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This role focuses on cloud architectures aligned to warfighter needs, distributed maritime operations, multi-classification environments, DevSecOps enablement, and secure platform modernization across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, on-premises, tactical, and on-platform compute environments. The candidate will provide senior-level technical leadership to cross-functional engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and government stakeholders to ensure cloud solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, compliant, and aligned to mission objectives.\nIn this role, you’ll contribute to Naval Operational Architecture (NOA), working alongside engineers and operators to deliver resilient, forward-leaning solutions in support of national defense.\nTHIS IS AN ONSITE ROLE IN SAN DIEGO, CA. 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experience in cloud architecture, distributed systems, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, or related technical roles.\nExperience designing, deploying, integrating, or sustaining cloud solutions in AWS, Azure, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or similar cloud environments.\nExperience developing secure cloud, hybrid cloud, edge-to-cloud, containerized, or enterprise platform architectures.\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.\nFamiliarity with containerization, Kubernetes, Docker, microservices architectures, and cloud-native application deployment patterns.\nStrong understanding of cloud networking, identity, storage, compute, security, monitoring, and infrastructure operations.\nAbility to work with cross-functional teams of engineers, operators, cybersecurity personnel, program managers, and government stakeholders in dynamic mission environments.\nStrong written and verbal 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