Federal Compliance & Security Architect
Core
Principal Federal Compliance & Security Architect defining technical vision and bridging compliance directives with cloud engineering to achieve FedRAMP and DoD authorizations.
Role type
Principal Federal Compliance & Security Architect
Builds
Highly available, resilient federal platforms achieving FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 authorizations
Domain
Federal government security, compliance, and cloud engineering
Required skills
Federal security architecture, cloud engineering, NIST SP 800-53, DoD Cloud SRG, FIPS standards, risk identification and mitigation, architectural governance, System Security Plans (SSP) authorisation, Third-Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) management, continuous monitoring (ConMon), root-cause analysis, long-range planning, technical debt remediation, executive communication, cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
Active or eligible US federal security clearance (Secret/Top Secret), CISSP, CCSP, CISM certifications
Technologies
AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, dedicated enclaves
Responsibilities
Establish architectural standards for federal platforms, translate NIST/DoD/FIPS requirements into scalable cloud architectures, drive end-to-end accountability for compliance and security, conduct architecture/code reviews and root-cause analyses, partner with Product Management on long-range planning, engage with executive leadership and federal authorizing bodies, coach and mentor engineering leaders
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
