Hybrid Systems Engineer — Cybersecurity & Architecture

Itnova, Llc; Severna Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Paid-time-off

Paid holidays

Job summary

ITnova is seeking a Systems Engineer to support technology modernization and cybersecurity initiatives for airport, transportation, and government clients. The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on assessment, architecture development, documentation, and client recommendations.

The successful candidate will document current-state environments, develop future-state architectures, and lead technical deliverables while collaborating with executives, engineers, and vendors across diverse

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (CS, engineering, cybersecurity, information systems).
• Eight or more years of experience in cybersecurity, systems engineering, technology architecture, or consulting.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity architecture, risk management, incident response, vulnerability management, cloud security, and technology modernization.
• Experience assessing complex technology environments and developing practical recommendations.
• Ability to create current-state and future-state diagrams, technical assessments, roadmaps, reports, and presentations.
• Understanding of system integration, data flows, network architecture, third-party connectivity, operational resilience, and IT/OT security.
• Strong written, analytical, presentation, and client-facing skills.
• Willingness to work in a small-business environment where senior personnel contribute directly to project delivery.
• Ability to travel to client locations as required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technology and cybersecurity assessments through stakeholder interviews, document reviews, technical workshops, and facility walkthroughs.
• Document current-state environments, including systems, applications, infrastructure, interfaces, data flows, dependencies, and security controls.
• Develop future-state technology and cybersecurity architectures aligned with client strategy, operational needs, resilience, budget, and risk.
• Identify technology gaps, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, lifecycle concerns, integration limitations, and single points of failure.
• Prepare prioritized recommendations, implementation of roadmaps, architecture diagrams, assessment reports, and executive presentations.
• Evaluate cybersecurity posture using frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-series guidance, Zero Trust, and other applicable standards.
• Recommend improvements related to network segmentation, identity and access management, cloud security, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, vendor access, data protection, and business continuity.
• Support environments that may include airport operational systems, passenger-processing systems, physical security, communications, building automation, enterprise IT, operational technology, data platforms, and cloud services.
• Support feasibility studies, requirements development, procurement documents, technical evaluations, proposals, and client presentations.
• Work directly with client executives, operations personnel, engineers, IT teams, cybersecurity teams, and vendors.
• Provide technical leadership while remaining personally involved in producing project deliverables.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Systems engineering

Architecture

Risk management

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Cloud security

Technical leadership

Client-facing

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in information systems

Tools

CISSP

CISM

CCSP

GIAC

AWS

Azure

Job description

ITnova is seeking a Systems Engineer to support technology modernization and cybersecurity initiatives for airport, transportation, and government clients. The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on assessment, architecture development, documentation, and client recommendations.

The successful candidate will document current-state environments, develop future-state architectures, and lead technical deliverables while collaborating with executives, engineers, and vendors across diverse