Security Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and oversee enterprise security architectures that safeguard information systems, applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and sensitive data.

• Establish principles for security architecture, reference designs, technical standards, and implementation patterns that align with the organization's risk tolerance, mission objectives, and federal security requirements.

• Develop and maintain foundational enterprise security architecture principles, reference architectures, technical standards, and security design patterns.

• Convert business, mission, and regulatory needs into secure architectural solutions across applications, infrastructure, networks, endpoints, and cloud environments.

• Perform security architecture reviews and threat modeling to pinpoint design weaknesses, architectural risks, and areas for enhancing security controls.

• Define security requirements for new systems, technology integrations, modernization initiatives, and enterprise platforms.

• Assess emerging technologies and offer architectural recommendations that balance security, scalability, performance, cost, and operational requirements.

• Implement architecture governance processes and integrate security considerations throughout the system development lifecycle.

• Provide technical architectural guidance to security engineering, DevSecOps, cloud platform, infrastructure, and application teams.

• Create secure integration patterns for security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat detection capabilities.

• Review technical designs, solution proposals, and implementation plans for compliance with security architecture standards.

• Assist in selecting and integrating security technologies based on technical requirements, threat models, and organizational needs.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary Public Trust level clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of experience, Master’s Degree with 10 years of experience, Associate’s Degree with 14 years of experience, or High School Diploma (or equivalent) with 16 years of experience.

• One or more relevant certifications, such as CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, or CAP.

• Experience in designing Zero Trust and identity-centric architectures, including FICAM-aligned identity, credential, and access management.

• Familiarity with FedRAMP and experience in AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.

• Background in designing and reviewing security architectures for complex enterprise, cloud, hybrid, or federal information systems.

• Strong comprehension of security architecture principles, threat modeling, defense-in-depth, least privilege, identity security, encryption, and network security.

• Experience in applying security frameworks and controls, including NIST SP 800-53 and other relevant federal or industry standards.

• Proficient in translating security requirements into technical architecture designs, implementation standards, and security control specifications.

• Preferred: Active Secret clearance.

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• Preferred: AWS Certified Security - Specialty, or an architecture certification such as SABSA, TOGAF, or CISSP-ISSAP.

• Preferred: Experience with federal agency modernization roadmaps.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Health savings account.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• Employee assistance program (EAP).

• Parental leave.

• 401(k).

• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation.

• Company-paid holidays.

• Potential eligibility for overtime.

• Potential eligibility for shift differential.

• Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus.