Cloud Architect
Current Open Positions · Manassas, VA
$85,000–$130,000from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Manassas, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-time Cloud Architect role focused on designing and building private cloud infrastructure, with day-to-day work centered on containerizing applications, decomposing monolithic systems into microservices, and deploying workloads to Kubernetes clusters. The position spans the full software lifecycle — design through integration and test — and suits engineers with hands-on Kubernetes, Helm, and container networking experience who can obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
Mid level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title says 'Cloud Architect' but the JD body consistently uses 'Cloud Engineer' and describes hands-on development and deployment work (microservices, containerization, Kubernetes), not org-wide architecture governance — seniority is assessed as Mid based on the 3-year minimum experience gate.
Degree requirement is marked None because the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience/combined education' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
Clearance is gated: candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance and must be a U.S. Citizen.
Podman and K3s are listed together as examples of 'container technologies such as…' — they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for the same container-runtime requirement rather than two separate hard gates.
Calico and Multus are listed together as examples of CNI/Virtual IP load balancers — treated as alternatives for the same networking requirement.
The role is on-site in Manassas, VA; relocation assistance is noted as available.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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