Senior Cyber Security Architect – Hybrid Cloud & Zero Trust

Leidos; Egg Harbor Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the L-CAP platform. The role demands defining security across a large-scale hybrid cloud environment and driving FedRAMP and RMF compliance, while integrating secure DevSecOps practices.

You will lead security architecture across multiple Agile teams, perform risk assessments, and apply zero-trust patterns to real-time ATC services. U.S. citizenship and eligibility for public trust are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise security architectures.
• Deep knowledge of FedRAMP authorization processes.
• Expertise in NIST 800-53 and RMF.
• Experience leading ATO efforts for federal information systems.
• Knowledge of zero trust architecture principles.
• Cloud security experience across AWS and/or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the cybersecurity architecture for the L-CAP platform.
• Lead FedRAMP compliance strategy across cloud environments.
• Lead Authority to Operate (ATO) planning and execution activities.
• Conduct threat modeling and vulnerability assessments across platform components.
• Design and implement zero trust architecture principles across the enterprise.
• Establish and govern the security controls framework aligned to NIST 800-53.
• Integrate security practices into DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD workflows.
• Provide cybersecurity governance across four Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
• Define security requirements for platform services and application teams.
• Perform risk assessments and recommend mitigations for emerging threats.
• Define security architecture for distributed real-time ATC services including inter-service communication and API gateway security.
• Establish software supply chain integrity controls including SBOM generation, artifact signing, and dependency vulnerability management.
• Design security patterns for cloud-native service communications protecting mission-critical ATC data flows.
• Champion an AI-first engineering culture by identifying and applying AI-assisted development capabilities.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

FedRAMP knowledge

NIST 800-53 & RMF

ATO leadership

Zero trust

Cloud security

Threat modeling & risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity/related field

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the L-CAP platform. The role demands defining security across a large-scale hybrid cloud environment and driving FedRAMP and RMF compliance, while integrating secure DevSecOps practices.

You will lead security architecture across multiple Agile teams, perform risk assessments, and apply zero-trust patterns to real-time ATC services. U.S. citizenship and eligibility for public trust are required.