Cloud Security Architect - Senior

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you're joining a mission-driven team that's passionate about making a difference. You'll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company's success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone's voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Security Architect.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Leads global security strategy, drives innovation, manages change, and is recognized as a thought leader in the industry.
• Work & Complexity: Oversees global initiatives, coordinates across regions, leads advanced threat hunting, and builds strategic partnerships.
• Quality & Independence: Achieves global excellence, implements visionary strategies, and ensures consistent practices across all regions.
• Teamwork & Communication: Leads global teams, mentors future leaders, builds industry networks, and communicates vision and strategy.
• Consulting & Engagement: Advises executives, provides thought leadership, develops global strategies, and manages strategic vendor alliances.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Cloud Security Architect - Senior.
Project Summary

AIS is supporting federal customer with a program focused on architecture and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for new cloud architecture design, development and integration of new architectural features into existing cloud infrastructures while maintaining the integrity and security of enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.
• Lead multi-disciplined teams in the design and implementation of the cybersecurity system architecture.
• Able to apply cyber security standards, directives, guidance and policies to a cloud architectural framework.
• Compile industry best practices and lessons learned into future iterations and new designs for the cloud hosting environment.
• Provide broad based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and specific cyber security initiatives relating to cloud architectural design and development.
• Resolve cloud architecture implementation issues during
  integration and test.
• Interface with internal and external entities for various solution related activities.
• Ability to develop and deliver end--to-end ,complex, enterprise level solutions that meet current and future capability requirements.

Required For This Opportunity

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience designing, securing, and leading cloud security architectures in complex, regulated environments.
• Deep expertise architecting secure AWS-centric (and/or multi-cloud) solutions, including IAM, network security, data protection, logging, monitoring, and incident response.
• Advanced knowledge of federal and DoD security frameworks and compliance requirements (e.g., NIST, RMF, FedRAMP), with experience leading ATO efforts and risk decisions.
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership, define security standards, and guide engineering teams on secure cloud design and implementation.
• Active Secret clearance or higher, with ability to support federal and mission-critical customers.
• IAT Level III certification (DoD 8570/8140 compliant) and one or more cloud certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP security-focused credentials).

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $159,000-$240,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.
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