Cybersecurity Architect (SME)
Technology
Job Description
Cybersecurity Architect (SME)
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Location: Suitland, MD – Hybrid (2 days/week onsite)
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6 Months contract to hire
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Overview:
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We are seeking a Cybersecurity Architect (SME) to support a large-scale federal modernization program. This is a hands-on security architecture role focused on designing secure enterprise solutions across cloud, network, identity, endpoints, applications, and data.
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Key Responsibilities:
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- Develop and assess security architectures, controls, trust boundaries, data flows, identity, and segmentation.
- Translate federal security requirements into implementable designs, mitigations, and risk decisions.
- Support architecture, security, technical, and phase-gate reviews.
- Identify security gaps, threats, vulnerabilities, technical debt, and compliance issues.
- Apply NIST RMF, Zero Trust, security controls, authorization, and continuous monitoring principles.
- Collaborate with cloud, network, identity, endpoint, data, application, and operations teams.
- Support authorization evidence, implementation readiness, and post-deployment validation.
- Document architecture decisions, risks, findings, and mitigations.
- Communicate security decisions and risk clearly to technical and government stakeholders.
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Requirements:
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- 12+ years of cybersecurity experience with significant security architecture/technical leadership.
- Strong knowledge of NIST RMF, Zero Trust, cloud security, identity, network, endpoint, application, data, logging/SIEM, and vulnerability management.
- Ability to develop practical security designs and risk-based recommendations.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
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Preferred:
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- Federal/government cybersecurity architecture experience.
- CISSP, CCSP, CISM, SABSA, GIAC, or comparable certifications.
- Experience with Sparx/Prolaborate or similar architecture modeling tools.
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