Description
The Sr. Cyber Security Architect will provide subject matter expertise across cloud security, identity architecture, Zero Trust, network segmentation, application/container security, and enterprise monitoring capabilities.
This role requires adaptability, critical thinking, and leadership advisory skills as the position aims to fundamentally re-shape the client's cybersecurity posture.
The position requires the ability to operate with substantial independence, as the architect will spearhead multi-disciplinary technical efforts, act as an advisor to executives, and ensure the modernization and evolution of the client's technology environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead enterprise cybersecurity architecture efforts by designing and governing integrated architectures across identity, devices, networks, applications, and data within a Zero Trust model.
- Develop secure architectures for hybrid on-prem/cloud environments, Microsoft 365, identity services, and container ecosystems.
- Establish enterprise patterns, baselines, and engineering standards.
- Ensure alignment with NIST SP 800 53, RMF, and OMB/CISA directives.
- Lead major cybersecurity modernization initiatives including defining scope, technical objectives, dependencies, schedules, and measurable outcomes.
- Implement security infrastructure upgrades; Provide secure architecture solutions for Virtual Desktop and Server Infrastructures.
- Coordinate engineering, cloud, network, application, and development teams to oversee threat modeling, secure API design, encryption, secrets management.
- Manage architectural risk; conduct impact analyses; and enforce technical quality gates.
- Leading Zero Trust-aligned enterprise architectures across identity, cloud, applications, and data AND establishing standards and baselines to ensure compliance with NIST, RMF, and federal directives.
- Performing functional testing and validation of security products.
- Designing and implementing secure file sharing and cross domain solutions.
- Directing or participating in major cybersecurity modernization efforts.
- Advancing the security of enterprise applications and platforms by embedding secure designing practices.
- Advising senior leadership on strategy and enterprise risk.
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
- Experience: 10+ years of related experience
- Desired Technical skills: Experience with various Operating Systems (Linux/Windows/MacOS), various scripting languages (Python/Perl/Shell, etc); SEIM technologies (IBM Qradar, Splunk, or Elastic); on-prem and cloud implementations, IDS/IPS solutions; VMWare (ESXi, VMware vCenter, VMware VSAN, VMware View)
- Security clearance level: TS with SCI Eligibility
- US citizenship required