ServiceNow Security Architect: DoD RMF & Zero Trust Lead

Akima; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 205,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits (medical, dent,

Life insurance

401(k)

PTO

Job summary

Suvi, an Akima company, is seeking a senior cybersecurity architect to lead ServiceNow security architecture, risk assessments, and authorization activities for federal projects. You’ll coordinate with the CIO office, CISO, and program teams to strengthen controls, implement CSRMC, and ensure compliant deployments across DoD environments.

The role requires an active clearance, DoD RMF experience, and strong communication skills to brief senior leadership on risk and mitigation options.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 10+ years of enterprise IT architecture, cybersecurity engineering, cloud architecture, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated ServiceNow architecture experience including enterprise implementations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architect team to define technical architecture, security guidance, and risk management for ServiceNow implementations, configurations, apps, modules, workflows, and integrations with emphasis on security and scalability.
• Evaluate ServiceNow solutions for security risks involving identity and access management, privileged access, data protection, APIs, logging, and cloud boundaries.
• Support the ServiceNow authorization strategy, including security control implementation and maintenance of ATO documentation.
• Assess security and authorization impacts of new ServiceNow modules and changes and recommend reviews and mitigations before production deployment.
• Evaluate data sharing and integrations between ServiceNow and other systems or external providers for security requirements and risk mitigations.
• Apply CSRMC, Zero Trust, and Azure cloud security practices to improve risk management and authorization efficiency.
• Collaborate with various teams to establish security architecture review and approval processes integrated with development and release activities.
• Maintain security architecture diagrams, risk assessments, authorization documentation, and technical recommendations.
• Advise leadership on authorization requirements, residual risks, and mitigation strategies.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

10+ years IT architecture/cybersec

ServiceNow architecture

Federal/DoD RMF knowledge

Cybersecurity risk management

Security guidance and risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity / IT / CS / engineering

Significant equivalent professional experience

Tools

ServiceNow ITSM/ITOM/CMDB/Discovery

IntegrationHub and MID Server

Azure Government cloud security

Job description

Suvi, an Akima company, is seeking a senior cybersecurity architect to lead ServiceNow security architecture, risk assessments, and authorization activities for federal projects. You’ll coordinate with the CIO office, CISO, and program teams to strengthen controls, implement CSRMC, and ensure compliant deployments across DoD environments.

The role requires an active clearance, DoD RMF experience, and strong communication skills to brief senior leadership on risk and mitigation options.