Senior Cyber Architect

StratasCorp; Chesapeake (VA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

FSA/HSA

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

StratasCorp is seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Architect to design and deliver enterprise cloud architectures across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, partnering with stakeholders, analysts, engineers, and security teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (CS, IS, IT, Comp Eng, Systems Eng) or related field.
• Equivalent additional work experience may be considered in lieu of degree (+4 years).
• DoD 8140 System Administrator role certification or equivalent is expected within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategies into solution architectures and roadmaps.
• Define target architectures and patterns for enterprise applications.
• Oversee end-to-end solution design for major initiatives ensuring alignment with security and infrastructure standards.
• Design resilient, observable cloud hosting, networking, and integration models.
• Develop cloud adoption roadmaps and migration strategies for key capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture best practices, automation, CI/CD, and IaC.

Skills

IT leadership

Cyber security ops

AI/ML in cybersecurity

DoD cloud security

Cloud architecture

APIs and microservices

DevSecOps

ITIL familiarity

Stakeholder communication

Workshop facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

4+ years equivalent experience

Job description

At StratasCorp, our mission strives to put employees first while still being recognized as a leader in the Department of Defense Information Technology sector. We believe in a continuing pursuit of customer satisfaction and operational excellence while exceling in service innovation. We are looking for employees who value corporate culture, leadership, diversity, and commitment to quality, because we are #TeamStratas.

Location

Chesapeake, VA - Chesapeake, VA 23320 US (Primary)

Category

Information Technology

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Architect to partner with business stakeholders, business analysts, system engineers, and infrastructure teams to design and deliver enterprise cloud application architectures, strategies, and roadmaps. This role will ensure our customer's application portfolio is scalable, secure, cost effective, and aligned with their business goals across their hybrid and multi cloud environments.

Work will be performed remote from employee home, at corporate offices in Chesapeake, VA and customer site in Suffolk, VA.

Some travel may be required.

Active Secret clearance required.

Primary responsibilities

• Collaborate with product/solution owners, business teams, and analysts to help translate business strategies and requirements into solution architectures and application roadmaps.
• Define and document target architectures and patterns for enterprise applications.
• Support end to end solution design for major initiatives, ensuring consistency with enterprise architecture principles, security policies, and infrastructure standards.
• Work closely with system engineers and infrastructure/support teams to design resilient, observable, and performant cloud hosting, networking, and integration models.
• Support the development and maintenance of cloud adoption roadmaps, migration strategies, and reference architectures for key business capabilities and platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and DevOps teams on architecture best practices, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory, data protection, and identity/access management requirements.
• Review solution designs, integration approaches, and implementation plans produced by delivery teams, providing feedback and approvals.
• Support the creation and maintenance of clear architecture artifacts, including diagrams, standards, and decision records for cross team consumption.
• Lead the implementation of approved solution designs.
• Work with technical staff to help document the "as-is" environment

Experience/Skills

• 15+ years overall IT experience.
• 5+ years in cyber security operations role, experience with Navy highly desired.
• 3+ years' experience leveraging AI/ML technologies in support of cyber security role.
• Proven experience designing and implementing cyber security solutions in DoW cloud environment; multi cloud experience desired.
• Hands on knowledge of modern application architectures (APIs, microservices, containers, serverless, event driven patterns) and integration approaches.
• Experience working with or within large DoW enterprise environment, collaborating with multiple domains (applications, data, infrastructure, security).
• Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, or ITIL environments.
• Experience running workshops or interviews with technical staff to gather content.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments, perform discovery, and propose a structured plan to get from "unknown current state" to a well-documented capability.
• Strong communication skills capable of communicating technical concepts to senior leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross functional teams.

Education Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
• Equivalent additional work experience may be considered in lieu of degree (+4 years)

Certification Requirements

• DoD 8140 System Administrator role certification (candidate must have, or obtain, at least one of the following within 90 days of starting position)
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)+ CE, (or updated CompTIA SecurityX),
• Cloud +,
• GIAC Defensible Security Architecture (GDSA),
• GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP),
• GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC),
• GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA),
• GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD),
• GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA),
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
• Federal IT Security Professional-Designer (FITSP-D)
• Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)
• Certified Information Systems Security Officer (CISSO)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional - Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (CISSP-ISSAP),
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional - Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (CISSP-ISSEP)

We use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.

The anticipated salary range for this role is $170,000 to $200,000 annually. The anticipated salary range for this position is provided in accordance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final starting salary will be determined based on a variety of job-related factors, including the selected candidate's qualifications, skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and work location (where applicable), as well as internal equity and market considerations

Security Clearance

Secret

Job Type

Full-time

StratasCorp provides a complete compensation package with competitive wages and benefits that include medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA & HSA accounts, disability and other income protection benefits, life insurance, paid personal time-off benefits, paid holidays, and a 401K Saving Plan with a company matching contribution.

StratasCorp is committed to equal opportunity in employment, actively seeking to build a diverse and talented workforce, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.