Senior Enterprise Architect
About The Position
Everforth ECS Federal is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support the design, governance, and modernization of cloud, cybersecurity, and observability platforms within a federal healthcare environment supporting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Senior Cybersecurity Architect serves as a strategic technical leader responsible for designing, evaluating, and guiding the implementation of enterprise-wide security architectures for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A core focus of this role is leading the VA's modernization efforts by architecting secure cloud environments (FedRAMP compliant) and driving the enterprise transition to a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) in accordance with federal mandates (e.g., Executive Order 14028, CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model). The architect will bridge the gap between high-level security policies and technical implementation, ensuring veteran data remains highly secure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Requirements
- Must be a US citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a Tier 5 (T5) background investigation (Public Trust Level 5)
- 10+ years of enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, cybersecurity architecture, or infrastructure modernization experience, supporting Federal Government or highly regulated enterprise environments
- 10+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering or Computer Science, and/or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner
- Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Observability Engineer
- AWS Certified Security or Microsoft Azure Security Engineer
- CISSP
- Equivalent cybersecurity or cloud certificates, such as CAP, CCSP, SABSA
Responsibilities
- Architect and drive the adoption of Zero Trust principles across the enterprise, focusing on the core pillars: Identity, Devices, Networks, Applications/Workloads, and Data
- Translate mission and operational requirements into technical architecture requirements and implementation strategies
- Design secure, resilient, and scalable architectures for VA workloads deployed in cloud environments (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) in alignment with FedRAMP and VA security standards
- Design robust IAM frameworks that enforce continuous authentication, least privilege access, and dynamic risk-based access controls required for ZTA
- Conduct comprehensive threat modeling and security architecture reviews for new and existing systems, identifying vulnerabilities and recommending mitigating controls
- Develop strategies for network and workload micro-segmentation to limit lateral movement within VA data centers and cloud boundaries.
- Evaluate operational and cybersecurity impacts associated with new technologies and architecture changes
- Author technical security standards, reference architectures, and deployment blueprints to guide engineering teams in securely configuring enterprise solutions, ensuring architecture alignment with FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53 Rev. 5, RMF
- Lead Architecture Review Board (ARB) coordination, governance reviews, and technical alignment activities, as needed
- Support ATO documentation, SSP contributions, and continuous monitoring initiatives
Benefits
- General Description of Benefits [https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits]
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
