FedRAMP Cloud Engagement Architect

Coalfire; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Flexible time off

Certification and training reimburse-

Digital mental health support

Comprehensive insurance options

Job summary

Coalfire is seeking an Engagement Architect to own technical client engagements from contract to transitioned operations. You will lead architecture build, security control implementation, and automated evidence pipelines, ensuring quality gates and a smooth handoff to managed operations.

You’ll drive reference architectures for certification levels, coordinate engineering teams, and balance security with client mission needs in a dynamic FedRAMP environment.

Qualifications

• BS or above in Information Technology or related field.
• 8+ years in cloud engineering or architecture, including 3+ years leading technical delivery for external clients.
• Experience leading FedRAMP builds or equivalent depth in another regulated cloud regime (DoD impact levels, StateRAMP, PCI, HIPAA).
• Hands-on skill across infrastructure-as-code, identity and access management, logging and monitoring, and cloud networking on at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong client-facing communication—able to explain an architecture decision to an engineer, a project sponsor, or an assessor.
• Sound judgment about scope, risk, and when to escalation.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Effective documentation skills, including technical diagrams and written descriptions.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with a professional attitude and demeanor.
• Critical thinking, and the ability to balance security requirements with mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Own client engagements end-to-end: from contract signature through environment build, control implementation, automated evidence pipelines, and handoff to managed operations
• Instantiate Coalfire’s reference architecture for the contracted certification level and cloud platform, adapting it to the client’s application and boundary
• Lead implementation of security controls and the automation that continuously validates them—the evidence a modern FedRAMP certification runs on
• Coordinate Coalfire’s engineering teams as they deploy their capabilities (identity, monitoring, change management, and more) into your engagement
• Drive the build through defined quality gates, with a clean, measurable transition to operations—every in-scope control implemented, validated, and stable
• Serve as the client’s primary technical counterpart: run technical working sessions, manage milestones and risks, and keep scope honest
• Document architecture decisions and feed lessons from each build back into Coalfire’s standards

Skills

Cloud architecture

FedRAMP experience

Client-facing communication

Infrastructure as code

Identity and access management

Education

BS in Information Technology or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Coalfire is seeking an Engagement Architect to own technical client engagements from contract to transitioned operations. You will lead architecture build, security control implementation, and automated evidence pipelines, ensuring quality gates and a smooth handoff to managed operations.

You’ll drive reference architectures for certification levels, coordinate engineering teams, and balance security with client mission needs in a dynamic FedRAMP environment.