Cloud Computing Infrastructure Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an experienced Cloud Computing Infrastructure Architect to lead the design and implementation of advanced security capabilities within Microsoft Azure Government. You will drive security architecture, modernize cyber operations, and guide a small engineering team from concept through deployment in a federal context.

This role requires 5+ years in Azure security, hands-on Terraform and CI/CD integration, and the ability to deliver measurable security evidence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing, engineering, or securing Microsoft Azure environments.
• Experience with Azure Government and Azure Policy security baseline automation.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Cloud implementations.
• Experience designing Azure logging/monitoring architectures using Azure Monitor and Sentinel.
• IaC with Terraform and integrating security into CI/CD or DevSecOps pipelines.
• Experience securing cloud identity (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, Key Vault).
• Ability to lead technical workstreams from architecture to production with a small team.
• Public Trust Bachelor's degree or equivalent Azure certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead security design and implementation across Azure Government environments.
• Improve security telemetry and continuous assurance for cloud platforms.
• Automate configuration-drift detection and remediation processes.
• Guides a small engineering team from concept through deployment and operations.
• Collaborate across Azure Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, Policy, and identity services to enforce secure configurations.

Skills

Azure cloud security

Azure Government

KQL

Terraform

CI/CD security

RBAC

PIM

Key Vault

Security architecture

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Microsoft Azure certification

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Defender for Cloud

Azure Policy

Terraform

Job description

Cloud Computing Infrastructure Architect

The Opportunity: Cloud security is moving beyond point-in-time compliance toward continuously measured, automated, and resilient security operations. Federal organizations need cloud platforms that can continuously enforce secure configurations, produce trustworthy security evidence, detect sophisticated threats, and respond at machine speed. We are looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Security Engineering Lead to drive the design and implementation of advanced security capabilities within Microsoft Azure Government. In this role, you will lead technical workstreams that strengthen cloud security, modernize cyber operations, improve security telemetry, and advance continuous security assurance aligned with evolving federal requirements. You will work across Azure security architecture, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, Azure Policy, identity, logging, DevSecOps, automation, and Infrastructure as Code to turn security objectives into deployable engineering solutions. You will help continuously identify configuration drift, validate security controls, improve detection coverage, automate response, strengthen data protection, and create measurable evidence that security capabilities are operating as intended. You will also modernize security data and logging architectures so the organization collects the right telemetry - not simply more telemetry. This includes rationalizing duplicate data flows, improving classification and retention, controlling Sentinel cost, and maintaining the visibility required to defend against sophisticated and increasingly AI-enabled nation-state threats. The role requires someone who can move comfortably between architecture and hands-on engineering, guide a small team, and drive work from concept through operational adoption. Grow your skills while helping build the next generation of cloud security operations and continuous assurance in Azure Government. Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience designing, engineering, or securing Microsoft Azure environments, including cloud security, networking, identity, monitoring, DevSecOps, or infrastructure
• Experience designing or engineering security solutions within Microsoft Azure Government, and engineering Azure Policy, secure configuration baselines, and automated configuration-drift detection or remediation
• Experience implementing and operating Microsoft Sentinel, including data connectors, Data Collection Rules, analytic rules, automation, workbooks, KQL, and monitoring architectures, and with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender XDR, or Microsoft security capabilities
• Experience designing Azure logging and monitoring architectures using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Diagnostic Settings, Event Hub, Resource Graph, and Sentinel
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and integrating security into CI/CD or DevSecOps pipelines
• Experience securing cloud identity, including Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, managed identities, service principals, and Key Vault
• Ability to lead technical workstreams from architecture and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and operational transition while guiding a small engineering team
• Public Trust Bachelor's degree Microsoft Azure certification

Nice If You Have:

• Experience supporting FedRAMP, FedRAMP 20x, NIST SP 800-53, Continuous Monitoring, or federal Authorization to Operate processes
• Experience building automated security evidence, continuous control monitoring, compliance-as-code, or Key Security Indicator measurements
• Experience implementing Detection-as-Code, automated detection testing, or MITRE ATT&CK-aligned security capabilities
• Experience designing defenses against advanced persistent threats, nation-state adversaries, or AI-enabled cyber attacks
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, Data Loss Prevention, data classification, or exfiltration monitoring, and integrating vulnerability-management tooling such as Defender, Fortify, Sonatype, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow
• Experience with software supply-chain security, including SBOMs, artifact provenance, signing, dependency security, or build attestations
• Experience implementing Azure backup, recovery, resiliency, or cyber-recovery capabilities
• Knowledge of OMB M-26-14 logging and network visibility requirements
• Possession of strong client-facing communication skills
• Security-focused certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AZ-500, SC-100, or equivalent cloud security certifications

Vetting

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client; Public Trust determination is required.

Compensation

• Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care
• Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values
• Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits
• We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements

The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD)

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date

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