Cyber Architect / Technical Lead 101576 with Security Clearance

Cyber Architect/Technical Lead
Location: Aurora, CO
Required Clearance: Secret U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation. Job Description: ITEC is seeking a well-qualified Technical Lead/Cyber Architect Cyber Security Engineer to join the Cyber Security Engineering team for a dynamic, high-profile program located in Aurora, CO. The Architect will serve as a tech lead, responsible for assisting in the development and management of the cyber system/application architecture and may be required to provide guidance to program-level software/hardware architects. This person may also serve as a direct interface during important reviews, briefings, and technical exchange/demos. Communication and collaboration with the customer as well as with other engineering disciplines is required to ensure the program-level chief engineers and architectures support the program's needs. The person in this role will lead the analysis of issues that directly affect the system. The successful candidate will have a security conscious approach to take into consideration the systems level effect to resolving complex programs and the ability to convince leadership that the proposed solution is best for the mission (including program cost and schedule as well as the technical solution). The individual will work with the program and customer in the development of CONOPS for new systems, providing strategic input and planning for the system, applications, architecture, and design in a dynamic, agile development environment. He/She will assist in the tracking of key roadmaps and deliverables. The position requires secure software cybersecurity expertise, with containerization experience preferred, as well as guiding the secure implementation of databases. This position requires work on-site at Aurora campus and some work will be performed at the customer location in Boulder. The successful candidate is expected to have proven experience implementing secure coding standards, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide (ASD STIG), database security, python coding, and experience with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process and artifact development leading to a successful Authorization to Operate (ATO). Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline and DevSecOps experience is highly desired; as is the ability to effectively perform multi-level analysis on disparate data sets, highlighting trends and developing action plans to remediate findings or program objectives, ensuring cyber is at the forefront in development. Required Skills: Security Certification in accordance with DoD 8570.01 IAT-II for a Linux environment (e.g., Security+ CE and Linux OS Certification); NOTE: Obtaining Security+ certification is required at start.
Scrum Master Certification.
Languages, Tools, Methodologies, Applications include: Angular BitBucket GITHub Junit RedHat Ansible Tower C/C Gradle Linux SecDevOps API CloudWatch Hibernete Maven SpringMVCC Artifactory CSS HTML Mongo Swagger AWS Suite Eclipse Java Node.js TomCat Azure ELK Stack JavaScript Powershell Unix Bash GIT Jenkins Python VMWare.
Strong understanding of cyber architecture design principles and governance and the ability to create an architectural vision, communicate the vision, and map out a plan to execute towards the vision.
Prior experience developing requirements, defining system interfaces, and supporting system level integration to include experience with software architecture tools and techniques and with a variety of messaging and communication protocols and supporting global mission systems.
Strong written, verba,l and presentation skills; ability to decompose, document, and communicate architecture rationale, approach, design and governance to include strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Deep technical knowledge of the IT Development stack and DEVOPS Pipeline for production systems running on the infrastructure and possess an understanding of Digital Engineering principles including Model Based System Engineering and DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines.
Demonstrated ability to effectively work with and communicate the customer, all levels of management and with individual contributors on the team to include the ability to work across disciplines to find balanced approaches to technical issues.
Required Education: Typically requires a minimum of Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 10+ years of engineering experience in cyber security.
Since 1999, ITEC has maintained a strong and reputable presence in support of DoD and Intelligence community mission-critical programs. At ITEC, we take excellent care of our employees with competitive salaries, an employee care program, and a great benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off and 401k. We are proud of our amazing Company culture.