Senior Cybersecurity Architect - AI-First, FedRAMP Hybrid

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the L-CAP platform. This senior role focuses on defining security architecture for a large-scale hybrid cloud environment aimed at national air traffic operations.

You will lead FedRAMP, RMF/NIST controls, and zero-trust design across cloud services, with emphasis on DevSecOps integration and real-time security for ATC systems. Hybrid work model offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or related field.
• 12+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Experience as cybersecurity architect for enterprise platforms.
• Knowledge of FedRAMP authorization processes.
• Experience leading ATO efforts for federal information systems.
• Understanding of NIST 800-53 controls and RMF.
• Cloud security expertise across AWS/Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the cybersecurity architecture for the L-CAP platform.
• Develop and execute the 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 protection 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 AI-first engineering practices to improve developer productivity and delivery.

Skills

FedRAMP

NIST 800-53

RMF

Zero trust

Cloud security

Public Trust

Threat modeling

ATO planning

Cybersecurity architecture

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

SBOM tooling

CI/CD

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the L-CAP platform. This senior role focuses on defining security architecture for a large-scale hybrid cloud environment aimed at national air traffic operations.

You will lead FedRAMP, RMF/NIST controls, and zero-trust design across cloud services, with emphasis on DevSecOps integration and real-time security for ATC systems. Hybrid work model offered.