Maximus

Chief Cybersecurity Architect

Maximus$165K — $195K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field necessary.
  • Over 10 years of enterprise cybersecurity and architecture experience needed.
  • Must have at least one DoD 8140 certification: CISSP, CCSP, or CISM.
  • Proficiency with DoDAF or TOGAF frameworks, and NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171 standards essential.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain the enterprise cybersecurity architecture per DoW standards.
  • Define security requirements for systems, platforms, and services integration.
  • Ensure compliance with NIST publications and DoD cybersecurity directives.
  • Advise on cyber risk, tradeoffs, and mitigation strategies to technical leadership.
  • Document cybersecurity architecture processes and guidelines.

Benefits

  • Onsite work environment, five days a week.
  • Engagement with mission-critical projects in classified environments.
  • Opportunity to influence enterprise-level cybersecurity posture.
  • Access to ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
Full Job Description
Description & Requirements

The Chief Cyber Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and sustaining cybersecurity architecture that ensures mission-ready systems align with DoW cybersecurity standards, enterprise architecture frameworks, and operational risk management requirements in classified environments.

This role is onsite, five days a week, and requires a TS/SCI security clearance.

This position is contingent upon award.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS035, T5, Band 8

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Develop, document, and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture aligned to DoW standards.

- Define security requirements and ensure integration across systems, platforms, and services.

- Ensure architectural alignment with NIST publications, DoW and DISA cybersecurity directives, and enterprise architecture guidance.

- Advise technical leadership on architecture-level cyber risk, tradeoffs, and mitigation strategies.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Active Top Secret / SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

- 10+ years of enterprise cybersecurity and architecture experience.

- Required DoD 8140 certifications for DCWF 652: CISSP OR CCSP OR CISM (at least one required).

- Required technologies/tools: DoDAF or TOGAF; NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171; Risk Management Framework (RMF); eMASS.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Cybersecurity or Systems Engineering.

- Zero Trust architecture design and implementation experience.

- Cloud security architecture experience (AWS or Azure).

- Prior enterprise cyber architecture leadership supporting DoW missions.

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Minimum Requirements

TCS035, T5, Band 8

Minimum Salary

$

165,000.00

Maximum Salary

$

195,000.00

About Maximus

MAXIMUS, Inc. is an American, outsourcing company that provides business process services to government health and human services agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. MAXIMUS focuses on administering government-sponsored programs, such as Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), health care reform, welfare-to-work, Medicare, child support enforcement, and other government programs. The company is based in Reston, Virginia, has 13,000 employees and a reported annual revenue of $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020.
Learn more about Maximus
Size
35,800 employees
Market Cap
$4.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$219.8 million
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+13.6%
Revenue
$3.5 billion
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