Senior Cybersecurity Architect: Zero Trust & RMF

Koniag Government Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 170,000 - 196,656; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental, vision insurance

401K with company matching

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays

3 weeks paid time off

Job summary

Koniag Data Solutions, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Cybersecurity Architect to support SBA in Washington, DC. The role requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust and to lead enterprise security architecture across cloud, on‑prem, and hybrid environments.

You will collaborate with SBA stakeholders, oversee RMF/ATO processes, and design Zero Trust architectures while guiding risk management, threat modeling, and security controls to protect agency missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, IT, CS, systems engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience with at least 5 years in security architecture.
• Experience designing architectures for complex federal government IT environments (multi-system, multi-domain, hybrid cloud).
• Certifications: CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, CISM, SABSA, GDSA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve SBA’s enterprise cybersecurity architecture in alignment with federal policies and SBA requirements.
• Design security architectures for on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments ensuring SDLC security integration.
• Advise SBA leadership on cybersecurity architecture, threats, and security investments.
• Lead documentation: ADRs, reference architectures, security patterns, and roadmaps.
• Assess technologies and prepare business cases for SBA security investments.
• Collaborate with SBA IT architects and program offices to integrate security requirements.
• Provide guidance on Zero Trust implementation across SBA’s enterprise environment.
• Support RMF/ATO processes, SSPs, risk assessments, and POA&Ms per NIST guidance.
• Develop threat models using MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE, PASTA, etc.
• Lead reviews and remediation roadmaps for architecture gaps and non‑compliance.

Skills

ZTA expertise

NIST RMF/ATO

TOGAF/SABSA frameworks

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity/IT/CS

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Koniag Data Solutions, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Cybersecurity Architect to support SBA in Washington, DC. The role requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust and to lead enterprise security architecture across cloud, on‑prem, and hybrid environments.

You will collaborate with SBA stakeholders, oversee RMF/ATO processes, and design Zero Trust architectures while guiding risk management, threat modeling, and security controls to protect agency missions.