Tantus Technologies, Inc.

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Senior Software Architect and Cloud Engineer

ID
2025-2575
Active Clearance Required
Public Trust
Citizenship Required
No
Type
Regular Full-Time

Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Architect and Cloud Engineer with expert-level, hands-on experience in AWS development, networking, and architecture to lead, design, and review the full software development lifecycle (SDLC). This versatile leader will provide both technical and managerial oversight, ensuring secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions across enterprise applications.

The ideal candidate combines deep AWS expertise with modern software engineering practices—balancing hands-on technical work, architecture design, and leadership responsibilities. They will mentor team members, drive best practices, and foster a culture of engineering excellence, ensuring software delivery aligns with both business goals and evolving technology trends.

What You'll Do

Cloud Architecture & Engineering

  • Architect, implement, and optimize AWS infrastructure, networking, and cloud-native solutions, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPNs, and secure application hosting.
  • Design and deliver scalable, serverless, and microservices-based enterprise applications.
  • Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, cost optimization, and compliance with federal security standards.
  • Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automation of provisioning/deployment.

Software Development & SDLC Leadership

  • Oversee and review the full Agile SDLC: requirements, architecture, design, coding, testing, deployment, and operations.
  • Provide technical leadership in development using Node.js, Angular, and USWDS.
  • Drive CI/CD pipeline adoption, DevSecOps integration, and cloud-native development workflows.
  • Ensure application security, performance, and reliability through proactive monitoring and testing.
  • Apply engineering best practices and code quality standards across teams.

Technical Management & Mentorship

  • Lead and mentor engineering teams, promoting continuous learning and skill development.
  • Serve as escalation point for complex infrastructure, networking, and application issues.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (security, DevOps, product owners, stakeholders) to align solutions with business objectives.
  • Develop playbooks, technical documentation, and architectural roadmaps.

Strategic & Governance Contributions

  • Evaluate new AWS services, frameworks, and tools to drive innovation and efficiency.
  • Optimize cloud spend while ensuring performance and reliability.
  • Enforce compliance with federal security frameworks and internal governance.
  • Partner with leadership to define cloud modernization strategies and long-term architecture goals.

Required Knowledge and Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
  • Expert-level AWS skills across networking, compute, storage, and security services.
  • Knowledge of federal compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53) and cloud security best practices.
  • AWS certifications preferred (Solutions Architect Professional, Advanced Networking, DevOps Engineer).

Abilities

  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar).

Nice to Haves

  • 7+ years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, architecture, and software development.
  • Strong development background in js, Angular, and USWDS.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, etc.) and microservices.
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, etc.).
  • Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Salary Range

$195,000 to 205,000

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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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