Security Architect Engineer

Kentro • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

23h • Remote

About The Position

The Security Architect / Engineer provides technical leadership for designing and governing security architecture across FAA data platforms and enterprise systems. This role defines target-state security architecture and ensures alignment with FAA ISPP, FISMA, FedRAMP, and ATO requirements.

The Security Architect / Engineer embeds security into platform and solution architectures spanning data, application, integration, cloud, and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include defining and enforcing security patterns for identity and access management (IAM), encryption, network segmentation, logging, monitoring, and incident response. The role leads security architecture reviews, supports system authorization activities, and designs continuous monitoring and compliance mechanisms across production and non-production environments.
The Security Architect / Engineer collaborates closely with enterprise, solution, and integration architects, platform engineers, Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) teams, and system owners to identify risks, recommend mitigations, and ensure security is integrated throughout the system development life cycle (SDLC). The role produces and maintains security architecture artifacts, participates in governance and technical reviews, and provides advisory support for platform modernization and cloud migration initiatives.
This application is for a talent pipeline and is not tied to an active job opening. By applying, you are expressing interest in future opportunities that match your skills and experience. Our team regularly reviews resumes for both immediate and upcoming openings. If your background aligns with a current or future position, we’ll be in touch.

Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of cybersecurity or similar professional experience.
• Strong knowledge of FISMA, RedRAMP, ATO processes, IAM, encryption, audit logging, and continuous monitoring practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, information security, or a related technical discipline.
• US Citizen.
• Must comply with FAA System and access requirements.
• Must meet updated ID requirements.
• Must be willing and able to update current forms of ID in a timely manner to complete the suitability process successfully.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership for designing and governing security architecture across FAA data platforms and enterprise systems.
• Defines target-state security architecture and ensures alignment with FAA ISPP, FISMA, FedRAMP, and ATO requirements.
• Embeds security into platform and solution architectures spanning data, application, integration, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Defines and enforces security patterns for identity and access management (IAM), encryption, network segmentation, logging, monitoring, and incident response.
• Leads security architecture reviews.
• Supports system authorization activities.
• Designs continuous monitoring and compliance mechanisms across production and non-production environments.
• Collaborates with enterprise, solution, and integration architects, platform engineers, DevSecOps teams, and system owners to identify risks, recommend mitigations, and ensure security is integrated throughout the SDLC.
• Produces and maintains security architecture artifacts.
• Participates in governance and technical reviews.
• Provides advisory support for platform modernization and cloud migration initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience designing and governing security architectures in complex, regulated enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting systems through the full SDLC, including security design reviews, authorization, and operational sustainment.
• Proven ability to evaluate emerging security technologies and apply them across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
• Experience successfully leading federal security and privacy reviews for a broad range of software and systems, including custom-developed and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
• Experience managing Plans of Actions and Milestones (POAMs) associated with security reviews, and experience leading their implementation.
• Experience integrating security controls, associated authentication and authorization protocols, with internal and externals software and platforms, including SaaS.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Healthcare benefits
• Supplemental benefits
• 401k including an employer match
• Discount perks
• Rewards
• Education reimbursement for certifications, degrees, or professional development.
• Flexibility for professional growth and networking.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior