Network Security Architect: Federal Zero Trust & SDN

Noblis, Inc.; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Noblis is seeking a TIS Security Engineer to deliver expert security engineering across the FAA’s FTI environment. You will influence security architecture, guide network design, and ensure compliance with federal standards while collaborating with cyber stakeholders, system engineers, and providers.

The role emphasizes hands‑on assessments, risk analysis, and development of security documentation to support ATO packages and continuous monitoring.

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, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, IPv4/IPv6, 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 NAS environments.

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 (e.g., IPv4 to IPv6, microwave radio refreshes) from a cybersecurity and network architecture perspective.
• Supporting the integration of Zero Trust, 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

Network architecture

Security engineering

NIST 800-53

Zero Trust

SD-WAN

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/IT/Telecommunications

High School + 10 years cybersecurity experience

Associates degree + 8 years cybersecurity experience

Masters degree + 3 years cybersecurity experience

Job description

Noblis is seeking a TIS Security Engineer to deliver expert security engineering across the FAA’s FTI environment. You will influence security architecture, guide network design, and ensure compliance with federal standards while collaborating with cyber stakeholders, system engineers, and providers.

The role emphasizes hands‑on assessments, risk analysis, and development of security documentation to support ATO packages and continuous monitoring.