Senior Security Engineer, Federal

About the Company

Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale and sovereignty. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and to the CNBC Disruptor 50, Armada’s solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense. 

With nearly $500 million in funding to date, Armada is backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Lux, BlackRock and Microsoft (M12), alongside strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Dell, Palantir, NVIDIA, SpaceX, and Skydio. We are building the infrastructure layer for sovereign and edge AI - rugged, deployable compute for customers that cannot rely on centralized cloud.

Working at Armada means taking ownership, driving autonomy, and delivering impact. You’ll tackle challenges that haven’t been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up. What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada’s mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.  

About the Role

You will own and drive security engineering strategy across our Azure cloud, hybrid infrastructure, and edge computing platform. This is a senior, hands-on role:  you'll  set direction for detection engineering, application security testing, Kubernetes hardening, and CI/CD controls, while also advising other engineers and teams on complex security decisions. You will also help define our strategic approach to securing AI/ML workloads running at the edge.

Location. This role is office-based at our Bellevue, Washington office. 

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

Cloud and Infrastructure Security  

Own and evolve security architecture strategy across Azure, hybrid infrastructure, and edge deployments, guiding design decisions across teams  

Direct the use of SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel), EDR/XDR, WAF, email security, and CSPM/CNAPP tooling, adapting approach as the environment evolves  

Design detection rules, correlation logic, and automated response playbooks, and guide others in building their own  

Lead incident response end-to-end, from triage through containment and remediation, serving as the senior escalation point for complex incidents  

Offensive Security and Assessment  

Lead security assessments, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing across cloud, infrastructure, and application layers  

Test web applications and APIs for authentication and authorization flaws, business logic abuse, and OWASP Top 10 issues  

Threat model new services and architectures before they ship, advising engineering teams on risk tradeoffs  

Own the vulnerability lifecycle end-to-end: risk-based prioritization, SLA tracking, and remediation follow-through, holding owning teams accountable  

Direct the integration of SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning, IaC scanning, and container image scanning into CI/CD as automated gates  

Harden the software supply chain: build provenance, artifact signing, SBOM generation, dependency governance  

Define and enforce guardrails as policy-as-code using Azure Policy, OPA/Gatekeeper, or Kyverno  

Serve as a senior security reviewer for designs and code across engineering teams, influencing secure deployment practices org-wide  

AI/ML Security  

Define and lead our approach to securing AI/ML development and deployment, including model and data supply chain integrity, inference endpoint exposure, prompt injection and agentic tool abuse, and training data governance  

Governance  

Own security policies, standards, and procedures aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2, and drive their adoption across teams  

Produce audit evidence and lead customer security assessments  

Track emerging threats and translate them into roadmap priorities, advising leadership on risk  

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybers …