Security Engineer Solutions Architect

Description

 

Who We Are

Known for being a Best Place to Work and a People First company, IronArch Technology is an award-winning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in providing innovative solutions and world class services to Federal Government clients. 

Our employees have voted us as a 'Best Place to Work' 9 times and we are an INC 5000 recipient for being one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States.

Our Values: People First, Servant Leadership, Deliver and Inspire Excellence, Do the right thing! 

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Information System Security Engineer / Solutions Architect who will also serve as the Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) for key cybersecurity systems supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This role is ideal for someone with deep technical engineering skills, cloud and DevSecOps experience.  This individual will also lead teams to develop and implement technical solutions to remediate vulnerabilities and other complex cybersecurity challenges. Candidates will have a solutions-oriented mindset to help the VA problem-solve complex cybersecurity and IT challenges. The candidates should also be well-versed with facilitating working sessions and have the ability to distill complex concepts into non-technical/common language.

The role will focus on analyzing and recommending system security architectures, vulnerability mitigation, policy-driven compliance implementation, and full-lifecycle support for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs systems.

Key Responsibilities

Cybersecurity Engineering & Architecture (Primary):

• Analyze complex technical findings and determine the necessary resources needed to solve problem sets across multiple cybersecurity and technical domains
• Able to partner with technical teams to develop and implement technical solutions
• Design, build, and deploy secure cloud-native architectures and infrastructure components for VA information systems
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning, policy enforcement, and remediation tools
• Implement secure infrastructure as code/policy as code using tools such as Terraform/CloudFormation, including writing and implementing PaC scripts
• Align security architectures with Federal Zero Trust strategy, VA directives, and OMB policies
• Enable automation of system telemetry and analytics pipelines for cyber situational awareness

 Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering and technical analysis on behalf of Agency Authorizing Officials (AOs) for System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessments, Security Controls Traceability Matrices (SCTMs), and POA&Ms
• Support system authorization and compliance activities, including continuous monitoring and system audits
• Conduct regular and ad-hoc analysis of security control findings and develop and implement remediation strategies

Requirements

• 8+ years of security engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud architecture experience
• Expertise in securing platforms hosted in AWS GovCloud and Azure Government
• Strong experience with NIST RMF, FISMA, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust architecture implementation
• Hands-on skills in IaC tools like Terraform and CI/CD tools such as GitLab/Jenkins, with the ability to adopt new technologies if procured by the agency
• Experience with network isolation tools such as Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW) and Juniper Mist Network Access Control (NAC) solutions or comparable
• Demonstrated experience securing modern applications, APIs, and automated infrastructure
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to explain complex, technical information in easily understood terms; ability to brief Senior VA leadership regularly
• U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or technical equivalent with 5 years of technical experience or a total of 13 years in lieu of education

Preferred Experience

• Prior VA experience supporting VA OIS or major cybersecurity initiatives
• Experience authoring and maintaining ATO documentation in VA or HHS environments
• Experience with IoT/IoMT security solutions is a plus
• Knowledge of federal cybersecurity standards

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Why IronArch Technology?

• Awarded Best Place to Work 9 times!
• Competitive compensation and market-lead