Cloud Solution Architect

Cloud Solution Architect – Active Security Clearance

Your expertise. America's security.

Independent Contractor

Security 2.0 is a fast-growing, veteran-owned national security solutions company delivering mission-aligned capabilities across AI, cyber, systems engineering, advanced analytics, resilience, intelligence integration, and frontier technologies. We support government partners with operational expertise, technical excellence, and real-world mission insight to strengthen national security and accelerate capability delivery.

We are seeking a highly experienced
Cloud Solution Architect
 to design, build, and manage our cloud infrastructure across multiple public cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in
AWS, GCP, and Azure
, focusing on creating scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions that power our next generation of applications, including advanced
AI search engine
 products and services built on
Large Language Models (LLMs)
 and broader
Machine Learning (ML)
 initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Strategy & Design:
   Develop and maintain the cloud architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals for performance, security, and elasticity. Design robust, fault-tolerant solutions primarily leveraging
  AWS, GCP, and Azure
   native services.
• AI/ML Infrastructure:
   Architect and optimize the infrastructure required for training, serving, and fine-tuning
  Large Language Models (LLMs)
   and other
  Machine Learning
   pipelines, ensuring high-throughput, low-latency, and cost-effective GPU resource utilization.
• AI Search Engine Solutions:
   Oversee the architectural implementation and scaling of our proprietary
  AI search engine
  . This includes designing highly available data ingestion, indexing, and query systems, and establishing best practices for distributed systems like
  OpenSearch
   and related analytics/vector databases.
• Cost Management:
   Monitor and optimize cloud spending through rightsizing, reserved instances/savings plans, and modern FinOps practices.

Qualifications

• Experience:
   Minimum of 7 years in IT with at least 3 years in a dedicated Cloud Architect role.
• Cloud Platforms:
   Expert-level knowledge and hands-on experience designing and deploying complex solutions on at least two of the following:
  AWS, GCP, and Azure
  . Certifications are highly desirable.
• AI/ML Focus:
   Proven experience architecting environments for data science workflows,
  Machine Learning
   model training and serving, especially involving large-scale datasets and compute resources necessary for
  Large Language Models
  .
• Technical Skills:
   Deep understanding of networking, storage, virtualization, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless computing.
• Programming:
   Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and familiarity with application development processes.
• Deep hands-on experience designing, scaling, and managing clusters of OpenSearch or Elasticsearch for high-volume, low-latency search applications.
• Experience with vector databases and technologies supporting modern
  AI search engine
   architectures.

Mandatory Requirements & Contingency:

Clearance Requirement:
Must possess and maintain an active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance.

Contract Contingency:
This Independent Contractor position is contingent upon contract award and final customer approval.

Timeline:
No formal offers will be extended until official notification of contract award is received. Candidates should be prepared for a potential start date that is determined by the contract award and customer onboarding schedule.