Cybersecurity Architect

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity architecture and design efforts for federal networks and complex customer environments.
• Develop secure network and systems designs that reduce attack surfaces and balance security with mission requirements.
• Lead technical project delivery, product selection, and implementation planning for cybersecurity capabilities.
• Guide senior leaders, including CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, and executives, in cybersecurity capability maturation.
• Develop solutions involving IoT and cloud security, automation and orchestration, identity and access management, machine learning, zero trust, and network access control.
• Collaborate with project and proposal teams and author technical documentation, white papers, and blogs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• 5+ years leading technical project delivery for large, complex organizations.
• 5+ years of network architecture and design experience.
• Experience leading product selection initiatives involving perimeter defense, zero trust, automation and orchestration, AI, analytics, secure DevOps, identity and access management, or network access control.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph examination.
• Associate’s degree and 10+ years, bachelor’s degree and 8+ years, master’s degree and 6+ years, or 12+ years of IT project and activity experience in lieu of a degree.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level III and IASAE Level II certification, such as SecurityX or CISSP.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 CSSP-IS certification within 30 days of starting, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND.
• Preferred: experience in cybersecurity compliance, operations, or engineering leadership; security tool selection and implementation; AI, machine learning, NGFW, and big data; Zero Trust architecture aligned with NIST 800-207 and DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture; AWS, Azure, or GCP; and technical documentation and proposal development.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards.
• Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis may participate in applicable benefit programs.
• Onsite work is primarily performed full-time at a customer facility; locations include Reston, VA, Norfolk, VA, Riverdale, MD, and Washington, DC.