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Technical Lead with Security Clearance

ClearanceJobs
Fairfax, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/28/2026
Technical Lead Hybrid-within commutable to Northern VA/DCA

Secret clearance preferred Nationwide IT Services, NIS, is seeking a technical lead for a potential opportunity. In this position, you will assist in the Discovery Phase activities of gathering user requirements, business analysis, legacy system analysis, Epic/Story creation, external data integration planning, and product backlog management. * Define and maintain the enterprise solution architecture across cloud, application, data, and security domains. * Establish architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for AWS GovCloud, microservices, and DevSecOps. * Lead technical roadmaps supporting system modernization, cloud migration, and digital transformation initiatives. * Architect and govern secure, highly available, and resilient cloud solutions using AWS GovCloud (US). * Oversee designs utilizing services such as: VPC, Transit Gateway, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, Config, ECS/EKS, Fargate, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, EFS. * Define multi-account strategies, network segmentation, identity federation, and cross-domain architectures. * Ensure solutions align with the AWS "Well-Architected Framework" and federal security baselines. * Define and oversee DevSecOps pipelines, integrating security, testing, and compliance into CI/CD workflows. * Ensure CI/CD pipelines support: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), Automated testing and security scanning (SAST, DAST, IaC scanning), Artifact management and versioning. * Promote "shift-left" security and automation aligned with continuous ATO (cATO) objectives. * Ensure solutions meet: NIST RMF (800-37, 800-53 Rev 5), FedRAMP Moderate / High, FISMA, DoD Cloud Computing SRG * Create, Review, and Approve: Architecture design documents, System diagrams, Security artifacts, and technical implementation plans. Preferred Qualifications: * Active Secret Clearance Preferred * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems * 7 years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud solutions, or large-scale system design. * 5 years of hands-on AWS experience, including AWS GovCloud (US). About Nationwide IT Services NIS is an IT and Management consulting company that is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers, leveraging technology, people, and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with employer match, paid holidays, PTO (sick/vacation), commuter benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), and educational reimbursement, along with Pet Insurance. Nationwide IT Services, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, disability, or protected veteran status.

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