Federal Network Security Architect (Multi-Level)

Noblis, Inc.; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Noblis is seeking a highly technical Security Engineer to support the FAA Telecommunications and Integrated Services (TIS) Group. You will provide expert-level cybersecurity architecture, review configurations, and guide transitions from an engineering and policy perspective.

You will collaborate with system engineers, PMs, and cybersecurity leads to ensure NIST/ FISMA compliance while integrating Zero Trust and SD‑WAN concepts in NAS environments.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government programs, ideally within the FAA or transportation sector.
• Proven hands-on network engineering or architecture experience with boundary protection design, configurations, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, including IPv4/IPv6, and WAN/LAN environments.
• Understand federal cybersecurity frameworks (NIST RMF, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 rev 5).
• Ability to evaluate network and system security concepts for large-scale, safety-critical systems like NAS.
• Comfortable advising on defense-in-depth architectures, Zero Trust CONOPS, SD-WANs, and emerging technologies.
• Experience collaborating with System Engineers, Program Managers, and cybersecurity stakeholders to support ATO packages and continuous monitoring.
• Ability to develop system security plans, risk assessments, and related security documentation.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and guiding network architecture to ensure cybersecurity is built-in from the ground up.
• Performing hands‑on reviews of system configurations, firewall rules, and network paths to align with FAA Orders, NIST 800-53, and federal cybersecurity standards.
• Leading efforts in transitioning technologies from a cybersecurity and network architecture perspective.
• Supporting the integration of Zero Trust, Software‑Defined Networking (SDN), and defense‑in‑depth strategies into enterprise‑level solutions.
• Acting as a technical bridge between FAA cyber stakeholders and infrastructure providers (network, security, cloud).
• Evaluating vendor‑proposed architectures and making expert‑level recommendations based on federal policy, security principles, and industry best practices.

Skills

Federal govt programs

Hands-on network engineering

Boundary protection & firewall design

NIST/FISMA/NIST 800-53

IPv4/IPv6 & WAN/LAN

Zero Trust & SD-WAN

System security concepts evaluation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Telecommunications

High School diploma with 10 years experience

Associates degree with 8 years experience

Masters degree with 3 years experience

Tools

Firewall configurations

VPNs

IDS/IPS

Load balancing

IPv4/IPv6

SD-WAN

Zero Trust

Job description

Noblis is seeking a highly technical Security Engineer to support the FAA Telecommunications and Integrated Services (TIS) Group. You will provide expert-level cybersecurity architecture, review configurations, and guide transitions from an engineering and policy perspective.

You will collaborate with system engineers, PMs, and cybersecurity leads to ensure NIST/ FISMA compliance while integrating Zero Trust and SD‑WAN concepts in NAS environments.