Cloud Security Architect - Mid

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 Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Designs secure architectures, leverages advanced threat detection, leads incident response, and implements security automation.
• Work & Complexity: Manages complex incidents, conducts threat analysis, leads audits, and implements process improvements.
• Quality & Independence: Delivers high-quality reports, aligns practices with industry standards, and operates with high autonomy.
• Teamwork & Communication: Leads team projects, collaborates cross-functionally, mentors juniors, and resolves conflicts.
• Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic consulting, leads improvement initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships.

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

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

Key Responsibilities

• Conducts risk assessment and provides recommendations for application design for cloud based solutions.
• Analyzes and defines security requirements within a cloud environment.
• Supports developing solutions that meet cloud network security requirements along with integration and implementation of the network security solution.
• Performs vulnerability/risk analyses of cloud infrastructure and tenant applications during all phases of the system
• development lifecycle.
• Acts as a technical point of escalation.

Required For This Opportunity

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of relevant experience supporting enterprise cloud and/or infrastructure environments.
• Certifications: IAT-2, 1 or more cloud certifications (can be obtained within 6 months of hire)
• Active Secret clearance
• Experience working in regulated environments and following secure engineering / documentation practices.
• Strong experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Strong experience with SailPoint
• Coding experience with C#
• Must have Angular experience
• Must have API experience

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 $101,000-$152,000 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.
Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.