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The position serves as a technical security consultant to Mission Partners, system owners, architects, developers, ISSMs, and ISSOs and helps ensure security is engineered into cloud solutions rather than addressed only after formal assessment.\nPrimary Roles and Responsibilities:\nDesign, review, and recommend secure architectures for cloud, hybrid, distributed, and cloud-native environments.\nPerform security architecture and design reviews to identify design-level weaknesses and recommend appropriate mitigations.\nProvide specialized security guidance for APIs, microservices, containerized workloads, Docker, Kubernetes, serverless functions, and software-defined networking.\nAnalyze cloud architectures, system interfaces, trust boundaries, network segmentation, and data flows for cybersecurity risk.\nTranslate RMF, NIST, DoD cybersecurity, and hardening requirements into actionable cloud engineering solutions.\nCollaborate with system owners, developers, and architects during requirements development, design reviews, modernization efforts, and implementation.\nRecommend practical technical controls such as multi-factor authentication, encryption, secure network zoning, access controls, and other security mechanisms.\nSupport vulnerability remediation and development of technically sound mitigation strategies that reduce attack surface while maintaining mission capability.\nProvide technical recommendations to ISSMs/ISSOs and clearly communicate architectural risks and mitigation alternatives to Government stakeholders.\nRequirements:\nBachelor’s degree or additional equivalent professional experience.\n10+ years of related experience.\nDoD 8140 Work Role 652 - Security Architect Certification requirement (must have at least one of the following): Security X/CASP+CE, CCSP, Cloud+, CISSP, CSSLP, CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSIP, CSSLP, and GSEC.\nMust have and maintain a current DoD Top Secret clearance.\nMust reside within a commutable distance of Fort Meade, MD in order to work a hybrid onsite schedule (4 days onsite weekly).\nDemonstrated cloud and cloud-native security architecture experience.\nDemonstrated expertise securing APIs, microservices, containerized workloads, Kubernetes/Docker, serverless functions, and software-defined networking.\nExpert knowledge of RMF, NIST SP 800-37, and NIST SP 800-53.\nPractical knowledge of DoD STIGs, SRGs, and applicable DoD cybersecurity requirements.\nAbility to translate compliance requirements into concrete technical engineering solutions.\nExperience evaluating architectures, system relationships, interfaces, and data flows.\nStrong consulting, communication, and presentation skills.\nAbility to support multiple systems and projects in a high-tempo environment.\nWho we are... 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