About the job
Your Impact at Lila
Join us as a Principal Security Architect, where you'll spearhead the security architecture for our cloud applications operating at FedRAMP IL5 and IL6 standards. This pivotal role will also involve shaping enterprise-wide security architecture and engineering strategies.
In this hands-on leadership position, your efforts will ensure the rapid and secure delivery of our products. You'll be responsible for the design, implementation, and authorization of FedRAMP IL5/IL6 systems, and you will scale our success by creating reusable security platforms, patterns, and practices throughout the organization.
What You’ll Be Building
You will define and implement secure cloud architectures that fulfill the highest federal standards while remaining practical and engineer-friendly. Your designs will serve as the backbone for numerous systems and will be scalable across various teams and environments.
- Co-own FedRAMP IL5/IL6 security architectures with Application Architects, applied across multiple systems.
- Ground deployable security designs in compliance with NIST 800-53 Rev. 5, DoD Cloud SRG (IL5/IL6), and FedRAMP.
- Develop core security building blocks, including:
- Identity, credential, and access management (ICAM).
- Network segmentation, trust boundaries, and secure data flows.
- Encryption, key management, and secrets handling.
- Implement Zero Trust architecture (NIST 800-207) in production, ensuring it is not just documented but actively utilized.
- Establish reusable security platforms and patterns.

