Security Architect
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- US
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Security
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance
- Bachelors Degree and 12 years of experience, a Masters Degree and 10 years of experience, an Associates Degree and 14 years, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 16 years of experience
- One or more of the following relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, or CAP
- Demonstrated experience designing and reviewing security architectures for complex enterprise, cloud, hybrid, or federal information systems.
- Strong understanding of security architecture principles, threat modeling, defense-in-depth, least privilege, identity security, encryption, and network security.
- Experience applying security frameworks and controls, including NIST SP 800-53 and other applicable federal or industry standards.
- Proven experience translating security requirements into technical architecture designs, implementation standards, and security control specifications.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
Full description
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a Security Architect responsible for designing, developing, and governing enterprise security architectures that protect information systems, applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and sensitive data. This role establishes security architecture principles, reference designs, technical standards, and implementation patterns aligned with organizational risk tolerance, mission objectives, and applicable federal security requirements.
Work Location: This is a remote position, but candidate must be willing to work during the hours of 8am - 5pm EST
What You Will Do:
- Develop and maintain enterprise security architecture principles, reference architectures, technical standards, and security design patterns.
- Translate business, mission, and regulatory requirements into secure architectural solutions across applications, infrastructure, networks, endpoints, and cloud environments.
- Conduct security architecture reviews and threat modeling to identify design weaknesses, architectural risks, and opportunities to strengthen security controls.
- Define security requirements for new systems, technology integrations, modernization initiatives, and enterprise platforms.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide architecture recommendations that balance security, scalability, performance, cost, and operational requirements.
- Establish architecture governance processes and ensure security considerations are incorporated throughout the system development lifecycle.
- Provide technical architecture guidance to security engineering, DevSecOps, cloud platform, infrastructure, and application teams.
- Define security architecture requirements for secure software development, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated policy enforcement.