Senior Cloud & Security Architect (Zero Trust, NCR)

ECS; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS seeks a Senior Systems Architect to join a premier national cybersecurity program near the National Capital Region. You will drive enterprise IT architecture across cloud, security, and data domains, delivering scalable, secure solutions and governance for a high‑impact federal mission.

Responsibilities include defining architectural standards, leading architecture reviews, coordinating with stakeholders, and aligning designs with Zero Trust and NIST SP 800-207.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required; active Public Trust 6c or ability to obtain.
• 12+ years of cybersecurity IT experience.
• Remote but near NCR.
• AWS Solutions Architect certification mandatory; additional AWS certs a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture designs aligned with mission requirements.
• Lead architecture governance and communicate with stakeholders.
• Design scalable cloud-based IT solutions and security controls.
• Support CI/CD DevOps and security integration.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement standards.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Zero Trust

Public Trust 6c

Federal IT

DevOps CI/CD

EKS/ECS

Security Architecture

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Splunk

XSOAR

Kubernetes

Job description

Everforth ECS seeks a Senior Systems Architect to join a premier national cybersecurity program near the National Capital Region. You will drive enterprise IT architecture across cloud, security, and data domains, delivering scalable, secure solutions and governance for a high‑impact federal mission.

Responsibilities include defining architectural standards, leading architecture reviews, coordinating with stakeholders, and aligning designs with Zero Trust and NIST SP 800-207.