Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 10+ years

Education Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or related field

Category Cybersecurity

About this role

cFocus Software is seeking a senior cybersecurity engineer or architect to lead security engineering activities supporting the NIH. The role involves designing secure architectures, implementing security controls, and ensuring compliance with federal standards.

Key Responsibilities

Lead security activities
Implement NIST controls
Advise on secure SDLC
Support incident response
Design secure architectures

Technical Overview

The role involves security architecture design, implementation of NIST and FISMA controls, incident response, threat analysis, and managing security in federal and regulated environments.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior cybersecurity engineer or architect with over 10 years of experience in security controls, risk management, and federal compliance frameworks such as NIST and FISMA. They possess strong leadership skills and the ability to design secure architectures for regulated environments.

Must-Have Skills

10+ years of cybersecurity engineering or security architecture experienceExperience designing and implementing security controls in federal or regulated environmentsKnowledge of NIST frameworksExperience with FISMA complianceSecurity architecture and engineering practicesIncident response and threat analysisSupport system authorization / ATO processesDesign secure architecturesProvide technical leadership

Nice-to-Have Skills

experience with security controlsFISMA complianceincident responsethreat analysissecurity architecture

Tools & Platforms

NISTFISMASSPSAPPOA&MRMFDevSecOpssecurity tools

Required Skills

Cybersecuritysecurity controlsNISTFISMAincident responsethreat analysisnetwork securityfirewall managementsecurity architecturerisk management

Hard Skills

Cybersecuritysecurity controlsNISTFISMAincident responsethreat analysisnetwork securityfirewall managementsecurity architecturesecurity engineeringsecurity controlsrisk managementFISMANIST SP 800-53NIST SP 800-37NIST SP 800-160security authorizationATOencryptionidentity managementloggingAPI securityFIPS-199

Soft Skills

leadershiptechnical guidanceanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingcollaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector

Job Function Lead cybersecurity engineering and architecture activities supporting NIH systems

Role Subtype Security Architect

Tech Domains Cybersecurity, NIST, FISMA, Security Architecture, Incident Response

Clearance & Visa

Clearance Required Public Trust clearance

Visa Sponsorship No

Keywords for Your Resume

Cybersecurity Engineersecurity controlsNISTFISMAincident responsethreat analysisnetwork securityfirewall managementsecurity architecturesecurity engineeringrisk managementFIPS-199system securitysecurity complianceincident analysisFISMA compliancesystem authorizationATOencryptionidentity managementcybersecurity engineernistfisma

Deal Breakers

Less than 10 years of cybersecurity experience, No experience with NIST or FISMA, Lack of security architecture background, No security clearance

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