Barbaricum

Barbaricum

Cloud Security Architect - Senior

Washington, DC · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 34 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsCybersecurityNetwork SecurityTCP/IPZero TrustCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world.
  • Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Develop security architectures, control frameworks, policy artifacts, and technical patterns aligned with DISA, DoD, FedRAMP, and applicable federal cybersecurity requirements.
  • Collaborate with IT, cybersecurity, cloud engineering, and program teams to ensure cloud architectures follow strict security protocols and mission requirements.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain cloud security policies, protocols, procedures, standards, and governance artifacts.
  • Support incident response activities, including investigation, containment support, root cause analysis, and post-event analysis of cybersecurity incidents.
  • Expert knowledge of cloud security architecture, secure cloud design patterns, cybersecurity frameworks, compliance controls, and federal cloud security requirements.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience developing, implementing, securing, or managing cloud environments, particularly in a government, federal, defense, or secure IT setting.
  • In-depth knowledge of cloud service providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, including secure service selection, configuration, and governance considerations.
  • Strong understanding of DoD SRG, FedRAMP, DISA requirements, Zero Trust principles, and security control implementation in Government or secure IT environments.
  • Expertise in information security technologies, countermeasures, network security policies, vulnerability management, incident response, and risk assessment practices.
  • Strong understanding of network architecture, network protocols, application development methodologies, data privacy, and cloud infrastructure security.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security, architecture, and compliance concepts in an understandable manner.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Experience working with cloud engineering, DevSecOps, application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and Government stakeholder teams preferred.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Engineering, or a related field

Skills

  • Ability to analyze security systems, identify weaknesses, assess threats, and continuously recommend improvements to security posture.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and technical judgment skills in complex cloud, cybersecurity, and compliance environments.
  • Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • DoD Secret Security Clearance

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