Gov Cloud Security Architect — Zero Trust & RMF Expert

9thwayinsignia; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

9th Way Insignia is seeking an Engineer, 3 to design and implement secure cloud architectures for federal VA programs in a demanding enterprise environment. The role focuses on applying Zero Trust, RMF compliance, and secure-by-design principles across cloud systems and modernization initiatives.

Ideal candidates will drive security architecture reviews, risk analyses, and threat modeling to ensure robust protection of government data and services.

Qualifications

• An Engineer, 3 typically plans and directs research or development work on complex projects.
• Oversees the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical products and systems.
• An Engineer, 3 has strong technical skills and background in engineering procedures.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, assess, and implement secure cloud architectures and engineering solutions supporting VA enterprise systems, applications, platforms, and modernization initiatives.
• Translate cybersecurity, business, technical, and regulatory requirements into practical cloud security architectures and controls.
• Integrate applicable FedRAMP and RMF requirements into cloud systems, applications, platforms, and technical solutions.
• Support Federal Assessment and Authorization (A&A) and Authority to Operate (ATO) activities for cloud-based systems and services.
• Develop cloud security solutions that align with VA policies, federal cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory requirements.
• Apply zero trust, defense-in-depth, least privilege, and secure-by-design principles to cloud architecture decisions.
• Conduct security architecture reviews of new, existing, and modernized cloud systems to address threats and security requirements.
• Perform cloud architecture risk and gap analyses to evaluate compliance with VA and federal policies and standards.
• Identify architectural weaknesses, security-control gaps, configuration risks, and compliance deficiencies within cloud environments and recommend mitigations.
• Conduct or support cloud threat modeling to identify attack vectors, threat actors, misuse cases, and mitigations.
• Review cloud solution design.

Job description

9th Way Insignia is seeking an Engineer, 3 to design and implement secure cloud architectures for federal VA programs in a demanding enterprise environment. The role focuses on applying Zero Trust, RMF compliance, and secure-by-design principles across cloud systems and modernization initiatives.

Ideal candidates will drive security architecture reviews, risk analyses, and threat modeling to ensure robust protection of government data and services.