands-on experience (resilience assessment and policy management)
• AWS Certifications: Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional
• Experience in regulated industries (FedRAMP, IL4/IL5 environments)
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-160 (Systems Security Engineering) or DoD Mission Assurance frameworks
• Experience with Service Control Policies (SCPs) and multi-account resilience governance
• Experience with Orange and Purple Cloud PMO capabilities and Authorization Frameworks
• Prior ProServe or consulting delivery experience with large enterprise customers
• Hands-on experience with third-party resilience tooling (Gremlin, LitmusChaos)

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