The Team
At Cav, our team is composed of high-performing professionals who love to win and are deeply committed to excellence. We work hard, pushing ourselves and everyone around us to do their best work. We seek life-long learners whose North star is honing their craft and who bet on themselves. We are constantly building momentum and embracing growth. We’re eager to learn and develop new skills, collaborate across departments, and bring innovative ideas to the table. We understand how to manage our responsibilities with empathy, seek to understand our customers’ and colleagues’ needs, build trusted relationships, and consistently deliver superior value. Cav team members partner closely across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and beyond to shape the future of our solutions and how we engage the market. It’s a winning culture—and we only want to work with those who strive to be the best.
The Role
Cav is seeking a highly motivated Federal Solution Architect to serve as a trusted technical advisor to federal customers throughout the pre-sales, implementation, and adoption lifecycle. This role bridges customer mission requirements with the capabilities of the Cav platform, ensuring successful deployments and long-term customer success.
The ideal candidate has experience supporting U.S. Federal agencies, understands cloud security and compliance frameworks, and can translate complex technical concepts into business value for both technical and executive stakeholders.
As a key member of the customer-facing team, you will work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and federal customers to design scalable solutions that accelerate compliance, strengthen security postures, and support mission objectives.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience as a Solution Architect, Solutions Engineer, Technical Consultant, or similar customer-facing technical role.
- Experience supporting U.S. Federal Government customers, contractors, or federal system integrators.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with cybersecurity, compliance, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), or cloud security solutions.
- Knowledge of federal compliance frameworks, including:
- NIST RMF
- NIST 800-53 (Rev 4, Rev 5)
- NIST CSF
- Experience designing and documenting technical architectures and system integrations.
- Strong presentation and communication skills with both technical and executive audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain or maintain a security clearance, if required.
Desired
- Experience working within federal civilian, defense, or intelligence community environments.
- Familiarity with cloud-native security, DevSecOps, Zero Trust, and continuous monitoring programs.
- Hands-on experience with compliance automation platforms, cybersecurity platforms, or GRC tools.
- AWS, Azure, CISSP, CCSP, Security+, or comparable certifications.
- Experience supporting SaaS platforms in a customer-facing role.
- Understanding of Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and compliance assessment workflows.
- Knowledge of NIST 800-82 compliance framework.
- Experience working with federal partners, system integrators, and channel organizations.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes and mission value.
At Cav, our team is composed of high-performing professionals who love to win and are deeply committed to excellence. We work hard, pushing ourselves and everyone around us to do their best work. We seek life-long learners whose North star is honing their craft and who bet on themselves. We are constantly building momentum and embracing growth. We’re eager to learn and develop new skills, collaborate across departments, and bring innovative ideas to the table. We understand how to manage our responsibilities with empathy, seek to understand our customers’ and colleagues’ needs, build trusted relationships, and consistently deliver superior value. Cav team members partner closely across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and beyond to shape the future of our solutions and how we engage the market. It’s a winning culture—and we only want to work with those who strive to be the best.
The Role
Cav is seeking a highly motivated Federal Solution Architect to serve as a trusted technical advisor to federal customers throughout the pre-sales, implementation, and adoption lifecycle. This role bridges customer mission requirements with the capabilities of the Cav platform, ensuring successful deployments and long-term customer success.
The ideal candidate has experience supporting U.S. Federal agencies, understands cloud security and compliance frameworks, and can translate complex technical concepts into business value for both technical and executive stakeholders.
As a key member of the customer-facing team, you will work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and federal customers to design scalable solutions that accelerate compliance, strengthen security postures, and support mission objectives.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience as a Solution Architect, Solutions Engineer, Technical Consultant, or similar customer-facing technical role.
- Experience supporting U.S. Federal Government customers, contractors, or federal system integrators.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with cybersecurity, compliance, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), or cloud security solutions.
- Knowledge of federal compliance frameworks, including:
- NIST RMF
- NIST 800-53 (Rev 4, Rev 5)
- NIST CSF
- Experience designing and documenting technical architectures and system integrations.
- Strong presentation and communication skills with both technical and executive audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain or maintain a security clearance, if required.
Desired
- Experience working within federal civilian, defense, or intelligence community environments.
- Familiarity with cloud-native security, DevSecOps, Zero Trust, and continuous monitoring programs.
- Hands-on experience with compliance automation platforms, cybersecurity platforms, or GRC tools.
- AWS, Azure, CISSP, CCSP, Security+, or comparable certifications.
- Experience supporting SaaS platforms in a customer-facing role.
- Understanding of Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and compliance assessment workflows.
- Knowledge of NIST 800-82 compliance framework.
- Experience working with federal partners, system integrators, and channel organizations.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes and mission value.