SeniorInformationSecurityArchitect

**_Job Family_ :** IT Cyber Security (Digital) **_Travel Required_ :** Up to 10% **_Clearance Required_ :** Ability to Obtain Public Trust ** _What You Will Do_ :** The Senior Security Architect will play a critical role supporting U.S. civilian agencies by designing, implementing, and governing secure enterprise and system architectures across mission, business, and shared services environments. This role focuses on enabling agency missions through secure digital modernization, cloud adoption, and risk‑based cybersecurity practices aligned with federal mandates. The Senior Security Architect partners closely with agency CIO, CISO, and system owners to translate policy, regulatory, and mission requirements into practical, compliant, and scalable security architectures. The Senior Security Architect designs and maintains enterprise and system‑level cybersecurity architectures aligned to federal standards and civilian agency guidance, including NIST, OMB, CISA, and Zero Trust directives. The role develops security architecture artifacts such as reference architectures, system security designs, control implementation guidance, and technical standards that support agency modernization initiatives. The Senior Security Architect supports cloud and hybrid environments, advising on secure architectures for identity and access management, data protection, network segmentation, logging, and endpoint security. The role leads and supports security engineering activities across the system development lifecycle, including requirements definition, architecture reviews, and integration of security controls into mission and business systems. The Senior Security Architect provides technical leadership for risk assessments, Security Assessments and Authorizations (ATO), continuous monitoring, and POA&M management efforts. The role collaborates with program managers, system owners, and compliance teams to align cybersecurity activities with program delivery, governance, and reporting r