Senior / Principal AWS Advisory Consultant – AWS GovCloud

About the Role

Drone Driver Government Services (DDGS) is seeking a Senior/Principal AWS Advisory Consultant to support a federal government environment.

This is a senior-level cloud architecture and advisory role, not a routine hands-on DevOps or cloud administration position. The consultant will work with technical and program stakeholders to assess complex AWS environments, identify architectural and governance challenges, and provide strategic recommendations for improving security, scalability, networking, and cloud governance.

The ideal candidate has significant experience working with AWS GovCloud or federal AWS environments and can operate as a trusted technical advisor to senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess existing AWS and AWS GovCloud architectures and provide senior-level architectural recommendations.

• Review and advise on AWS multi-account strategy, AWS Organizations, and Service Control Policies (SCPs).

• Evaluate AWS network architecture, including:

  • VPC design

  • CIDR allocation

  • Routing

  • Multi-account networking

  • IP address conflicts and overlapping CIDR ranges

• Develop recommendations for remediation of complex networking and architecture issues.

• Review Amazon EKS/Kubernetes architecture and provide architecture-level guidance and recommendations.

• Advise on AWS security, governance, scalability, resiliency, and cloud operating models.

• Support architectural escalations and complex technical problem solving.

• Evaluate environments against federal security and compliance requirements.

• Develop clear written technical assessments, findings, recommendations, review memoranda, and architecture documentation.

• Communicate complex technical issues and recommendations to both technical teams and senior stakeholders.

Required Experience

• Significant senior-level experience designing, assessing, or advising on AWS enterprise cloud architectures.

• Strong experience with AWS networking, including VPCs, CIDR allocation, routing, and multi-account networking.

• Experience identifying and resolving overlapping CIDR ranges or IP address conflicts in complex AWS environments.

• Experience with AWS Organizations, multi-account governance, and Service Control Policies (SCPs).

• Experience working with AWS GovCloud, federal cloud environments, or highly regulated environments.

• Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, and enterprise architecture principles.

• Experience assessing or reviewing Amazon EKS/Kubernetes architecture.

• Familiarity with federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks such as:

  • NIST SP 800-53

  • FedRAMP

  • FISMA

  • Zero Trust principles

• Strong technical writing skills with the ability to produce architecture assessments, findings, recommendations, technical documentation, and executive-level summaries.

• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, program leadership, and customer stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting federal government customers or federal contractors.

• Experience serving as a Principal Architect, Cloud Architect, Enterprise Architect, Advisory Consultant, or similar senior technical advisor.

• AWS professional-level certifications are a plus.

• Experience leading architecture reviews or cloud modernization assessments.

• Experience advising organizations operating large, complex AWS multi-account environments.

About Drone Driver Government Services

Drone Driver Government Services is a government contracting and technology consulting company providing professional, technical, advisory, and program support services to federal government customers and prime contractors.

DDGS supports customers across areas including cloud architecture, cybersecurity and compliance, technical consulting, and program support.

Drone Driver Government Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.