Cloud Security Architect Lead (Hybrid) – AWS/Terraform

Piper Companies; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead cloud security across AWS environments, using Terraform and policy-as-code to enforce standards. The role is hybrid (3 days onsite per week) in Reston, VA, with responsibilities spanning design through production to build secure guardrails for enterprise-scale cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cloud security and hands-on Terraform experience, plus expertise in IAM, KMS, VPC, logging, and security

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cloud security, cloud architecture, or platform engineering in enterprise environments.
• Deep hands-on Terraform module development, infrastructure deployments, and IaC best practices.
• Experience with policy-as-code frameworks such as Sentinel, OPA/Rego, or Checkov.

Responsibilities

• Define and document secure configuration standards and security models for AWS services
• Review new AWS services and develop security requirements for implementation teams
• Evaluate and approve policy-as-code rules prior to deployment and publication
• Review Terraform code, reusable modules, and infrastructure deployments for security best practices
• Partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to implement scalable cloud security controls

Skills

Cloud security

AWS security

Policy-as-code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Sentinel

Open Policy Agent (OPA)

Checkov

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead cloud security across AWS environments, using Terraform and policy-as-code to enforce standards. The role is hybrid (3 days onsite per week) in Reston, VA, with responsibilities spanning design through production to build secure guardrails for enterprise-scale cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cloud security and hands-on Terraform experience, plus expertise in IAM, KMS, VPC, logging, and security