At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As a Cybersecurity Architect, a typical day will include the following duties/skills:
Work Requirements:
- Assist in evaluating and advising on zero trust architecture maturity models and road mapping phased adoption, ensuring alignment with customer's organizational security posture.
- Work within the customer's IT and Cybersecurity policies, standards, and guidance domains.
- Apply critical thinking to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems related to zero trust architecture.
- Possess working knowledge of zero trust architecture frameworks (e.g., NIST SP 800-207), including micro-segmentation, least-privilege access, and continuous verification.
- Possess working knowledge of network security architectures, such as software-defined networking (SDN), secure access service edge (SASE), and API gateways.
- Possess working knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems.
- The candidate shall possess a working knowledge of cloud-native security (e.g., AWS IAM, Azure AD, Google Cloud IAM) and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
- The candidate shall collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., security, DevOps, compliance) to help align customer zero trust architecture goals and outcomes, with business objectives.
- Coordinate program and project management process activities such as program and project reviews and creating documentation.
- Assist in preparing schedules, roadmaps, and management plans.
- Perform executive technical writing or editing to create cohesive products, narrative, or program artifacts for various audiences, including senior leadership.
- Assist with tracking and monitoring on-going Sponsor zero trust projects and initiatives.
- Engage with Sponsor stakeholders and senior audiences to coordinate activities across organizational boundaries.
- Assist in assessing, documenting, and tracking program and project requirements and follow-on technical exchange meetings (TEMs).
- Translate technical information into clear, readable documents and presentations to be used by technical and non-technical personnel.
- Track dependencies related to zero trust architecture implementation including but not limited to process improvements and changes, and technical integration challenges.
Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience:
- Demonstrated experience evaluating and advising on zero trust architecture maturity models and road mapping phased adoption.
- Demonstrated experience within the IT and Cybersecurity policies, standards and guidance domains, organizing and shaping IT direction given to an organization's workforce.
- Demonstrated experience applying critical thinking to identify strengths and weakness of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems related to zero trust architecture.
- Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of zero trust architecture frameworks (e.g., NIST SP 800-207), including micro-segmentation, least-privilege access, and continuous verification.
- Demonstrated experience in network security architectures, such as software-defined networking (SDN), secure access service edge (SASE), or API gateways.
- Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems.
- Demonstrated experience with cloud-native security (e.g., AWS IAM, Azure AD, or Google Cloud IAM) and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., security, DevOps, compliance) to help align zero trust architecture goals and outcomes, with business objectives.
- Demonstrated experience engaging with stakeholders to coordinate activities across organization boundaries.
- Demonstrated experience preparing schedules, roadmaps, and management plans.
- Demonstrated experience working with executive technical writing or editing to create cohesive products, narrative, or program artifacts for various audiences, including senior leadership.
- Demonstrated experience translating technical information into clear, readable documents and presentations to be used by technical and non-technical personnel.
- Demonstrated experience with tracking project or program dependencies including but not limited to process improvements and changes, and technical integration challenges.
- Demonstrated experience assessing, documenting, and tracking program and project requirements and follow-on technical exchange meetings (TEMs).
- Demonstrated experience tracking and monitoring on-going projects and initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating program and project management process activities such as program and project reviews and creating documentation.
Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience:
- Demonstrated experience understanding threat landscapes, including lateral movement prevention and behavioral analytics using SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk) or UEBA platforms.
- Demonstrated experience architecting scalable, resilient zero trust architecture solutions that incorporate automation (e.g., via Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or similar) and monitoring for real-time anomaly detection.
- Demonstrated experience in assisting in identification and definition of process efficiencies.
- Demonstrated experience with customer mission and familiarity with other customer community policies, core services and common concerns.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with the customer to improve the information technology capabilities, services, and support to customer directorates.
- Demonstrated experience with both internal and external customer stakeholders' processes, policies, procedures, and capabilities.
- Demonstrated experience creating, drafting, and reviewing Cybersecurity policies and program documentation.
- Demonstrated experience as a Network Architect or Security Architect.
- Degree or equivalent experience in a business, computer science or technology discipline.
A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
