Senior Cyber Architect with Security Clearance

This position supports work located in Chesapeake, VA, Suffolk, VA and/or in Washington, DC metro area.  There is up to 25% travel required between the locations.   Active Secret clearance required. Primary responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product/solution owners, business teams, and analysts to help translate business strategies and requirements into solution architectures and application roadmaps.
• Define and document target architectures and patterns for enterprise applications.
• Support end to end solution design for major initiatives, ensuring consistency with enterprise architecture principles, security policies, and infrastructure standards.
• Work closely with system engineers and infrastructure/support teams to design resilient, observable, and performant cloud hosting, networking, and integration models.
• Support the development and maintenance of cloud adoption roadmaps, migration strategies, and reference architectures for key business capabilities and platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and DevOps teams on architecture best practices, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory, data protection, and identity/access management requirements.
• Review solution designs, integration approaches, and implementation plans produced by delivery teams, providing feedback and approvals.
• Support the creation and maintenance of clear architecture artifacts, including diagrams, standards, and decision records for cross team consumption.
• Lead the implementation of approved solution designs.
• Work with technical staff to help document the “as-is” environment Experience/Skills:
• 15+ years overall IT experience.
• 5+ years in cyber security operations role, experience with Navy highly desired.
• 3+ years’ experience leveraging AI/ML technologies in support of cyber security role.
• Proven experience designing and implementing cyber security solutions in DoW cloud environment; multi cloud experience desired.
• Hands on knowledge of modern application architectures (APIs, microservices, containers, serverless, event driven patterns) and integration approaches.
• Experience working with or within large DoW enterprise environment, collaborating with multiple domains (applications, data, infrastructure, security).
• Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, or ITIL environments.
• Experience running workshops or interviews with technical staff to gather content.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments, perform discovery, and propose a structured plan to get from “unknown current state” to a well-documented capability.
• Strong communication skills capable of communicating technical concepts to senior leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross functional teams. Education Requirements
• Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
• Equivalent additional work experience may be considered in lieu of degree (+4 years) Certification Requirements DoD 8140 System Administrator role certification (candidate must have, or obtain, at least one of the following within 90 days of starting position)
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)+ CE, (or updated CompTIA SecurityX),
• Cloud +,
• GIAC Defensible Security Architecture (GDSA),
• GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP),
• GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC),
• GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA),
• GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD),
• GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA),
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
• Federal IT Security Professional-Designer (FITSP-D)
• Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)
• Certified Information Systems Security Officer (CISSO)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional - Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (CISSP-ISSAP),
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional - Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (CISSP-ISSEP) We use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.

The anticipated salary range for this role is $170,000 to $200,000 annually. The anticipated salary range for this position is provided in accordance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final starting salary will be determined based on a variety of job-related factors, including the selected candidate's qualifications, skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and work location (where applicable), as well as internal equity and market considerations