Senior Security Architect: Federal Zero Trust & Cloud Security

Evolver Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolver Federal is seeking a Senior Security Architect to design, implement, and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architectures for federal systems. You will ensure alignment with mission objectives, regulatory requirements, and best practices while guiding security design and controls across complex environments.

Lead Zero Trust initiatives, perform threat modeling and risk assessments, and provide executive briefings on security strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 6 years of technical experience or 4 years at senior management.
• CISSP with ISSAP concentration is mandatory.
• PMI PMP highly recommended for project leadership.
• ITIL 4 Foundation knowledge is required.
• U.S. citizenship with ability to pass a government background check.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise security architecture aligned with federal standards.
• Design secure solutions for cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
• Lead Zero Trust architecture across the agency and ensure NIST 800-53 compliance.
• Provide leadership for security design reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments.
• Define and enforce security policies and reference architectures.
• Collaborate with SOC, engineering, and operations to integrate controls.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to strengthen cybersecurity posture.
• Support incident response and forensic investigations with architectural insights.
• Prepare executive briefings on security strategies and risk mitigation.
• Maintain security diagrams, risk registers, and compliance reports.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Risk assessments

Executive briefing

Cloud security strategy

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent

CISSP with ISSAP concentration

ITIL 4 Foundation

PMP (Highly Recommended)

Tools

Splunk

Cortex XSOAR

CrowdStrike

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

RMF

Job description

Evolver Federal is seeking a Senior Security Architect to design, implement, and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architectures for federal systems. You will ensure alignment with mission objectives, regulatory requirements, and best practices while guiding security design and controls across complex environments.

Lead Zero Trust initiatives, perform threat modeling and risk assessments, and provide executive briefings on security strategy.