Cloud Security Architect — DoD Cloud & RMF Expert

Age-Solutions; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days Paid Leave

Performance Bonuses

401(k) with Match

Health Benefits

Parental Leave

Military Differential Pay

Professional Growth

Shared Success

Job summary

AGE Solutions is seeking a Cloud Security Architect to lead secure cloud design for DoD environments, aligning RMF/NIST controls with modernization efforts. The role requires 10+ years in security architecture, a DoD Top Secret clearance, and proximity to Fort Meade for hybrid onsite work four days a week; exceptional communication with stakeholders is essential.

You will mentor engineers, review architectures, and translate compliance into concrete engineering solutions while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or additional equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of related experience.
• DoD 8140 Work Role 652 – Security Architect Certification requirement (Security X/CASP+CE, CCSP, Cloud+, CISSP, CSSLP, CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSIP, CSSLP, GSEC).
• Must have and maintain a current DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Must reside within a commutable distance of Fort Meade, MD or Chambersburg, PA for a hybrid onsite schedule (4 days onsite weekly).
• Demonstrated cloud and cloud-native security architecture experience.
• Expert knowledge of RMF, NIST SP 800-37, and NIST SP 800-53.
• Ability to translate compliance requirements into concrete technical engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, review, and recommend secure architectures for cloud, hybrid, distributed, and cloud-native environments.
• Perform security architecture and design reviews to identify design-level weaknesses and mitigations.
• Provide security guidance for APIs, microservices, containerized workloads, Docker, Kubernetes, serverless functions, and SDN.
• Analyze architectures, interfaces, trust boundaries, network segmentation, and data flows for cybersecurity risk.
• Translate RMF, NIST, DoD cybersecurity requirements into actionable cloud engineering solutions.
• Collaborate with owners, developers, and architects during requirements, design reviews, and modernization efforts.
• Recommend practical controls such as MFA, encryption, secure zoning, access controls, and other security mechanisms.
• Support vulnerability remediation and develop mitigation strategies to reduce attack surface while preserving mission capability.
• Provide technical recommendations to ISSMs/ISSOs and communicate risks and mitigations to Government stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud security

Security architecture

RMF & NIST

DoD guidance

Clearance Top Secret

Strong communication

Hybrid onsite

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

AGE Solutions is seeking a Cloud Security Architect to lead secure cloud design for DoD environments, aligning RMF/NIST controls with modernization efforts. The role requires 10+ years in security architecture, a DoD Top Secret clearance, and proximity to Fort Meade for hybrid onsite work four days a week; exceptional communication with stakeholders is essential.

You will mentor engineers, review architectures, and translate compliance into concrete engineering solutions while collaborating with