Lead Cybersecurity Architect

Description

You will join a team supporting the Department of Defense in unifying the Air Force's cyber defense, so threats can be met with shared insight, faster decisions, and stronger mission protection.

This Lead Cybersecurity Engineering, Sr. Principal role sits in the Cyber and IT Risk Management job family and is the technical lead for the Department of Defense defensive cyber posture, from Zero Trust architecture through RMF and ATO lifecycle management.

The company is a global technology and professional services firm with 26,000 employees. It serves major U.S. government, defense, and intelligence agencies and works in 50+ countries across AI, cloud, cyber, and software development.

The position is onsite at Lackland AFB in the San Antonio region, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Design the end-to-end architecture for all security boundaries and active cyber defenses, implement them, and apply strict configuration management.
• Own the enterprise Risk Management Framework lifecycle: write all RMF documents, produce required security artifacts, guide the authorization process, and manage continuous ATO activity under DoW guidance and NIST SP 800-37.
• Implement and enforce the DoW Zero Trust strategy by designing the enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management framework, covering identity providers, privileged access management, role-based access control, and multi-factor authentication.
• Design, deploy after Government approval, and manage an enterprise Malware Information Sharing Platform as the central repository for cyber threat intelligence.
• Build workflows and API integrations that ingest and correlate indicators of compromise, adversary TTPs, and zero-day malware signatures, then distribute them.
• Lead incident response under CJCSM 6510.01B, and develop, manage, and refine enterprise incident response strategies, policies, and playbooks.
• Act as the technical anchor for enforced test standards and compliance, and for synchronized threat intelligence.
• Maintain continuous access to classified threat intelligence feeds and coordinate incident response from a SCIF.

Requirements

• Mastery of Zero Trust architecture (ICAM, PAM, RBAC, MFA), NIST RMF (SP 800-37), SIEM and SOAR engineering, EDR platforms, and MISP administration.
• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 12 to 15 years in cybersecurity engineering, including at least 10 years of related experience overall.
• 8+ years leading RMF and ATO work.
• 5+ years designing Zero Trust or ICAM architectures.
• 5+ years of enterprise incident response or threat hunting.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• US citizenship.

Conditions

Onsite work at Lackland AFB, 40 scheduled hours per week.

Travel is less than 10% of the time.

Top Secret clearance must be held now, and you must be able to obtain Top Secret/SCI. No Public Trust or other clearance is required.

Daily SCIF access is essential.

The salary range is $157,250 to $212,750. This is not a guarantee. Pay is set by experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements, and may fall outside this range.

Hiring includes an identity verification check using biometrics and AI. You must be on camera for virtual interviews, and by proceeding you consent to the collection and use of your biometric data for verification and security.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match, allowing pre-tax and post-tax contributions up to IRS annual limits.
• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
• Full-flex work weeks where possible.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time, and holidays, plus paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel accident insurance, provided or available.
• Paid education and certifications.
• An internal mobility team to help you manage your career.
• Hands-on work with current technology, in a military-friendly workplace.