Tantus Technologies, Inc.

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AWS Solutions Architect

ID
2025-2562
Active Clearance Required
Public Trust
Citizenship Required
No
Type
Temporary Full-Time

Overview

Tantus Technologies, Inc. (Tantus) - recognized by the Washington Post as a Top Workplace - is seeking an experienced  AWS Solutions Architect with deep expertise in Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS Custom. This role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud-native solutions that leverage AWS compute and database services to meet business requirements for scalability, security, performance, and cost-efficiency.

 

Clearance: This position supports a federal contract and requires U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder) status, as well as the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance (T4/6C-HighRisk Public Trust).

What You'll Do

  • End-to-end migration of On-Prem infrastructure and applications to AWS Cloud.
  • Configure and manage EC2 and RDS Custom instances, networking (VPC, subnets, security groups), and load balancing.
  • Deploy and tune EC2 and RDS Custom instances for specialized database
  • backup/recovery, and disaster recovery solutions for EC2 and RDS Custom.
  • Work with Infrastructure, developers, DBAs, and DevOps teams to enable CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for EC2 and RDS Custom deployments.
  • Act as a subject matter expert (SME) to stakeholders, providing consultation on cloud adoption strategies, workload modernization, and emerging AWS services.
  • Deliver technical documentation, diagrams, and knowledge transfer sessions.
  • Provide guidance on security processes and procedures to comply with NIST, ISO, CIS, CMM and FedRAMP standards in AWS-Cloud, and On-Prem to meet the customer SLA for Disaster recovery.

Required Knowledge and Skills

  • Over 10-12 years in IT, specifically, in designing, implementing and supporting technical infrastructure, architecture with a minimum of 3 years of experience working in cloud environment.
  • Proven experience architecting and deploying solutions on AWS, with emphasis on EC2 and RDS Custom.
  • Strong knowledge of Linux/Windows server administration, networking, and security in cloud environments.
  • Hands-on experience with databases (Oracle) and customizations supported by EC2 and/or RDS Custom.
  • On-Hands experience with large-scale cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and digital transformation programs, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with enterprise strategy.

Abilities

  • Ability to work with cross functionality teams.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • On hands experience with security hardening.

Nice to Haves

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

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Why Tantus? We Provide:


  • Competitive total compensation package reflective of the expected contributions you will make to the organization.
  • A workplace culture that supports balancing great work with a great life.
  • A continuous learning environment investing $3,000 annually in your professional development and training.
  • A strong career development and advancement program.
  • Excellent medical, dental and vision programs.
  • A Fidelity-managed 401(k) plan with 3% company match.
  • 15 days of PTO annually and 11 paid federal holidays.
  • Corporate and team social events.
  • Community engagement activities to give back by volunteering.
  • Discretionary quarterly bonuses for above and beyond contributions and outstanding performance.



About Us

Tantus is an IT development and management consulting firm helping federal programs become more successful, cost-effective, and mission-focused through program management oversight and system development and implementation. Our people are committed to making our world better by delivering solutions to improve the effectiveness of government services and citizen experience. Tantus is Latin for “so great” or “so much” – we strive to put great things into everything we do.

As part of the employment process at Tantus, all successful job applicants must undergo a background investigation. This may include a pre-employment drug screening and/or a credit check for certain positions within our organization.

Tantus Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.


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