Federal Compliance & Security Architect
Core
Principal Federal Compliance & Security Architect defining technical vision and bridging compliance directives with cloud engineering to achieve FedRAMP and DoD authorizations.
Role type
Principal Federal Compliance & Security Architect
Builds
Highly available, resilient federal platforms achieving FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 authorizations
Domain
Federal government security, compliance, and cloud engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Federal security architecture, cloud engineering, NIST SP 800-53, DoD Cloud SRG, FIPS standards, risk identification and mitigation, architectural governance, System Security Plans (SSP) authorisation, Third-Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) management, continuous monitoring (ConMon), root-cause analysis, long-range planning, technical debt remediation, executive communication, cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
Active or eligible US federal security clearance (Secret/Top Secret), CISSP, CCSP, CISM certifications
Technologies
AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, dedicated enclaves
Responsibilities
Establish architectural standards for federal platforms, translate NIST/DoD/FIPS requirements into scalable cloud architectures, drive end-to-end accountability for compliance and security, conduct architecture/code reviews and root-cause analyses, partner with Product Management on long-range planning, engage with executive leadership and federal authorizing bodies, coach and mentor engineering leaders
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
