A recognized services company is actively seeking an experienced and forward-thinking SOC Security Architect to lead the design, validation, and governance of enterprise security architecture supporting enterprise hybrid environments. This role is ideal for a senior cybersecurity professional who combines deep technical expertise with strategic design thinking and the ability to influence across engineering, security, and executive stakeholders.

About the Opportunity:
- Must be a U.S. citizen living and working in the US.
- Remote long term contract Opportunity
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance (6C Public Trust)
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain SOC security architecture for hybrid cloud, data center, identity, and endpoint ecosystems
- Translate federal and organizational security requirements (NIST, RMF, Zero Trust) into enforceable technical control patterns, standards, and baselines
- Conduct threat modeling and architecture risk assessments for new systems, major changes, and modernization initiatives
- Define and document security reference architectures, data flows, segmentation models, and defense-in-depth control layers
- Partner with Cloud, Network, IAM, DevSecOps, and SOC teams to ensure secure-by-design implementation throughout system lifecycles
- Provide architectural review and approval for new deployments, configuration changes, tool onboarding, and emerging initiatives
- Evaluate security technology capabilities and develop multi-year roadmap recommendations based on mission priorities and evolving threat landscape
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of hands-on Cybersecurity experience, including 4+ years in Security Architecture, Engineering, or Security Design roles.
- Demonstrated ability to architect SOC secure solutions across hybrid environments (cloud + on-prem), including identity, network, data, and workload security. With a strong emphasis on SIEM (Splunk)
- Strong command of:
- Enterprise security control design and defense-in-depth principles
- Zero Trust architectures and identity-centric access models
- Threat modeling and architecture risk assessment methodologies
- Security logging, telemetry, and monitoring architecture
- Federal cybersecurity standards (NIST 800-53, 800-171, NIST CSF, FedRAMP, RMF)
- Ability to translate risk, threats, and compliance requirements into technical design decisions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including security architecture documentation and executive briefing
