Vice President, Architecture
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AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud Platform
Public Sector Architect
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $184,000 - $253,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform
About the role
- Influence and consult regarding federal architecture requirements.
- Work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, product leadership, and engineering/delivery teams to ensure product architecture meets applicable US government security and compliance requirements.
- Provide technical leadership for the federal authorization process, including technical input into the development of System Security Plans (SSP), conducting security assessments, and working with third-party assessment organizations (3PAOs) to achieve authorization.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive security architecture that aligns with FedRAMP and DISA requirements, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data.
- Stay up to date with the latest FedRAMP, DISA and NIST guidelines and ensure that systems and processes adhere to these standards, addressing any compliance issues promptly.
- Conduct regular risk assessments and vulnerability assessments to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
- Design, implement, and manage technical security controls to protect against data breaches, cyber threats, and unauthorized access.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including Dev Ops teams, engineering teams, compliance officers, public sector operations and auditors, to address security-related concerns and make recommendations for improvements.
- Collaborates with product teams to understand functional and non-functional requirements.
- Participate in the analysis, evaluation, and development of strategic plans to ensure the architecture objectives are consistent with long-term business objectives.
- Act as trusted advisor for all matters related to cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Requirements
- Strong operating system, virtual machine, and container knowledge.
- Cloud architecture expertise.
- 10+ years of experience architecting complex solutions on AWS to meet DoD and federal civilian requirements (Azure/GCP knowledge is a plus!)
- Knowledge of and ability to evaluate DoD and federal civilian compliance i.e., NIST 800-53, NIST 800-63, FISMA, DFARS, DISA CC SRG, DISA STIGs etc.
- Knowledge of federal product boundary protection requirements.
- Demonstrated experience with the networking options and requirements for DoD IL4/5 and FedRAMP High cloud service offerings.
- Knowledge of FIPs and other encryption methodologies needed to meet federal requirements.
- Ability to design architectural diagrams and design documents.
- Strong organizational and information management skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Home Office Setup reimbursement
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Monthly Connectivity reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (with employer match)
- Flexible paid time off + 11 paid holidays
- Paid leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical and bereavement leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
cloud architectureAWSAzureGCPNIST 800-53NIST 800-63FISMADFARSDISA CC SRGDISA STIGs
Soft skills
technical leadershipcollaborationorganizational skillsinformation managementconsultationrisk assessmentvulnerability assessmentcommunicationstrategic planningproblem-solving
