Remote Senior IT Security & Compliance Architect

Defenseunicorns; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k plan

Company stock options

Home office budget

Parental leave

Training & conferences

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Technical Implementation Engineer to lead hands-on work across customer environments within Commercial Cyber Operations. This role will design, implement, and validate the systems that support NIST SP 800-171 readiness and assessment requirements.

You will configure Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, AD, Google Workspace, and IAM controls, and manage endpoint programs with Jamf and Intune. Travel 10%-25% is expected; US citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience designing, administering, securing, and troubleshooting varied business IT environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with both Microsoft and Google environments, including Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, and Google Workspace.
• Broad mobile device management and unified endpoint management experience across multiple platforms, with strong practical experience using Jamf and Microsoft Intune.
• Experience managing Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.
• Experience with networking, firewalls, VPNs, identity, logging, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, patching, and backup systems.
• Ability to lead customer implementations, make sound technical decisions independently, and explain those decisions in plain English.
• Ability to produce accurate technical documentation and work effectively in a remote, asynchronous environment.
• US citizenship with CUI access.

Responsibilities

• Assess unfamiliar customer environments and lead technical implementation plans with the Compliance Lead.
• Configure and secure Microsoft 365, GCC High, Azure, Entra ID, Active Directory, Google Workspace, Google Cloud Identity, and hybrid environments.
• Design, migrate, and operate endpoint-management programs across multiple mobile device management and unified endpoint management platforms, including Jamf and Microsoft Intune.
• Implement identity, multifactor authentication, least privilege, endpoint security, logging, vulnerability management, patching, backup, and recovery controls.
• Configure and troubleshoot Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, networks, firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, DNS, and secure remote access.
• Work directly with customer IT teams, service providers, and vendors to resolve complex technical issues.
• Validate completed work and produce clear configuration records, diagrams, evidence, and runbooks.
• Guide other implementation engineers and turn repeatable work into standards, scripts, and automation.

Skills

Leadership

Technical communication

Independent decision-making

Remote collaboration

Tools

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Active Directory

Google Workspace

Jamf

Microsoft Intune

Azure

GCC High

Google Cloud Identity

Apple Business Manager

PowerShell

Terraform

Pulumi

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Technical Implementation Engineer to lead hands-on work across customer environments within Commercial Cyber Operations. This role will design, implement, and validate the systems that support NIST SP 800-171 readiness and assessment requirements.

You will configure Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, AD, Google Workspace, and IAM controls, and manage endpoint programs with Jamf and Intune. Travel 10%-25% is expected; US citizenship is required.