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Johnson Technology Systems

Federal enterprise IT consulting

Cloud Architect - AWS

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Virginia Beach, VA, USA
HybridRemote initially; may transition to Picatinny, New Jersey, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, or Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Travel to client locations required as needed (25–50%).
DevOps & InfrastructureCloud Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship
US Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • A BS-level technical degree or equivalent professional experience.
  • Customer-facing ability to represent JTSI and AWS, lead discussions with senior personnel, and address trade-offs, best practices, project management, and risk mitigation.
  • At least 15 years of IT implementation experience.
  • Experience with software development life cycle and agile or iterative methodologies.
  • Strong experience architecting, designing, and migrating applications on the AWS platform.
  • Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements, including security, privacy, SOX, and HIPAA.
  • Experience working directly with customers, partners, or third-party developers.
  • Expertise in large-scale, high-performance enterprise application deployment and solution architecting in complex heterogeneous AWS environments.
  • Expertise in AWS security solutions.
  • Expertise in infrastructure capacity sizing and AWS service costing to optimize solution architecture, infrastructure investment, performance, and scale.
  • Expertise articulating architectural choices across AWS services and solution methodologies.
  • Expertise with AWS foundation services, including Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, and Amazon SNS.
  • Ability to travel to client locations as needed, approximately 25–50%.
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with JTSI and AWS teams to help partners and customers learn and use AWS services, including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon SimpleDB or RDS, and AWS IAM.
  • Guide customers in building and migrating applications, software, and services according to the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
  • Define and deliver technical engagements with partners and customers, including on-site visits, requirements analysis, packaged offerings, and custom solution engagements.
  • Deliver projects demonstrating AWS services for distributed computing solutions spanning private and public clouds.
  • Migrate existing applications and develop new applications using AWS cloud services.
  • Work with engineering and support teams to communicate partner and customer needs and feedback for technology roadmaps.
  • Share implementation challenges and recommend capabilities that simplify AWS cloud-service adoption and increase customer value.
  • Provide professional services to enterprise customers locally, regionally, and potentially domestically.
Desired Qualifications
  • CompTIA Security+ certification.
  • A Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Success as a cloud infrastructure architect or consultant working across various platforms.
  • Experience architecting highly available systems using load balancing and horizontal scalability.
  • Cloud certifications.
  • Exposure to Agile software development and DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Integration, and automated deployment.
  • Presenting at technology conferences, hackathons, public events, blogs, or technical forums.

About the company

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Johnson Technology Systems

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Johnson Technology Systems is an information technology consulting firm serving government organizations. The company supports enterprise resource planning, cloud, cybersecurity, data, application modernization, and program delivery initiatives. It serves federal agencies, defense organizations, and public-sector technology teams. Its operating model centers on consultants and engineers working within regulated, mission-oriented client environments. Teams work across enterprise applications, software, cloud, cybersecurity, data, program management, and operations. Its work connects government IT consulting expertise with coordinated delivery for public-sector clients. This structure supports consistent delivery across its products and services.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

2003

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What believers are saying

  • The May 2026 $151B SHIELD award expands JTSi’s addressable pipeline immediately.
  • JTSi reported multiple 2025-2026 Army and Michigan cloud wins, showing momentum.
  • Federal cloud modernization demand supports JTSi through 2026 procurement cycles.

What critics are saying

  • JTSi relies on federal awards; one protest or recompete loss can crush revenue.
  • SHIELD and GSA task orders concentrate customers in Washington, exposing JTSi to budget delays.
  • A failed delivery on MDA or Army contracts could end future awards and viability.

What makes Johnson Technology Systems unique

  • JTSi won the MDA SHIELD IDIQ on May 18, 2026, entering missile-defense programs.
  • JTSi’s niche is federal cloud migration, ERP, and engineering services for defense agencies.
  • JTSi holds GSA cloud authority and Microsoft AOS-G partnership, strengthening procurement credibility.

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