Benjamin Shelley

Benjamin Shelley serves as a key procurement lead within the FA8709 AFLCMC HBK Space agency, supporting the Department of the Air Force’s mission to deploy secure, scalable cloud computing environments for aerospace and space operations. He manages the acquisition of mission-critical computing infrastructure, specializing in cloud-based platforms that enable high-performance data processing, secure data hosting, and resilient computational resources for defense space systems. His portfolio focuses on ensuring the agility and cybersecurity of cloud architectures that support real-time satellite data analytics, mission command systems, and distributed computing needs across classified and unclassified domains. Shelley collaborates with a broad range of technology providers specializing in federal cloud services, including hyperscale cloud providers, defense-tier systems integrators, and specialized cloud-native solution developers. While no single contractor dominates his award portfolio, his contracting patterns reflect a preference for vendors with FedRAMP High authorization, DoD IL5/IL6 compliance, and proven experience in secure cloud migration and hybrid architecture deployment. His relationships are characterized by technical rigor, performance-based acquisition strategies, and a focus on vendors capable of rapid scalability and continuous compliance. Shelley’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of contracts awarded under full and open competition. This reflects the agency’s requirement for specialized, enterprise-grade capabilities that are currently available only through large, technically advanced contractors with the scale and security credentials to meet DoD space mission demands. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in his portfolio, the agency maintains compliance with all statutory requirements for socioeconomic contracting. His primary focus is on NAICS 518210—Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services—where he procures secure cloud platforms, infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and managed container orchestration solutions. His technical expertise lies in securing and scaling cloud-native architectures for space-based data systems, with deep familiarity in zero-trust architecture, encrypted data pipelines, and mission-critical workload migration to DoD-approved cloud environments.