FedRAMP Cloud Architect & Design Authority

Coalfire; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Parental leave

Flexible time off

Certification reimbursement

Mental health support

Comprehensive insurance

Job summary

Coalfire is seeking a senior cloud security engineering and architecture leader with FedRAMP expertise to own reference architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You’ll set standards, drive automation, and mentor engineers while engaging with delivery teams and customers on complex security implementations.

You’ll influence security outcomes across federal programs, keep architectures current with regulations, and collaborate with sales on strategic pursuits in a flexible work model.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud security engineering and architecture
• Hands-on FedRAMP authorization experience
• Deep expertise in infrastructure-as-code and compliance automation
• Fluency in NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP control framework

Responsibilities

• Own the technical integrity of FedRAMP reference architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Set engineering standards and automation frameworks for delivery teams
• Review and promote custom architecture decisions into reference architectures
• Serve as escalation point for architecture and security design questions
• Keep reference architectures current with evolving FedRAMP requirements and OSCAL/JSON packaging
• Mentor engagement architects and senior engineers; raise the technical bar
• Partner with sales on solution shape for strategic pursuits
• Represent Coalfire’s technical POV in FedRAMP community and forums

Skills

Cloud security engineering

Cloud architecture

FedRAMP authorization

Terraform

CI/CD

Policy as code

Compliance automation

AWS

Azure

GCP

NIST 800-53

Education

BS or above in IT/Information Technology

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Policy as code

Job description

Coalfire is seeking a senior cloud security engineering and architecture leader with FedRAMP expertise to own reference architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You’ll set standards, drive automation, and mentor engineers while engaging with delivery teams and customers on complex security implementations.

You’ll influence security outcomes across federal programs, keep architectures current with regulations, and collaborate with sales on strategic pursuits in a flexible work model.