Senior​/Principal - Cloud Solutions Architect, Cloud Security and Governance, Remote

Senior/Principal - Cloud Solutions Architect, Cloud Security and Governance, Remote

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas.

We offer challenging work with impact, extraordinary co-workers, advanced tools and facilities, career advancement opportunities, and flexible work arrangements where possible.

Sandia National Laboratories Enterprise Cloud Services Department (9789) is seeking a dynamic team member to join our Cloud Security and Governance team. If you are passionate about cutting-edge cloud-native solutions and thrive in an evolving, fast-paced cloud environment, this is the opportunity for you.

• Tackle real-world challenges in cloud security and governance
• Interface with cloud customers to provide security and governance insight to their solutions and resolve security policy issues
• Solve critical issues and help shape the future of cloud policy frameworks that protect our customers
• Enhance and manage our cloud governance and security tools to keep pace with the latest advancements
• Investigate and mitigate threats as you play a pivotal role in cybersecurity incident response
• Collaborate with cybersecurity team to safeguard our cloud environment against evolving threats
• Partner with Cyber Information Assurance team to conduct in-depth security assessments and ensure compliance
• The selected applicant can be a remote worker located in any U.S. State or District of Columbia. Regular or periodic travel to your assigned work location may be required.

$114,000 - $227,500

• Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent (Associate's degree + 4 years or no degree + 8 years)
• Experience in Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience with creating Azure security and governance policies (i.e., writing and creating definitions, creating assignments, fixing broken policies, etc.)
• Experience with Cybersecurity Incident Response processes (i.e., Cloud Security)
• Experience with Cloud or Network Based Forensics
• Experience with automating processes via scripting and Dev Ops pipelines
• Experience with SIEM and SOAR technologies (Splunk, Azure Sentinel, or Sumologic)

• Experience with Microsoft Technologies and M365 SaaS products
• Experience with Cloud Security concepts such as Zero Trust and Assume Breach
• Cloud Policy framework;
  Understanding of Policy as Code
• Understanding of Cloud monitoring and alerting capabilities
• Cloud Secure Scoring and implementation
• Experience with Kusto Query Language
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel

Enterprise Cloud Services (Department 9789) leads the R&D, implementation, operations and management of world-class Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Platforms and Services while providing IT Modernization leadership to Cloud-Native practices.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the posting date. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship, your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use,…