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darkhorse geospatialFalls Church, VALead L6
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Darkhorse Geospatial is hiring a Cloud Solutions Architect to design, implement, and sustain secure cloud-based systems for our federal customer. You'll own the architecture end-to-end — standing up AWS environments, hardening them with the right IAM and encryption controls, integrating emerging capabilities (AI, AR/VR, mobile, analytics), and keeping production healthy through Tier 1–3 operations. You'll work across Windows, Linux, and macOS estates and partner with engineers, analysts, and operators to deliver systems that hold up under real mission load.
What You'll Do:
  • Architect, deploy, and maintain AWS-based systems using EC2, RDS, S3, Elastic Load Balancer, Route 53, and Cloud
  • FormationImplement cloud security controls — IAM roles, security groups, KMS encryption for data at rest and in transit
  • Manage cloud storage (S3 buckets, EBS volumes) and database scalability (RDS, MySQL, Aurora)
  • Design and operate multi-tier PKI hierarchies (Root and Subordinate CAs) to support encryption and authentication
  • Develop secure, mis-attributable internet-based systems that mitigate user-tracking concerns
  • Integrate new capabilities — AI, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), mobile devices, data analytics — into existing systems architecture
  • Lead system upgrades end-to-end; identify technical risks and define mitigation strategies
  • Provide Tier 1–3 Operations & Maintenance support across Windows, Linux/CentOS, and macOS/iOS environments
  • Stand up and tune monitoring and alerting (Datadog, CloudWatch)
  • Author procedures, runbooks, and user-facing documentation; deliver briefings and demos to users and management
  • Core Skills We're Looking ForHands-on AWS architecture experience (EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, Route 53, CloudFormation)
  • Cloud security implementation — IAM, security groups, KMS, encryption in transit and at restPKI design and operation (Root/Subordinate CA hierarchies)
  • System administration across Windows Server, Linux/CentOS, and macOS/iOSDatabase administration and scaling (AWS RDS, MySQL, Aurora)
  • Monitoring and alerting stacks (Datadog, CloudWatch)
  • Basic scripting proficiency in Ruby on Rails, Bash, and PythonTrack record leading system upgrades and identifying/mitigating technical risk
  • Strong written and oral communication — procedures, briefings, demos
Nice to Have:
  • Experience moving systems through Assessment & Authorization (A&A) and monitoring for compliance
  • Splunk for log capture in hybrid on-prem/cloud environments
  • Experience integrating AI, AR/VR, mobile, and analytics capabilities into production systems
  • Configuring and maintaining Extron AV devices
  • Familiarity with JIRA and Agile delivery
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly

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