Location: Washington DC or Morrisville, NC
Clearance: Public Trust
Castalia Systems is looking for a Cyber Architect Specialist to join our team on the USPS Contract. As a member of the USPS contract, you will be part of the team that supports approximately 5000 servers and 150,000 workstations. What a great resume builder to be able to have demonstrated experience supporting one of the largest networks in the world! Our team is responsible for ensuring the Post Office's information assets and technologies are protected from cybersecurity attacks. This contract is constantly growing in size and will provide opportunities to grow your skillset or obtain new ones via collaborative projects with other cybersecurity disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Advise on security system infrastructure and provide network engineering knowledge to improve the security architecture
- Develop and document cybersecurity solutions architecture to reduce the threat surface based on standardized methodologies and innovative analysis
- Communicate conceptual architecture and capabilities to management
- Guide the design along with the implementation of secure solutions and services across business/IT support areas, driving the successful configuration and implementation of security solutions to reduce security risks
- Conduct training on topics related to the infrastructure and security posture
- Support system, and network-related security policy development including regulatory compliance
- Support change management process to monitor cascading effects and to minimize unintended consequences
- Conduct market research on the latest security best techniques, technology, and industry trends
Required Skills
- Bachelor of Science and 10+ years of experience
- Knowledge of security standards and best practices, including but not limited to:
- DISA STIGs
- NIST 800, Cybersecurity Framework
- CIS Benchmarks
- Experience with security architecture development
- Experience in cybersecurity technology solution planning, engineering, and deployment, including EDR/XDR, FW, NGIPS, SIEM
- Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure design requirements: Data center, Cloud (Azure, GCP, AWS, PaaS/IaaS/SaaS), Software defined networks/SASE, Trusted Internet Connections (TIC), Enterprise certificate authority/PKI operations, DNS/DHCP security, DDoS/WAF, Network access control, Wireless network security
- Ability to work well in a strong collaborative team-oriented environment
- Ability to effectively present technical information to many different levels of the organization
- Demonstrated strong communication skills (written/spoken)
- Demonstrated strong organizational skills
- Proficiency on Microsoft Office tools: i.e., PowerPoint
- CISSP certification
Desired Skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced complex system
- Experience in a very large enterprise environment
- Experience with Cisco networking and equipment
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), CCIE/CCNP
Preferred Education, Experience, And Certifications
- 5 years of security architecture experience
- 10 years of cybersecurity experience
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.
Why Castalia Systems?
Castalia Systems values its employees, and our employees love to work for Castalia! We offer a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k matching with day 1 vesting, PTO and paid holidays, paid life insurance, AD&D, and long/short-term disability, professional training, and many more!
Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.
Requisition ID: 2022-1424
External Company Name: Castalia Systems, LLC
External Company URL: www.castaliasystems.com