Cloud Solutions Architect

About this role

<p>CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats. </p> <p>CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.chaosinc.com">www.chaosinc.com</a>.</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Role Overview:</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">CHAOS Industries </span><span data-contrast="auto">is hiring a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, lead, and govern our cloud infrastructure strategy across defense and GovCon program environments. This is a high-impact, senior individual contributor role that sits at the center of our digital transformation — you’ll define how we build, secure, and scale cloud capabilities across classified, unclassified, and hybrid environments. You’ll own the architecture from concept through delivery, working alongside ISSMs, program managers, and engineering teams to ensure every solution is mission-ready, compliant, and built to last.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">You’ll be embedded across the Enterprise Technology and Classified Programs divisions — partnering with ISSMs, security engineers, program leads, and government customers to translate mission requirements into cloud architecture that actually works at scale in a defense environment. If you thrive in environments where the stakes are real, this is your seat.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":180}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">From day one, you’ll own the cloud architecture roadmap, lead our AWS GovCloud and Azure Government platform strategy, drive zero trust network architecture implementation, and architect the secure connectivity fabric between classified and unclassified environments. You build the things other architects only diagram.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":180}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities: </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Design and own the enterprise cloud architecture across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and on-premise/hybrid environments supporting classified and unclassified program workloads.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":180}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Develop cloud architecture documentation including solution design documents, network diagrams, data flow maps, and Authority to Operate (ATO) supporting artifacts aligned to NIST RMF, ICD 503, and FedRAMP.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":180}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Define and enforce cloud security architecture standards including Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), identity and access management (IAM), encryption in transit and at rest, and workload isolation patterns.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":180}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Lead cloud migration planning and execution — assess on-premise workloads, define migration strategies (rehost, replatform, refactor), and oversee technical delivery.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":1080,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":180}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Architect secure, high-availability cloud network topologies including VPC/VNET design, transit gateways, private connectivity (AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute), and cross-domain solution integration.</span><span…