AWS Cloud Architect

at Eliassen Group in Boise, Idaho, United States

AWS Cloud Architect

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Architecture

Industry: Technology

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -...66

Date Posted: 05/31/2026

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Our client seeks a cloud architect to design, implement, and govern secure AWS environments across development, testing, and production. The role covers enterprise architecture, AI implementation support, infrastructure as code, DevSecOps, CI/CD, cost optimization, and operationalization of prototypes through production while aligning to least privilege, compliance, and ATO documentation requirements.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen with an active Public Trust clearance. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $60.00 to $70.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

+ Architect enterprise-level AWS cloud infrastructures across sandbox, analytical, research, development, testing, and production environments.

+ Support AI implementation projects and integrate required services and controls.

+ Design and prototype solutions that leverage AWS services and tooling to meet performance and reliability objectives.

+ Embed technology reuse patterns, scalable security architectures, and optimized cloud usage.

+ Deploy, operationalize, and maintain government prototypes and convert them to production tools.

+ Design VPCs, subnets, routing, NAT gateways, and security groups.

+ Define IAM policies aligned to least privilege principles.

+ Create solutions architectures for new applications, including deployment strategies, service selection, and integration patterns.

+ Develop and maintain infrastructure as code with CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK .

+ Manage environments for development, staging, and production.

+ Integrate with enterprise security controls, including Palo Alto firewalls.

+ Produce architectural documentation to support ATO requirements.

+ Drive cloud cost governance and optimization.

+ Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using CodeCommit, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline.

+ Manage container images and orchestrations with Docker, ECS , and EKS .

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