Architect, Senior or Advanced

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic team for our future.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a work environment where you can truly find balance.

About the Opportunity 

Our National IT Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (OCISO) team has an immediate opening for a Senior or Advanced Architect to join their Enterprise Security Architecture & Engineering team. This is an individual contributor role that will report to the Senior ESA Manager. 

What You Will Do: 

• Participate in architectural discussions with technical and management audiences while partnering with clients and other resources to detect important architectural gaps in the systems infrastructure. 

• Develop implementable solutions to close architectural gaps, based on architectural principals and best practices. 

• Design information security architecture standards with accompanying documentation, including checklists and quick guides that are consumable and usable System-wide. 

• Research and identify information security best practice methods and the latest technologies, assessing potential value to our organization. 

• Communicate complex security architectural concepts and principals to all audiences. 

• Build bi-directional partnerships with customers and FRS IT, application development, and architect communities across the System and provide specialized expertise on complex security technology matters. 

• Educate senior management on security architecture direction, strategies, and practical application. 

• Initiate and guide projects with diverse groups of partners to improve our information security landscape. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. 

• You will have 6 to 9+ years (Senior level) or 10+ years (Advanced level) of relevant experience including hands on experience with public, private and hybrid cloud service (Microsoft Azure, AWS, etc.).

• Certifications such as AWS Solution Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Solutions Architect, GIAC GCSA, CCSK, CISSP, or CSSLP. 

• Expertise in architecture and design of solutions using cloud-based technologies. 

• Expertise with deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM, and Cloud Formation. Familiarity with the AWS and Azure suite of security services. (e.g. AWS Config, Amazon Guard Duty, Microsoft Sentinel) 

• Proficient with a variety of software development languages, tools and techniques including Python, JSON, YAML, Terraform, and Java. 

• Proficient at integration of multiple tools into DevOps pipeline such as Git. 

• Proficient at supporting and resolving security vulnerabilities. 

• Working knowledge of Agile and the software development lifecycle (SDLC).<