When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
What are we looking for?
At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.
What you will be doing?
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Security Architect.
Core Knowledge & Skills: Leads global security strategy, drives innovation, manages change, and is recognized as a thought leader in the industry.
Work & Complexity: Oversees global initiatives, coordinates across regions, leads advanced threat hunting, and builds strategic partnerships.
Quality & Independence: Achieves global excellence, implements visionary strategies, and ensures consistent practices across all regions.
Teamwork & Communication: Leads global teams, mentors future leaders, builds industry networks, and communicates vision and strategy.
Consulting & Engagement: Advises executives, provides thought leadership, develops global strategies, and manages strategic vendor alliances.
Seeking two highly autonomous Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) specializing in Department of War (DoW) and Army NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 security controls. The primary mission of this role is to architect, enforce, and sustain audit compliance for the Vantage system, specifically applying the Financial Management overlay. The successful candidates will operate independently to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable security operations, authoring the critical policy documents and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) required to ensure continuous compliance and audit readiness.
Key Responsibilities
Deep, practical experience selecting, implementing, and assessing NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 security and privacy controls specifically within DoW and Army operational environments.
Required For This Opportunity
Financial Management Overlay
Proven expertise in applying Financial Management overlays and understanding Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) mandates as they apply to enterprise software and data systems.Policy & TTP Authorship
Exceptional technical writing capabilities: ability to independently draft clear, authoritative, and actionable security policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and TTPs tailored to the Vantage system.Audit Readiness & Defense
Strong background in preparing artifacts, managing compliance artifacts, and defending system posture during formal security assessments and financial audits.Independent Execution
High degree of self-reliance; capable of identifying compliance gaps, designing solutions, and driving them to completion with minimal supervision while aligning with the broader mission.
Certification
Minimum: Security +
Clearance Required: Secret preferred TS
At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $159,000-$240,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
Skills Required
- Deep practical experience selecting, implementing, and assessing NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 security and privacy controls
- Experience applying NIST controls within Department of War and Army operational environments
- Expertise applying Financial Management overlays to enterprise software and data systems
- Understanding of Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) mandates
- Exceptional technical writing skills, including independently drafting security policies, SOPs, and TTPs
- Experience preparing and managing compliance artifacts for formal security assessments and financial audits
- Ability to defend system security posture during formal assessments and financial audits
- Ability to work independently, identify compliance gaps, design solutions, and drive completion with minimal supervision
- Security+ certification
- Secret security clearance
- Top Secret security clearance
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee ownership via an ESOP is emphasized and contributes meaningful long‑term value to total rewards. Equity participation is positioned as a core part of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is consistently described alongside the ESOP. Together these programs are framed as key pillars of financial benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan choices, plus dental and vision, are highlighted as part of a comprehensive offering. Health coverage is paired with PTO and paid holidays to round out the package.
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What We Do
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. We specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development, and IT services. Our areas of expertise include custom application development, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, User Experience (UX), business intelligence/advanced analytics and IoT, and Managed Services. Our customers include a broad range of organizations, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, and include state and local governments as well as defense and national security agencies. Our analysis-driven approach to solving business problems—combined with our commitment to deadlines and budgets—results in successful projects and long-term relationships with our clients. We're a top-tier cloud partner for Microsoft, Amazon and Equinix with proven capabilities and a track record of success. AIS is a Microsoft gold partner with six competencies and a Microsoft National Solution Provider (NSP). From over 750,000 Microsoft partners, there are less than 50 partners that have been selected for inclusion in the NSP organization. Microsoft chooses partners for this program that have proven capabilities to scale to the needs of large enterprises across the United States. Founded in 1982, AIS is a growing and privately held company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with offices in Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and India. Check out our opportunities at careers.ais.com.
