Senior Security Architect - Zero Trust & Cloud (Hybrid DC)

Agile Defense; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense in Washington, DC, is seeking a Senior Security Architect to design, implement, and oversee advanced security architectures protecting critical systems and data. You will collaborate with SOC analysts, incident responders, engineering teams, and leadership to ensure resiliency, scalability, and alignment with business and compliance requirements.

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree and 5-7 years of federal security architecture experience, with strong zero-trust and cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required and 5-7 years designing secure system and network architectures for federal agencies with Zero Trust and NIST 800-160.
• Experience with zero trust and cloud migration, and ability to design secure architectures adopted across multiple agencies.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and oversee advanced security architectures.
• Collaborate with SOC analysts, incident responders, and engineering teams to ensure security operations readiness.
• Ensure resiliency, scalability, and alignment with business and compliance requirements.
• Lead security design, integration of controls, and adherence to NIST/FISMA.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Zero Trust

Cloud migration

NIST/FISMA alignment

Security reference architectures

Education

Bachelor's Degree

5-7 years federal security architecture experience

Tools

Splunk/SIEM

AWS/Azure Security

Job description

Agile Defense in Washington, DC, is seeking a Senior Security Architect to design, implement, and oversee advanced security architectures protecting critical systems and data. You will collaborate with SOC analysts, incident responders, engineering teams, and leadership to ensure resiliency, scalability, and alignment with business and compliance requirements.

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree and 5-7 years of federal security architecture experience, with strong zero-trust and cloud