Full Time

Solution Architect (AWS)

StratasCorp Technologies
Full-time
IT Services and IT Consulting
Chesapeake, VA
$130,000 - $190,000* / year

Job Description

Will engage with end users and customer stakeholders to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues with Wickr services and identify needs to improve customer support.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Assess the current messaging and collaboration service implementation.
  • Document the “as-is” environment, and identify design improvements for scalability, reliability, and security.
  • Develop and document standard operating procedures (SOPs), runbooks, and knowledge articles for messaging and collaboration service operations and support.
  • Collaborate with security, networking, and collaboration/tooling teams on integration challenges (e.g., directory services, identity, logging, and monitoring platforms, etc.).
  • Monitor service health, usage, and capacity; implement alerting and reporting for key metrics.
  • Plan and execute upgrades, patches, and configuration changes, following change-management processes.
  • Provide training and guidance to internal help desk and engineering teams on features, policies, and support processes.
  • Act as primary technical liaison when advanced troubleshooting or roadmap input is needed.

Job Requirements

  • 7-10 years overall IT experience.
  • 3+ years working with AWS infrastructure in a sysadmin, devops, or cloud engineering role.
  • Experience in a senior support, consulting, or technical account manager role where you led discovery, documented customer environments, and recommended improvements.
  • Experience running workshops or interviews to understand user adoption, pain points, and training needs.
  • Hands-on experience administering AWS Wickr and/or Wickr Enterprise (network admin, cluster admin, or similar role).
  • Ability to operate in ambiguous environments, perform discovery, and propose a structured plan to get from “unknown current state” to a well-documented, managed Wickr service.
  • Experience performing initial setup and ongoing configuration of Wickr networks, user provisioning, security policies, retention, and compliance settings.
  • Experience integrating Wickr with identity providers (IdP) such as Active Directory, Azure AD, Okta, or other SAML/OIDC services.
  • Experience operating secure collaboration or messaging platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Slack Enterprise Grid, Signal/other E2EE tools) in regulated or high-security environments.
  • Experience troubleshooting real-time communication issues: connectivity, media quality, federation, client configuration, and endpoint problems.
  • Strong communication skills capable of communicating technical concepts to senior leadership and customer stakeholders.

Certifications

  • Security+ CE (Required)

One of the following Associate level AWS certifications is Required:

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or
  • AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate

This position supports work located in Chesapeake, VA and/or in Washington, DC metro area. There is up to 25% travel required between the two locations.

The anticipated salary range for this role is $170,000 to $200,000 annually. The anticipated salary range for this position is provided in accordance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final starting salary will be determined based on a variety of job-related factors, including the selected candidate's qualifications, skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and work location (where applicable), as well as internal equity and market considerations.

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