Federal Security Architect & DevSecOps Lead

LMI Government Consulting; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting in Tysons, VA seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to design and guide secure system architectures that achieve federal cybersecurity authorization. You will translate complex frameworks (FedRAMP, RMF, CMMC) into concrete patterns and work with engineering, DevSecOps, and governance teams to ensure compliant platforms and applications.

The role requires TS clearance, senior federal cybersecurity experience, and deep cloud/containers expertise; target salary can reach up to

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance required.
• Active CISSP, CISM, GSLC, C|CISO, or comparable senior cybersecurity certification.
• 10+ years of federal cybersecurity experience in security engineering, architecture, or GRC with NIST SP 800-53/NIST RMF.
• Experience supporting FedRAMP, DoD RMF, or CMMC authorization.
• Experience implementing and managing security control programs including SSPs and POA&M management.
• Strong understanding of modern cloud architectures (AWS/Azure) and hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect systems to support authorization under FedRAMP, DoD RMF, and CMMC.
• Translate requirements from NIST SP 800-53/171/172 into architecture patterns and implementation strategies.
• Define secure reference architectures across identity, network segmentation, platform security, data protection, logging, monitoring, and system boundary design.
• Collaborate with engineering and DevSecOps to embed security controls into CI/CD and operations.
• Lead or support GRC activities including control implementation planning, risk assessments, and authorization readiness.
• Prepare authorization artifacts like SSPs, control narratives, architecture documentation, and POA&Ms.

Skills

Security architecture

DevSecOps

GRC

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in a related field

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Job description

LMI Government Consulting in Tysons, VA seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to design and guide secure system architectures that achieve federal cybersecurity authorization. You will translate complex frameworks (FedRAMP, RMF, CMMC) into concrete patterns and work with engineering, DevSecOps, and governance teams to ensure compliant platforms and applications.

The role requires TS clearance, senior federal cybersecurity experience, and deep cloud/containers expertise; target salary can reach up to