Cloud Security Architect

Position: Cloud Security Architect 

Trisian-Global Consulting LLC is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Security Architect with a strong background in cloud security and architecture, as well as a deep understanding of industry best practices and emerging technologies. The Cloud Security Architect will be responsible for designing secure cloud architectures and security control plane components and interconnections. You'll define and document boundaries and recommend management plane and customer data plane configurations that meet stringent federal standards. 

This is a 6 month Contract.  

NO Sponsorship (H1B or OPT not eligible)

• U.S. citizenship at the time of hire
• Residence within the contiguous United States (i.e., the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia); and
• Willingness to undergo a Single Source Background Investigation if required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with engineering teams to create secure cloud infrastructure design and deployment architectures utilizing threat models and risk analysis documentation specific to a FedRAMP and IL4+ environment. 
• Work with development teams, operations, governance, and other stakeholders to draft security standards and controls and implement monitoring, alerting and governance to adhere to those specifications
• Support incident responders in analyzing applicable threats, vulnerabilities, controls and residual risks inside and out of the FedRAMP boundary
• Analyze and harden existing applications, infrastructure, automation, and deployment processes partnering with multiple teams to design & implement solutions within the space
• Execute Security impact Analysis reviews for all FedRAMP changes coming in to the change management process
• Secure Architecture Leadership: Design and implement cloud security architectures (SaaS / application management, customer data, and security control planes) that meet FedRAMP and highly controlled Federal security requirements.
• Collaborate with Compliance to design and implement controls, specify engineering standards and requirements, and ensure audit readiness with technical and regulatory expertise.
• FedRAMP Technical Authority: Provide technical leadership on the authorization boundary, ensuring FedRAMP compliance.
• Cloud Security Expertise: Recommend secure configurations for cloud services (e.g., AWS GovCloud, Azure Government), balancing FedRAMP and security best practices.
• Translations: Educate cross functional partners (Engineering and IT) on how compliance drives architecture, detailing allowed encryption (e.g., FIPS 140-2), prohibited configurations, and optimal services.
• Tool Guidance: Select security tools and microservices to meet federal requirements
• FedRAMP-Specific Guidance: Advise on requirements like container scanning (e.g., runtime security, image integrity) and design of Infrastructure as Code
• Documentation: Develop and review deliverables, including Authorization Boundary, Network, and data flow diagrams, Front Matter for the System Security Plan (SSPs), and provide input to Change Control Plan, Contingency Plan, and Incident Response Plan.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required; BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 15 years of experience including cloud technologies, technical architecture and application development
• 8+ years experience in cloud security, with experience across AWS, GCP and/or Azure infrastructure design
• 2+ years experience in VMWare and/or Network security modeling
• Broad knowledge of private and public cloud attack vectors and exploits
• Subject matter expertise in CI/CD, Cloud APIs and Identity management
• Deep understanding of compute, network and storage technologies in AWS, GCP and/or Azure
• Programming experience in Python, Go or Java
• Deep security policy subject matter expertise in at least one major public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with deploying and securing SaaS applications and cloud environments at scale
• Working experience with CI/CD pipeline, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, etc) and MicroServices
• Knowledge of of IaC (Infrastructure as Code) concepts and implementing standards within them
• Understanding of cloud security maturity model frameworks and how to apply them
• Strong written and verbal communication skills