Cybersecurity Architect - Secret Clearance Required

Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (interim OK)

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Travel Requirement: Up to 10%

Job Description:

Sherpa 6 is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Cybersecurity Architect to join our team. We build mission critical systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other commercial customers. You'll help ensure internal systems, developer workflows, and customer-facing platforms are secure, compliant, and resilient. We're seeking a technically deep, analytically sharp, and collaborative security specialist who can solve large-scale, complex challenges. If you're motivated to protect innovative technology and drive security practices across the organization, join us to shape how we design and operate secure systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead development and evolution of the enterprise security architecture, including network, cloud, identity, endpoint, application, and data security.
• Define security standards, reference architectures, patterns, and implementation guidance for new and existing systems.
• Architect and evaluate secure solutions for cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), hybrid infrastructure, and SaaS integrations.
• Perform threat modeling, architectural risk assessments, and code/design reviews; recommend mitigations and compensating controls.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps and engineering to embed security into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and application lifecycles.
• Create and maintain security architecture documentation, diagrams, and asset inventories.
• Support incident response and forensic investigations with architectural insights and remediation plans.
• Mentor engineers and security staff and provide best-practice guidance to cross-functional teams.
• Stay current with threat landscape, emerging technologies, and regulatory requirements; incorporate into architecture roadmaps.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent
• 7+ years in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years designing enterprise security architectures.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and corresponding security services.
• Deep knowledge of IAM, network security, encryption, PKI, endpoint protection, application security, and identity protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
• Demonstrated experience performing threat modeling, risk assessments, and control selection.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Must be a US citizen

Qualities of Exceptional Candidates:

• Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• CISSP, CISM, SABSA, CCSP, Security+ or similar architecture/security certifications.

About Sherpa 6 :

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way.

Background Screening/Check/Investigation :

Successful completion of a background screening/check/investigation will/may be required as a condition of hire.

ADA :

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.

EEO/AA :

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Benefits :

We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.

Salary Range

The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience, and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications.

Salary Description


$120,000-$155,000