Security Solutions Architect - Remote

Maximus; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 141,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is actively seeking a Security Solutions Architect to serve as a technical security partner across AI, Enterprise Architecture, and Business Development teams. This remote role supports high-visibility initiatives while guiding secure design decisions and ensuring alignment with security standards.

You will engage early, influence architecture decisions, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to protect information assets and regulatory compliance across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems.
• 7+ years of experience in information technology.
• 5+ years in Security Architecture and/or Security Engineering.
• Experience with US Federal government security architecture.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure Cloud security.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide security architecture guidance to solution owners across OCTO and Business Development teams.
• Act as a technical ISO stakeholder in Enterprise Risk and Assurance activities.
• Translate security requirements, standards, and controls into actionable guidance for stakeholders.
• Identify architectural and solution-level security risks and define mitigating controls.
• Communicate upcoming initiatives, solution designs, and security/compliance considerations to ISO leadership.
• Ensure designs align with enterprise security standards, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Document security architecture decisions, risks, and exceptions to support audits.
• Identify recurring architectural risk patterns and escalate to ISO leadership for remediation.

Skills

Security architecture

Risk assessment

Cloud security (AWS/Azure)

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Enterprise risk management

CI/CD security

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Job description

Maximus is hiring a Security Solutions Architect to serve as a key technical security partner across AI, Enterprise Architecture, and Business Development teams. You will help shape secure, compliant solutions by engaging early, guiding design decisions, and keeping teams aligned as priorities move quickly. This is a remote position supporting critical, high‑visibility work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Determines security requirements by assessing business strategies and requirements, researching information security standards, conducting system security and vulnerability analyses and risk assessments, studying architecture/platform, and identifying integration points and issues

• Develops requirements and strategies to address information security needs and oversees projects through the implementation phase

• Works with the various information security team members and information technology teams to ensure changes to new or existing technologies are assimilated and functioning correctly

• Defines security requirements for information technologies and solutions

• Partners with other technical architects within the company to ensure consistency with enterprise architecture processes and practices

• Ensures that information security controls are designed and implemented to meet all regulatory and/or contractual requirements

• Research new and emerging technologies to evaluate technical trends and requirements

• Provides subject matter expertise and assists with collection of artifacts in support of internal and/or external compliance activities

• Develops and fosters strategic relationships and establishes key organizational partnerships

• Establishes collaborative working relationships with internal and external business partners and clients to ensure that technology solutions align with security architecture and business strategy

• Performs other related duties as assigned

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES

• Provide security architecture and technical security guidance to solution owners, with primary engagement across OCTO (AI / Solution Architecture Teams) and Business Development teams

• Act as a technical ISO stakeholder in Enterprise Risk and Assurance activities

• Translate security requirements, standards, and controls into clear, actionable guidance for technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• Identify architectural and solution‑level security risks and collaborate with stakeholders to define appropriate mitigating controls

• Communicate upcoming initiatives, solution designs, and security or compliance considerations to ISO leadership

• Ensure proposed designs align with enterprise security standards, internal controls, and applicable regulatory requirements

• Document security architecture decisions, identified risks, and accepted exceptions to support audit and assurance activities

• Identify recurring architectural risk patterns and elevate systemic issues to ISO leadership for remediation planning

Minimum Requirements

'- Please refer to the additional information section of the job requisition for this opening to determine clearance eligibility required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience

• Professional security certification such as CISSP or CCSP is desired

• Seven (7) or more years of experience in information technology

'- 5+ years of experience in Security Architecture and/or Security Engineering.

• Experience working with the US Federal government (current/previous federal employee or federal contractor) in a security architecture or security engineering capacity.

• Strong experience with security architecture principles, patterns, and risk-based design approaches.

• Experience creating and reading reference architectures.

• Understanding of how business objectives, contracts, and regulatory obligations influence security architecture decisions.

• NIST 800-53 Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations.

• NIST 800-171 Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations.

• Federal compliance frameworks and regulatory requirements

• Understanding of CI/CD Pipelines.

• Enterprise level internal controls and security standards

• Compliance and assurance requirements across regulated environments

• Experience with Cloud security in AWS and/or Azure environments.

• Ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to diverse audiences

• Candidate will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility and suitability requirements for a Public Trust Clearance.

• U.S. Citizenship is required, per contractual requirements.

• Ability to travel up to 10%, based on the business need.

Preferred experience:

• Experience writing contract language for government proposals.

• Defense Information System Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)

• Other NIST secure system standards.

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Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Minimum Salary

$141,270

Maximum Salary

$180,000