Certified Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect

Duration: 12+ months

Location:

Remote—Must be current Wisconsin state resident. Potential onsite visits, 1-2 times for the duration of the contract

In this role, you will act as a trusted technical advisor to senior leaders while providing hands‑on technical leadership across cloud architecture, Dev Sec Ops  engineering, and enterprise security operations. You will help operationalize security controls, guide risk governance decisions, and support statewide cybersecurity initiatives in a highly visible environment. You will also play a key role in mentoring and upskilling infrastructure and security operations staff through pair engineering, technical coaching, and engineering leadership.

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the CISO, CIO, and other senior executive stakeholders
• Support the implementation of the Accelerated Exposure Reduction Plan across a large, complex enterprise environment
• Provide senior-level technical leadership in cloud architecture and Dev Sec Ops  engineering
• Operationalize security controls, including tiering models, compensating control validation, and time-bound risk governance structures
• Mentor, train, and upskill infrastructure and security operations staff through pair engineering and technical coaching
• Partner with cross-functional teams to strengthen enterprise security posture and exposure reduction effort
• Guide best practices across security engineering, infrastructure, and cloud operations

Candidates must be able to demonstrate prior experience in large and complex environments with the following:

• Serving as a trusted technical advisor to CISOs, CIOs, or senior executive leaders within public sector or heavily federated enterprise environments
• Acting as a technical mentor, trainer, or engineering lead focused on pair engineering and technical upskilling
• Operationalizing security controls, including tiering models, compensating control validation, and time-bound risk governance structures
• Delivering cloud architecture and Dev Sec Ops  engineering solutions

Strong experience with the following enterprise cybersecurity and engineering technologies is required:

• Google Threat Intelligence / Virus Total
• Google Sec Ops
• Mandiant ASM
• Tenable.io
• Microsoft Azure Arc
• Git Hub
• Git Hub Advanced Security
• Ansible Tower
• Gemini and Anthropic AI security frameworks

• Experience working in federated or government environments
• Broader exposure to Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Splunk environments

The ideal candidate is a senior cybersecurity leader who can move seamlessly between executive advisory work and hands‑on technical engineering. They bring strong communication skills, leadership presence, and the ability to influence strategy while helping teams build practical security capability in a large‑scale enterprise environment.