Cloud Security Architect

Cloud Security Architect

Location: Remote

Clearance: Public Trust

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: $180K - $210K DOE

Position Summary

Revolutional is seeking a Cloud Security Architect / Engineer to design, engineer, and authorize secure cloud solutions in support of an anticipated Veteran Affairs (VA) Program for a large-scale federal environment. This role owns the technical thread from architecture through authorization — translating FedRAMP and RMF requirements into system and application design and carrying that work through Assessment & Authorization (A&A) to Authority to Operate (ATO). The ideal candidate has done this at the scale and compliance rigor of a major federal agency and is comfortable moving between architecture diagrams, control narratives, and engineering implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement cybersecurity architecture and engineering requirements, integrating FedRAMP and RMF authorization requirements into systems and applications.
• Lead IT and cloud security architecture design, security engineering, development, systems engineering, and implementation efforts.
• Architect and implement secure cloud solutions across federal and/or commercial environments.
• Support Federal Assessment & Authorization (A&A) and Authority to Operate (ATO) activities across the system lifecycle.
• Partner with program, engineering, and compliance teams to translate cybersecurity and regulatory requirements into actionable architecture and engineering decisions.
• Support continuous monitoring and risk management activities for cloud-hosted systems.
• Document architecture decisions, security control implementations, and system security artifacts to support authorization packages.
• Ensure security architecture and engineering practice aligns with applicable compliance requirements and regulatory standards, including NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, CIS Controls, and HIPAA.

Required Qualifications — Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of Information Security experience, of which at least 5 years are Cybersecurity and Cloud Security experience at a large Government agency comparable in size/scope to GSA, IRS, DoD, or VA.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Resource Management, or a related field.
• Expertise integrating cybersecurity architecture and engineering requirements and authorizations (FedRAMP/RMF) into systems and applications.
• Expertise in IT and cloud security architecture design, security engineering, development, systems engineering, and implementation efforts.
• Expertise in cloud solutions in federal and/or commercial industry.
• Expertise with Federal A&A and ATO activities.
• Expertise with security compliance requirements and regulatory standards (e.g., NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, CIS Controls, HIPAA).

Required Certifications

• Certification in one or more of the following: IAT Level III, IAM Level III, or IASAE Level III.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
• CISSP
• Cloud provider security certification (e.g., AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer).
• Direct experience in a FedRAMP High or DoD Cloud Computing SRG–aligned environment.