Cyber Architect

PeopleTec•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

PeopleTec is currently seeking a Cyber Architect to support our Huntsville, AL location. The Cyber Architect – Cyber & Enterprise Systems serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, engineering, integration, and evolution of complex cyber, enterprise, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL), and mission-support environments. The position supports the Chief Architect and program leadership in establishing technical direction, developing system architectures, resolving complex integration challenges, and ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and aligned with customer mission requirements. The Cyber Architect provides technical leadership across cybersecurity, enterprise networking, infrastructure, cloud, virtualization, cyber range environments, HWIL systems, and mission-system integration. The position requires an individual capable of operating across both architecture and implementation—translating mission requirements into executable technical solutions while maintaining sufficient engineering depth to understand network protocols, system interfaces, cybersecurity controls, infrastructure technologies, and operational constraints. A primary focus of the position is the development and integration of cyber and mission-representative environments. This includes supporting cyber ranges, HWIL laboratories, enterprise architectures, geographically distributed environments, and systems requiring the integration of cyber capabilities with enterprise and mission technologies. The Cyber Architect will establish architecture patterns and technical approaches that enable these environments to scale, interoperate, and evolve as mission requirements change. The position will also provide technical leadership for enterprise and cybersecurity architecture, including network segmentation, hybrid cloud integration, identity and access management, Zero Trust principles, vulnerability management, monitoring, cyber resiliency, and secure integration of legacy and modern IP-based systems. The Deputy Chief Engineer will ensure cybersecurity is incorporated as an engineering discipline throughout the system lifecycle rather than treated solely as a compliance activity. Working across engineering teams, program leadership, customers, and industry partners, the Cyber Architect will lead and support architecture reviews, engineering trade studies, system integration, technical assessments, and resolution of complex multidisciplinary engineering challenges. The position will also mentor engineers and technical leads and help establish repeatable engineering practices, reference architectures, and technical standards across PeopleTec programs.

Requirements

12+ years of relevant experience in systems engineering, network engineering, cybersecurity engineering, enterprise infrastructure, or related technical disciplines, including demonstrated experience providing technical leadership for complex engineering efforts.
Demonstrated experience as a senior architect, principal engineer, technical lead, or equivalent technical authority.
Demonstrated experience architecting and integrating complex enterprise, HWIL, laboratory, or mission-support environments.
Experience developing architectures spanning networking, cybersecurity, infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud technologies.
Demonstrated experience designing secure network architectures for geographically distributed, multi-site, data-center, laboratory, or mission environments.
Advanced understanding of TCP/IP, Layer 2/3 networking, routing, segmentation, enterprise networking, and network security architecture.
Experience with enterprise routing and switching technologies and protocols including BGP, OSPF, or comparable technologies.
Experience integrating cybersecurity requirements and controls into enterprise or mission-system architectures.
Experience with RMF, NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs, vulnerability management, Zero Trust principles, identity/access management, and ATO activities.
Experience performing network traffic, packet, and protocol analysis using Wireshark or comparable technologies.
Experience evaluating system attack surfaces, trust boundaries, attack paths, vulnerabilities, and cybersecurity risks.
Experience translating cybersecurity findings and requirements into implementable system architecture and engineering solutions.
Experience with enterprise virtualization, Windows Server, Active Directory, and related infrastructure technologies.
Experience with infrastructure or network automation using PowerShell, Ansible, or comparable technologies.
Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams, resolve complex integration challenges, and mentor engineers.
Experience communicating technical architectures and engineering recommendations to government customers and senior technical leadership.
Experience supporting Department of Defense mission systems, laboratories, or enterprise environments.
Must be a U.S. Citizen
An active DoD Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance and maintain this level of clearance during employment.
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
CISSP certification or equivalent senior-level cybersecurity certification.
Active DoD Top-Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience designing, developing, operating, or integrating cyber ranges, cyber test environments, or representative mission environments.
Experience with HWIL environments supporting DoD aviation, space, weapon, or other mission systems.
Experience with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), deterministic Ethernet, or IEEE 802.1 technologies.
Experience integrating traditional IP networks with avionics, weapon systems, embedded systems, or mission-specific communication technologies.
Knowledge of MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, digital backbone architectures, or similar mission technologies.
Experience conducting adversarial assessments, offensive cybersecurity research, attack-surface analysis, or attack-path analysis.
Advanced experience with deep packet inspection, network forensics, protocol characterization, and complex network troubleshooting.
Experience architecting hybrid-cloud environments using Microsoft Azure, including ExpressRoute, hub-and-spoke networking, hybrid identity, and controlled ingress/egress.
Experience with Cisco Nexus/Catalyst or comparable enterprise and data-center networking technologies.
Experience with data-center architectures, including spine-leaf and VXLAN/EVPN technologies.
Experience developing enterprise IP addressing, routing, segmentation, and multi-site connectivity strategies.
Experience reviewing MBSE architectures using Cameo, MagicDraw, Cameo Collaborator, or comparable tools.
Experience evaluating cybersecurity and resiliency implications associated with integration of legacy and modern IP-based systems.
Experience developing reference architectures, engineering standards, architecture patterns, or technical modernization roadmaps.
Demonstrated ability to present complex technical subjects to government, industry, and engineering audiences.

Responsibilities

Support the Chief Architect in establishing technical direction, architecture standards, engineering practices, and program-level technical strategy.
Lead and support architecture and integration of cyber ranges, HWIL laboratories, enterprise systems, and representative mission environments.
Develop secure and scalable architectures spanning geographically distributed sites, data centers, cloud environments, enterprise services, and mission systems.
Lead enterprise network architecture involving routing, switching, IP addressing, segmentation, data-center networking, resiliency, and controlled ingress/egress.
Develop cybersecurity architectures incorporating Zero Trust principles, trust boundaries, segmentation, identity and access management, monitoring, vulnerability management, and cyber resiliency.
Lead integration efforts requiring coordination across cybersecurity, networking, infrastructure, cloud, virtualization, and mission engineering disciplines.
Evaluate system attack surfaces, trust relationships, network and protocol behavior, potential attack paths, and mission impacts and translate findings into defensive architecture recommendations.
Support cybersecurity engineering and authorization activities involving RMF, NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs, vulnerability management, and ATO requirements.
Support integration of traditional enterprise technologies with mission-specific, deterministic, real-time, and legacy communications systems.
Perform and oversee network and protocol analysis to support system characterization, integration, troubleshooting, cybersecurity assessment, and architecture development.
Review MBSE and system architecture models to assess interfaces, connectivity, cybersecurity, infrastructure requirements, and technical feasibility.
Lead architecture reviews, technical interchange meetings, engineering trade studies, design reviews, and integration activities.
Develop technical solutions balancing cybersecurity, mission performance, resiliency, scalability, interoperability, maintainability, and cost.
Mentor engineers and technical leads and provide technical oversight across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Evaluate emerging technologies and develop technical roadmaps for modernization of cyber, network, infrastructure, cloud, and mission environments.
Represent PeopleTec in technical discussions with government customers, partners, and other engineering organizations.