Senior Network Security Architect – Federal/FAA Focus

Cyberjobs; Atlantic City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Noblis is seeking a highly technical EIDS Network Engineer to join our security-focused team. You will apply deep knowledge of network architecture, design, and security to strengthen FAA enterprise systems and NAS environments, ensuring compliance with federal standards.

You will collaborate with system engineers, program managers, and cybersecurity stakeholders to craft security plans, perform risk assessments, and support ATO packages, with opportunities to influence security posture across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity or network security roles
• Experience supporting federal government programs, ideally within the FAA or transportation sector.
• Hands-on network engineering or architecture; understands boundary protection design, configurations, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of IPv4/IPv6 and WAN/LAN environments.
• Understand federal cybersecurity frameworks (NIST RMF, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 rev 5).
• Experience with large-scale, safety-critical NAS-like systems and collaboration for ATO packages.
• Ability to develop system security plans, risk assessments, and related security documentation.
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card Permanent Resident (3+ years U.S. Residency)
• Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust
• Must be able to travel on occasion when needed.

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.
• 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.
• Perform integration, interoperability, maintenance, degraded operations, and technology refresh testing for NAS systems.
• Support IP addressing, network configurations, and data-flow documentation through IPSFs.
• Troubleshoot network connectivity, configuration, and interoperability issues.

Skills

Deep networking knowledge

Security architecture

Federal cybersecurity knowledge

Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field

Job description

Noblis is seeking a highly technical EIDS Network Engineer to join our security-focused team. You will apply deep knowledge of network architecture, design, and security to strengthen FAA enterprise systems and NAS environments, ensuring compliance with federal standards.

You will collaborate with system engineers, program managers, and cybersecurity stakeholders to craft security plans, perform risk assessments, and support ATO packages, with opportunities to influence security posture across