Enterprise Cloud Security Architect

The Opportunity

The Enterprise Cloud Security Architect provides architecture leadership across Booz Allen'sEnterprise.

This role requires deep technicalexpertiseacross AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud platforms, shaping how engineering teams design and implement secure by design cloud andhybridsolutions. The architect develops andmaintainsenterprise security standards, cloud governance models, andmulticloudreference architectures, ensuring alignment with Booz Allen's global security strategy andmulticloudvision. The position plays a critical role in advancing scalable, secure, and compliant cloud environments that support enterprise businessobjectives. We need you to help us develop cloud-based security architectures for some of the Intelligence Community(IC)'s most critical systems.

The Enterprise Cloud Security Architect will serve as a multicloud architecture SMEacross AWS, Azure, and GCP, providing design level leadership and guidance to engineering teams. Lead the interpretation and adoption ofmulticloudgovernance models, including AWS Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones, and GCP Organization Structures, to support secure and automated enterprise environments. Translate security strategies intocloud agnostic architectural patterns, standards, and reference architectures implemented across engineering teams.

Contribute to shaping Booz Allen's enterprise cloud and cybersecurity capabilities by developing convergedmulticloudarchitectural approaches aligned with innovation, governance, risk management, and modernization goals.

Lead architectural and design reviews to ensure alignment with reference architectures, enterprise security controls, and compliance frameworks. Communicate architectural direction across teams and stakeholders to support consistency, clarity, andsecure-by-design decision making. Maintain deep understanding of cloud security, automation, networking, and identity to effectively evaluate and influence engineering solutions and technical implementations. This position is located in Reston, Virginia.

• 5+ years ofexperiencein enterprise security architecture, cloud architecture, or cybersecurity engineering roles, utilizing cloud-native functionality as well as COTs, GOTS, and open-source tools to meet your objectives.
• Experience integrating cybersecurity tools and capabilities in an enterprise environment, modernizing cybersecurity capabilities by pushing functionality closer to the edge, closer to the workload, and operating in a distributed manner
• Knowledge of Infrastructure code concepts such as Terraform, Cloud Formation, or Bicep toprovidearchitectural guidance
• Knowledge of multicloudnetworking models, including segmentation, routing, andhybridconnectivity
• Knowledge of Cloud security controls, compliance frameworks, and security telemetry ecosystems
• Knowledge of modern cybersecurity frameworks, including
  
  Zero Trust principles andsecure by design methodologies
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Associate's degree and 10+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 6+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
• A DoD 8570 IAT Level III certification, such as SecurityX or CISSP fulfills both within 30 days of start date
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS), including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date

• Experience producing enterprise architecture artifacts such as reference architectures, design patterns, standards, and decision records
• Experience with cloud modernization andmulticloudstrategy drivers such as innovation, portability, governance consolidation, and vendor variation
• Knowledge of multicloudgovernance and automation such as AWS Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones, or GCP Org Policies
• Knowledgeofcloud native security, identity, and platform capabilities across all three major cloud providers
• Ability to evaluate, guide, and improve architectural designs created by engineering and delivery teams and create and maintain realistic roadmaps of solution development and improvement activities
• Multicloud Certifications, such as AWS, Azure, or GCPCertifications

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $ (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz…