Cloud Solutions Architect

Job ID: 2615348

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-06

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Solutions Archt

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect with hands-on experience spanning full stack application development and cloud engineering.

The position is located in Chantilly, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph to be considered.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

Participate across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including scope and work estimation, design, documentation, implementation, testing, integration, and sustainment.

Design and develop new applications aligned to Sponsor mission requirements.

Provide operations and maintenance support for multiple mission tools.

Contribute to software architecture decisions and develop solutions to complex design challenges.

Develop modern front end applications using current frameworks.

Build, deploy, and maintain containerized applications in cloud environments.

Manage virtual and physical servers within VMware environments.

Qualifications

Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Demonstrated experience architecting and engineering services that integrate multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle).

Demonstrated experience installing, configuring and managing compute resources (Linux and Windows VMs), storage (file, object), networking components (VNet, load balancers, firewalls, DNS, VPNs).

Demonstrated experience managing Identity and Access Management.

Demonstrated experience administering databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB) and writing scripts for reporting and automation (SQL, Python) Demonstrated experience performing remote administration and automation using scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell).

Demonstrated experience deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).

Demonstrated experience performing incident management, root cause analysis and troubleshooting for services and users.

Demonstrated experience applying system patches and updates for cloud infrastructure.

Demonstrated experience configuring security and compliance scanning, assessment and reporting tools; setting alerts and remediating issues.

Demonstrated experience providing Tier 1-3 solution support, creating service documentation and delivering user training.

Demonstrated experience using Jira for issue and task management.

Desired Skills

Demonstrated experience creating architecture diagrams (Visio, Draw.IO) and translating requirements into cloud solutions.

Demonstrated experience gathering requirements and sequencing solution deployments.

Demonstrated experience automating tasks and building Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).

Demonstrated experience analyzing resource usage and implementing cost optimization strategies.

Demonstrated experience working with DevSecOps practices and tools (GitLab, CI/CD pipelines).

Demonstrated experience with Linux Administration (networking, applying patches, package management)

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.