Remote Security Architect – Cloud & Enterprise Risk

Peraton; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Security Architect to design, develop, and govern enterprise security architectures across information systems, applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments. The role emphasizes threat modeling, security standards, and alignment with federal requirements.

The position requires strong leadership in security governance, architecture reviews, and collaboration with security engineering, DevSecOps, and cloud teams. Remote work is supported with EST hours.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree and 12 years of experience, a Master's Degree and 10 years of experience, an Associate's Degree and 14 years, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 16 years of experience.
• One or more of the following relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, or CAP.
• Demonstrated experience designing and reviewing security architectures for complex enterprise, cloud, hybrid, or federal information systems.
• Strong understanding of security architecture principles, threat modeling, defense-in-depth, least privilege, identity security, encryption, and network security.
• Experience applying security frameworks and controls, including NIST SP 800-53 and other applicable federal or industry standards.
• Proven experience translating security requirements into technical architecture designs, implementation standards, and security control specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise security architecture principles, reference architectures, technical standards, and security design patterns.
• Translate business, mission, and regulatory requirements into secure architectural solutions across applications, infrastructure, networks, endpoints, and cloud environments.
• Conduct security architecture reviews and threat modeling to identify design weaknesses, architectural risks, and opportunities to strengthen security controls.
• Define security requirements for new systems, technology integrations, modernization initiatives, and enterprise platforms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide architecture recommendations that balance security, scalability, performance, cost, and operational requirements.
• Establish architecture governance processes and ensure security considerations are incorporated throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Provide technical architecture guidance to security engineering, DevSecOps, cloud platform, infrastructure, and application teams.
• Define security architecture requirements for secure software development, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated policy enforcement.
• Establish secure integration patterns for security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat detection capabilities.
• Review technical designs, solution proposals, and implementation plans to validate alignment with security architecture standards.
• Support the selection and integration of security technologies based on technical requirements, threat models, and organizational needs.

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Security Architect to design, develop, and govern enterprise security architectures across information systems, applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments. The role emphasizes threat modeling, security standards, and alignment with federal requirements.

The position requires strong leadership in security governance, architecture reviews, and collaboration with security engineering, DevSecOps, and cloud teams. Remote work is supported with EST hours.