Cybersecurity Architect United States - Remote

9th Way Insignia; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

9th Way Insignia seeks a Cybersecurity Architect to support the Department of Veterans Affairs COSE program. This role focuses on enterprise security architectures for Zero Trust, cloud, and hybrid environments, delivering roadmaps, patterns, and security requirements.

Strong communication to technical and nontechnical stakeholders is essential. The position requires a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and 10+ years in security architecture, with experience in large enterprises or government

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, CS, information systems, engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of enterprise security architecture, systems architecture, or cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust, IAM, network segmentation, cloud security, and NIST/RMF frameworks.
• Experience designing/evaluating security architecture in large enterprise or government environments.
• Ability to communicate complex architecture decisions to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and assess enterprise security architectures for Zero Trust, cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, reference patterns, security requirements, and transition plans.
• Analyze designs, data flows, identity patterns, and control dependencies for security risks.
• Advise teams and leadership on security architecture decisions, tradeoffs, remediation priorities.
• Produce architecture diagrams, design docs, and executive briefings.

Skills

Zero Trust

Identity & Access Management

Security architectures

Communication to stakeholders

Security frameworks (NIST RMF)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

9th Way Insignia is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business bringing transformative technology to our government customers so they can achieve their missions. Our specialties include cybersecurity, cloud modernization, software development, data analytics, enterprise architecture, enterprise IT, analytics, process automation, and artificial intelligence. Learn more about 9th Way Insignia at https://9thwayinsignia.com/.

Project Introduction

The Department of Veterans Affairs Cybersecurity Operations and Services Enterprise (COSE) program delivers the enterprise cybersecurity operations, engineering, architecture, risk, and compliance support that safeguards VA systems, data, and mission delivery. The team helps strengthen the cyber resilience of the digital services relied on by Veterans, their families, and the VA workforce.

9th Way Insignia is seeking a Cybersecurity Architect to support this program. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities

• Define and assess enterprise security architectures that support Zero Trust, cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, reference patterns, security requirements, and transition plans.
• Analyze system designs, integrations, data flows, identity patterns, and control dependencies for security and interoperability risks.
• Advise technical teams and leadership on security architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and remediation priorities.
• Produce architecture diagrams, design documentation, and executive-ready briefings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Ten or more years of enterprise security architecture, systems architecture, or cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Zero Trust, identity and access management, network segmentation, cloud security, and security frameworks such as NIST and RMF.
• Experience designing or evaluating security architecture in a large enterprise or Government environment.
• Ability to communicate complex architecture decisions clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Salary Range

$98,135 - $150,000 USD

9thWay Insignia’s range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Clearance/Background Investigation
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Benefits
Eligible employees will have access to our comprehensive benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Voluntary Life Insurance, 401(k), Basic Life A&D, STD, LTD, PTO, Telehealth, paid holidays, FSA, HSA. Additional resources include our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Traveling Assistance.

Legal
We're an equal employment opportunity employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change - no matter their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in 9th Way Insignia’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

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