Senior Cybersecurity Architect

Centurion is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Architect that supports our clients cybersecurity team and reports directly to our director of Cybersecurity Operations & Engineering. This is a remote position.

Purpose and Scope:

This role is a senior-level position responsible for planning, designing, testing, implementing and maintaining our clients computer and network security infrastructure.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop a complete understanding of our clients technology and information systems.
• Document and address our clients information security, cybersecurity architecture and systems security engineering requirements.
• Research, design, plan and integrate robust cybersecurity architecture designs for systems and networks to support multiple compliance requirements.
• Ensure acquired or developed systems and architectures are consistent with the organization’s cybersecurity architecture guidelines and relevant policies and standards.
• Evaluate IT security products and services.
• Create topology diagrams and process flow charts as required.
• Influence stakeholders to adapt security strategies, while ensuring alignment with the technology strategy.
• Define and document how the implementation of a new system, or new interfaces between systems impacts the security posture of the current environment.
• Respond to security related incidents and provide thorough remedial solutions and analysis.
• Prevent or minimize the exploitation of data from threats.
• Create and provide metrics to cybersecurity leadership.
• Travel up to 25%.
• Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in cybersecurity architectural design and implementation.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar degree path.
• Active ISC2 CISSP certification.
• Solid understanding of system and network security technologies and related concepts, e.g. boundary protection, network segmentation, endpoint security, threat hunting.
• Understanding in application security, identity and access management (e.g. SSO, OAuth, SAML, MFA), cryptography.
• Familiarity with security management tools, configuration management and automation concepts.
• Solid understanding of IT risk management, ability to identify security risks and design related mitigation strategies.
• Experience with hybrid environments that include both cloud and on-premises assets.
• Knowledge of NIST publications and their relevancy to compliance.
• Strong written and verbal communications, especially ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-starter with desire for professional excellence, able to work with minimal supervision.
• Able to prioritize and adapt to dynamic changes in the environment.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience with government or DoD environments.
• Master’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or other relevant fields.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 50 pounds, constant sitting while using the computer terminal, constant use of sight abilities while reviewing documents, constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communication, constant mental alertness, must possess planning/organizing skills, and must be able to work under deadlines.

Position Details: 

US Citizenship or Authorization to work in US required

Travel: < 10% (CONUS)

Centurion Consulting Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer EOE M/F/D/V

No third parties or subcontractors

REF: JOB-4624