Project Introduction

The Department of Veterans Affairs Cybersecurity Operations and Services Enterprise (COSE) program delivers the enterprise cybersecurity operations, engineering, architecture, risk, and compliance support that safeguards VA systems, data, and mission delivery. The team helps strengthen the cyber resilience of the digital services relied on by Veterans, their families, and the VA workforce.

9th Way Insignia is seeking a Cybersecurity Architect to support this program. This position is contingent upon contract award.
Professional Level

E3 - Engineer
Responsibilities

• Define and assess enterprise security architectures that support Zero Trust, cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, reference patterns, security requirements, and transition plans.
• Analyze system designs, integrations, data flows, identity patterns, and control dependencies for security and interoperability risks.
• Advise technical teams and leadership on security architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and remediation priorities.
• Produce architecture diagrams, design documentation, and executive-ready briefings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Ten or more years of enterprise security architecture, systems architecture, or cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Zero Trust, identity and access management, network segmentation, cloud security, and security frameworks such as NIST and RMF.
• Experience designing or evaluating security architecture in a large enterprise or Government environment.
• Ability to communicate complex architecture decisions clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Salary Range

$98,135-$150,000 USD

9th Way Insignia's range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Clearance/Background Investigation
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Benefits
Eligible employees will have access to our comprehensive benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Voluntary Life Insurance, 401(k), Basic Life A&D, STD, LTD, PTO, Telehealth, paid holidays, FSA, HSA. Additional resources include our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Traveling Assistance.