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Senior Cybersecurity Architect (Lead)

Chenega Systems
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2027

Overview

Senior Cybersecurity Architect (Lead)

 

Washington, D.C.

 

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level! 

 

The Senior Cybersecurity Architect is responsible for ensuring all product/functional areas in the security engineering area are executed successfully, as well as facilitating inter- and intra-task and subtask coordination.

Responsibilities

  • Provide cybersecurity engineering services to include designing the customer’s IT enterprise and systems against existing and emerging cyber threats; developing and upgrading the security capabilities of legacy systems; and coordinating security-related activities with information security architects, senior agency information security officers, system owners, common security control providers, and information system security officers
  • Facilitate the integration of security and privacy requirements in the Secure System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to address security and privacy considerations in a cost-effective manner
  • Assist with planning, designing, and integrating security and privacy requirements into the system development life cycle for new systems and existing systems that need to undergo significant enhancements
  • Provide security consulting, architecture, application security services, tools management, and engineering support for systems, emerging IT, and IT security initiatives, and ensure that IT security is embedded and threaded throughout the IT architecture for all projects
  • Create, update, revise, and maintain Cyber Security Architecture, Engineering, and Security Tools documentation for the Cyber Security & Privacy Division using industry best practices
  • Provide documentation support, architectural design, security engineering, application security, and cybersecurity tools management
  • Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related discipline
  • ISC(2) CISSP certification
  • 10 years of experience designing, building, testing, and implementing security systems within an organization's IT network. Should have experience with Wireless Networks, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, LAN/WAN, SIEM, and Cloud integration strategies.
  • 5 years of experience managing a team of Security Engineers.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Must be able to pass a Criminal and Financial Background Check prior to start

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • ISC(2) CISSP-ISSAP
  • Cloud Security Architecture
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure and AWS
  • Salesforce

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Excellent teaching, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience in applying risk management techniques to develop and complete risk assessments based on NIST standards to ensure system design and implementation sufficiently addresses or mitigates IA risk.
  • Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel, including senior management, to explain and enforce security measures to protect agency assets

How you’ll grow 

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. 

 

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers. 

 

Benefits 

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits. 

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you. 

 

Chenega MIOS’s culture 

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives. 

 

Corporate citizenship 

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities. 

Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world. 

Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/ 

 

Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team 

We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your research, we suggest you review the following links: 

Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com 

Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI_IE369514.11,23.htm 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/ 

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chenegamios/

 

 #Chenega Systems, LLC

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