Kforce is looking for a Cloud Solutions IT Architect nin Reston, VA. Job Duties/Responsibilities: * Establish technology strategy, architecture, and plans for the project modernization effort * Understands the organizational and project direction, goals, and the technology eco system to determine how architecture frameworks should be implemented * Interface with engineering and other cloud teams across the organization to establish and enforce best practices and standards as guardrails with manual and auto-remediation, for non-compliant cloud resources * Provides direction on implementing feasible, cost-effective solutions to the overall Solution architecture using cloud services and products considering both functional and non-functional requirements * Collaborates and coordinates with the client's security and infrastructure teams to develop strategies to fulfill security and performance requirements and assess effectiveness of the solutions * Provides feature/functionality to enable cloud teams through self-service portals * Performs and leads POC (proof of concept) development and recommendation to adopt to ever changing technology trends * Performs other duties as assigned