Senior Network Security Architect — Zero Trust & SDN

Noblis; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Noblis is seeking a Security Engineer to join the FAA Telecommunications and Integrated Services (TIS) Group, providing expert-level security engineering across the FAA’s environment. You will analyze network architecture, review configurations, and guide implementations to adhere to NIST and federal standards.

The role requires hands-on networking, security architecture expertise, and the ability to communicate with cyber stakeholders and providers. Eligibility includes U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government programs, ideally within the FAA or transportation sector.
• Proven experience with hands-on network engineering or architecture and understands boundary protection design, configurations, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, including IPv4/IPv6, and WAN/LAN environments.
• Understand federal cybersecurity frameworks (NIST RMF, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 rev 5).
• Can evaluate network and system security concepts for large-scale, safety-critical systems like NAS.
• Comfortable advising on defense-in-depth architectures, Zero Trust CONOPS, SD-WANs, and emerging technologies.
• Have experience collaborating with System Engineers, Program Managers, and cybersecurity stakeholders to support ATO packages and continuous monitoring.
• Ability to develop system security plans, risk assessments, and related security documentation.

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 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.
• Evaluating vendor-proposed architectures and making expert-level recommendations based on federal policy, security principles, and industry best practices.

Skills

Federal government experience

Network engineering

Security architecture

NIST 800-53 / FISMA

Zero Trust

SD-WAN

ATO packages

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/Telecommunications

High School diploma + 10 years cybersecurity experience

Associates degree + 8 years cybersecurity experience

Masters degree + 3 years cybersecurity experience

Job description

Noblis is seeking a Security Engineer to join the FAA Telecommunications and Integrated Services (TIS) Group, providing expert-level security engineering across the FAA’s environment. You will analyze network architecture, review configurations, and guide implementations to adhere to NIST and federal standards.

The role requires hands-on networking, security architecture expertise, and the ability to communicate with cyber stakeholders and providers. Eligibility includes U.S.