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# Enterprise Cloud Security Architect

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Norfolk, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $86,800.0 - $198,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Software Design Patterns, Open Source Technology, Google Cloud, HybridCloud, Cloudformation, Information Technology, Bicep, Terraform
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://justjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17656389?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17656389%2FEnterprise-Cloud-Security-Architect-Virginia-Norfolk

## About the Role

* 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
 * KnowledgeofInfrastructure codeconcepts such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep toprovidearchitectural guidance
 * Knowledgeof multicloudnetworking models, including segmentation, routing, andhybridconnectivity
 * Knowledgeof Cloud security controls, compliance frameworks, and security telemetry ecosystems
 * Knowledgeof modern cybersecurity frameworks, includingZero Trustprinciples andsecure by designmethodologies
 * 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

## Description

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 implementsecure by designcloud 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 amulticloudarchitecture SMEacross AWS, Azure, and GCP, providingdesign levelleadership 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 agnosticarchitectural 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-designdecision 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., * Experienceproducing enterprise architecture artifacts such as reference architectures, design patterns, standards, and decision records

 * Experiencewith cloud modernization andmulticloudstrategy drivers such as innovation, portability, governance consolidation, and vendorvariation
 * Knowledgeof multicloudgovernance and automationsuch as AWS Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones, or GCP OrgPolicies
 * Knowledgeofcloud nativesecurity, identity, and platform capabilities across all three major cloud providers
 * Ability toevaluate, guide, and improve architectural designs created by engineering and delivery teams and create and maintain realistic roadmaps of solution development and improvement activities
 * MulticloudCertifications, such as AWS, Azure, or GCPCertifications


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