Senior Cloud Security Architect

May 21, 2026
$100 - $105 / hour

Job Description

Company: CBTS

Location: Sterling, US

Role: Sr Cloud Security Architect

Location: Sterling, VA – Onsite, Hybrid

Must Have Skills / Requirements

1) Experience Designing and Implementing systems that support multiple users.

a. 5+ years of experience; Design, Implementation, and Maintenance of systems used by users.

2) The ability to evaluate technical documentation and diagrams for cloud environments and identify security issues in those designs.

a. 5+ years of experience; Security Architectural Reviews and ability to create design artifacts – including infrastructure diagrams.

3) Ability to review technical configuration and identify mitigating controls for security related misconfigurations

a. 5+ years; Experience Managing Exception Requests

Candidates must have GCP Security experience.

Nice to Have Skills / Preferred Requirements

1) AWS Certifications – AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty

2) GCP Certifications – Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Security Engineer

3) Security Engineer Certifications – CISSP, CompTIA Security+

4) Previous Experience with Wiz, Splunk, Brinqa, integrations with Slack and Jira

Soft Skills:

1) Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong attention to detail.

2) Remains productive while rapidly switching context.

3) Thirst for knowledge and constantly driven to stay current with evolving threat landscapes.

Source: LinkedIn