Job Description

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.

• 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

• 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

Salary Range: $180,000-220,000

General Description of Benefits

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering or Computer Science, and/orequivalent experience

• One or morerelated certifications preferred

• 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