USPS Cyber Security Architect/Engineer III

Job#: 3034013

Job Description:
IT - Cyber Security Architect/Engineer III

Location: Falls Church, Virginia (Work will be remote with candidates located in Morrisville, NC; Falls Church, VA; or Eagan, MN given preference. Non-local support will be considered for highly qualified candidates.)

Employment Type: 6 month contract to hire

Role Overview

As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you will implement the technical strategy for securing a large hybrid ecosystem with numerous physical sites and diverse multi-cloud tenants. You will be responsible for building automated guardrails to protect assets, data, and identity across private data centers and public cloud environments. The mission is to ensure a quality security posture through continuous assessments, fraud mitigation, and proactive threat detection.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated compliance assessments to enforce hardening standards (CIS, NIST) across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Architect and maintain the security of the asset inventory, implementing data-at-rest and data-in-transit encryption strategies.
• Develop and secure the identity fabric for employees and customers, collaborating with fraud teams to detect and block malicious activity.
• Build and manage secure connectivity between on-premises and multi-cloud environments, ensuring consistent policy enforcement.
• Partner with the SOC to develop detection logic and build SOAR playbooks for automated response.
• Support control testing to validate that security tools are performing as intended.
• Establish security guardrails for internal and customer-facing AI models, including protecting training pipelines.
• Drive the transition to Autonomous Security Operations by building advanced SOAR playbooks for auto-remediation.
• Partner with business units to integrate security into their workflows and automate compliance checks.
• Discover and catalog all third-party AI tools to ensure they meet privacy and security standards.

Required Qualifications

Education: A B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field is required.

Experience: 8+ years in a technical Cybersecurity Engineering role, with at least 4 years focused on large-scale cloud or hybrid environments. A portfolio of projects where AI or Machine Learning was applied to solve security or operational scaling problems is required. Must have demonstrated experience managing environments with 10,000+ workloads and high-availability requirements.

Technical Skills: Expertise in security architectures for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Mastery of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation). Ability to use Databricks for security analysis and threat hunting. Experience securing Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) and Docker. Proficiency with OAuth 2.0, SAML, and CIAM solutions. Proficiency in using Python (PySpark/Pandas) within Databricks. Knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs. Expertise in building automated APIs. Experience with CI/CD and GitOps workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
• CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional)
• Cloud-specific Professional Security Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Security - Specialty or Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer).

Compensation

The pay rate for this position is between $60.00 and $75.00 per hour.

This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.