Senior Cyber Security Architect

Planet Technologies, a Microsoft Gold Partner, is looking for a Top Secret and/or Q cleared, highly motivated individual with excellent technical skills to join our team as a Senior Cyber Security Architect. This position in a fast-paced, mission-sensitive, highly advanced and integrated IT environment. Experience implementing solutions in sensitive government environments is highly preferred.

• Be a technology leader within a team of senior systems engineers, senior network engineers, cybersecurity architects, and software developers. 
• Close collaboration with customer personnel and teams to ensure solutions are developed with an Enterprise mindset and ensure solutions address site specific requirements and concerns.
• Work closely with Project Managers to develop and execute cybersecurity and IT projects. 
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to teams within the organization. 
• Interview stakeholders to identify and collect requirements. 
• Lead the development and maintenance of Security Architecture documents and artifacts. 
• Develop secure solutions for enterprise, enclave, and local-level information systems. 
• Create, analyze, and improve effectiveness of business and engineering processes.  
• Support the strategic technical vision for the customer organization. 
• Design solutions that satisfy redundancy, high-availability, scalability, security, and manageability requirements. 
• Lead the development and maintenance of the organization’s technology roadmap. 
• Support the development and execution of plans to achieve the technology roadmap. 
• Maintain a broad knowledge-base of emerging threats and technologies, and techniques to detect and mitigate them. 
• Active participation in Engineering Review activities. 
• Leading and working within cross-functional and cross-site teams, building consensus, and influencing project directions to achieve strategic objectives 
• Support the development of and updating of Cybersecurity and IT policies and procedures. 
• Disrupt the status quo to eliminate complacency and drive innovation into cybersecurity and IT operations. 
• Continual optimization of cybersecurity solutions to manage operating and maintenance costs and labor burden while improving effectiveness and responsiveness. 

• Strong understanding and knowledge of architecture standards and patterns, and a passion for advocating their correct usage. 
• Strong understanding and knowledge of best practices for securing networks and computer systems. 
• Experience designing, architecting, or implementing complex enterprise systems. 
• Previous experience leading IT and/or cybersecurity teams and projects. 
• In-depth knowledge of networking systems, architecture. 
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft O/S and services. 
• In-depth knowledge of Linux O/S and services. 
• In-depth knowledge of virtualization technologies. 
• In-depth knowledge with cloud architectures and systems and security approaches. 
• Experience architecting and/or engineering data pipelines, ETL processes, data ingestion systems, data storage, data normalization, data warehousing, and/or similar. 
• Experience with engineering and architecture in a large, geographically separated, interconnected enterprise environment. 
• Working knowledge of architecture frameworks and standards used in Federal Government IT and security operations. 
• Experience working in a classified or highly secured IT networks and environments. 
• A combination of standard Information Assurance industry certifications, to include GSEC, CISSP, CISM, CCIE, MCSE, RHCA, DoD 8570 or the ability to obtain a certification. 
• Knowledge and experience of intrusion analysis, digital forensics, incident response, and incident management. 
• Knowledge and experience working with Big Data and high-volume systems. 
• Strong experience mitigating and remediating PC LOAD LETTER errors. 

• 14 years of cyber security experience OR a Bachelors degree and 10 years of experience
• Clearance: Active Top Secret and/or DOE Q clearance
• Work Location: 100% on site in Las Vegas
• This position may require up to 25% travel. 
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Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations.  Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.

Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.  Federal Agency Clearance Requirements may require up to a 10 year background investigation - US Citizenship (clearable) is required.

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