Senior Cybersecurity Architect — Hands-on, Federal RMF

Ignite IT; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Ignite IT is seeking a Subject Matter Expert Cybersecurity Architect to lead security architecture across enterprise solutions, platforms, networks, identity, mobility/endpoints, data, and cloud for a federal modernization program.

You will produce real security designs, oversee reviews, implementation, and operations, and bridge policy with actionable designs and risk decisions throughout the system lifecycle. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, including architecture or enterprise technical leadership.
• Translate security requirements into practical, implementable designs.
• Strong communication with engineers, PMs, and Government stakeholders.
• U.S. citizenship is required for the role.

Responsibilities

• Develop and assess security architectures, patterns, requirements, and controls integration.
• Translate requirements into design decisions, implementation actions, and residual-risk statements.
• Participate in architecture reviews, governance, and risk-based recommendations.
• Maintain security architecture artifacts with traceability across repositories.

Skills

Security architecture

Risk management

Federal RMF

Cloud security

Identity & access management

Stakeholder communication

Zero trust concepts

Tools

Sparx/Prolaborate

Job description

Ignite IT is seeking a Subject Matter Expert Cybersecurity Architect to lead security architecture across enterprise solutions, platforms, networks, identity, mobility/endpoints, data, and cloud for a federal modernization program.

You will produce real security designs, oversee reviews, implementation, and operations, and bridge policy with actionable designs and risk decisions throughout the system lifecycle. U.S. citizenship is required.