Cybersecurity Architect

CVP is an award-winning healthcare and next-gen technology consulting firm recognized for excellence and innovation in the solutions we have provided our clients across healthcare, national security, and the public sector.

We are seeking a Cybersecurity Architect to join our team of experts tasked with securing the critical networks and systems our clients depend on.

• Designs, architects, maintains, configures and troubleshoots cyber security systems.
• Coordinates cyber security audits and communicates results.
• Pursues necessary changes of critical tasks identified from audits.
• Develops, documents and communicates cyber security policies and procedures.
• Build architectures and frameworks that reflect the organization’s current state as well as future goals and objectives.
• Capture and integrate essential system capabilities or business functions required for partial or full system restoration after a catastrophic failure event.
• Collaborate and seek continuous consultation with other analysts and experts—both internal and external to the organization—to leverage analytical and technical expertise.
• Communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.
• Define appropriate levels of system availability based on critical system functions and ensure that system requirements identify appropriate disaster recovery and continuity of operations requirements to include any appropriate fail-over/alternate site requirements, backup requirements, and material supportability requirements for system recover/restoration.
• Design the integration of hardware and software solutions.
• Develop a system security context, a preliminary system security Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and define baseline system security requirements in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements.
• Develop enterprise architecture or system components required to meet organization needs.
• Document and update as necessary all definition and architecture activities.
• Document how the implementation of a new system or new interface between systems impacts the current and target environment including but not limited to security posture.
• Employ secure configuration management processes.
• Ensure acquired or developed system(s) and architecture(s) are consistent with organization's cybersecurity architecture guidelines.
• Evaluate security architectures and designs to determine the adequacy of security design and architecture proposed or provided in response to requirements contained in acquisition documents.
• Execute technology integration processes.
• Identify and prioritize critical business functions in collaboration with organizational stakeholders.
• Identify cybersecurity and privacy issues that stem from connections with internal and external customers and partner organizations.
• Integrate results regarding the identification of gaps in security architecture.
• Provide advice on project costs, design concepts, or design changes.
• Provide input to the Risk Management Framework process activities and related documentation (e.g., system life-cycle support plans, concept of operations, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials).
• Write and publish cyber defense recommendations, reports, and white papers to appropriate management and stakeholders.
• Write detailed functional specifications that document the architecture development process.
• Maintain appropriate technical and procedural documentation.
• Complete projects, tasks, and associated deliverables on time and with quality.
• Must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• 4-year college degree in Computer Science or related field and 2 years’ experience or 5 years’ experience in lieu of a college degree.
• Experience demonstrating strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for cybersecurity.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Knowledge of NIST and FISMA guidelines.
• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP).
• Eight (8) years of experience in engineering, with a focus on cybersecurity.
• NIH experience
  
  
  

Desired Skills

• Any of the following
• Certified Information Security Architect Professional (CISSP-ISSAP)
• Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
• GDSA GIAC Defensible Security Architecture
• GSLC GIAC Security Leadership
• GISP GIAC Information Security Professional
• GSTRT GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership
• GSE GIAC Security Expert
• GCIP GIAC Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Knowledge of applicable laws, statutes (e.g., in Titles 10, 18, 32, 50 in U.S. Code), Presidential Directives, executive branch guidelines, and/or administrative/criminal legal guidelines and procedures.
  
  

About CVP

CVP is an award-winning healthcare and next-gen technology and consulting services firm solving critical problems for healthcare, national security, and public sector clients. We help organizations achieve lasting transformation.