Cybersecurity Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton•Colorado Springs, CO

1d•$86,800 - $198,000

About The Position

As a Cybersecurity Architect on our team, you’ll work with Booz Allen colleagues and the military to develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of space sensing capabilities to deter attacks and provide critical information to our warfighters to defeat our enemies in battle. Your customer will trust you to not only test, analyze, evaluate, validate, and verify these systems, but also identify areas requiring urgent mitigation upfront and early to develop this system with advanced technology solutions. You’ll lead the sustainment, optimization, security, and lifecycle management of complex, mission-critical networks supporting the government mission systems. You’ll serve as the primary technical authority for ensuring high availability, secure data transport, and resilient communication paths across the sustainment portfolio. You will lead assessments of the current security posture and recommend mitigation strategies across the portfolio. Partner with cyber personnel to track and remediate vulnerabilities, and serve as the central security authority to drive assessment findings into actionable operational and acquisition channels. You’ll advise chief engineers to ensure critical security modifications and architectural upgrades are embedded in strategic roadmaps with clear deployment pathways. You’ll ensure vital cybersecurity requirements are accurately prioritized and captured in the government funding requests. You’ll also serve as the senior architectural authority for government customers. Grow your skills by merging innovative engineering methodologies and cross-disciplinary coordination to create tomorrow’s solutions. Join our team and create the future of space sensing in the Air Force.

Requirements

10+ years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer supporting Major Defense Acquisition Programs, including space, ground, and hardware systems
Experience providing input to the Risk Management Framework process and documentation
Experience executing architecture focused on Cyber Risk Assessments or performing technical analysis of cybersecurity architectures
Experience developing threat scenarios to support Cyber Tabletop (CTT) exercises
Knowledge of cybersecurity, computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies
Ability to brief senior leaders and translate technical requirements to non-technical audiences
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree
DoD 8140 Intermediate Certification such as Security+, GSEC, or CSSLP Certification

Nice To Haves

Experience with space-based remote sensing systems or ground satellite operations centers
Experience developing system security Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and defining baseline system security requirements
Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Information Assurance, Information Security, or a related technical field preferred; Master’s degree in Engineering, IT, Information Assurance, Information Security, or related technical field a plus
DoD 8140 Advanced Certification such as CISSP-ISSEP, CISSP-ISSAP, GDSA, or CCNP Certification

Responsibilities

Develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of space sensing capabilities.
Test, analyze, evaluate, validate, and verify systems.
Identify areas requiring urgent mitigation upfront and early to develop systems with advanced technology solutions.
Lead the sustainment, optimization, security, and lifecycle management of complex, mission-critical networks supporting government mission systems.
Serve as the primary technical authority for ensuring high availability, secure data transport, and resilient communication paths across the sustainment portfolio.
Lead assessments of the current security posture and recommend mitigation strategies across the portfolio.
Partner with cyber personnel to track and remediate vulnerabilities.
Serve as the central security authority to drive assessment findings into actionable operational and acquisition channels.
Advise chief engineers to ensure critical security modifications and architectural upgrades are embedded in strategic roadmaps with clear deployment pathways.
Ensure vital cybersecurity requirements are accurately prioritized and captured in government funding requests.
Serve as the senior architectural authority for government customers.