Technical Lead/Chief Security Architect

Revolutional is seeking a Technical Lead / Chief Security Architect-Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise security architecture supporting an anticipated Veteran Affairs (VA) Program in a large-scale health IT environment. This role bridges legacy systems and next-generation technology — cloud, mobile, IoT, APIs, VR/XR, 5G, post-quantum cryptography, and AI — translating mission and customer requirements into secure, resilient architecture that a large program can build against. The ideal candidate has led security architecture at the scale and complexity of a major federal agency and is equally comfortable in a design review, a risk-management working session, or a whiteboard session with engineers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise security architecture across legacy and emerging health IT systems.
• Lead security architecture and engineering efforts, translating customer and mission requirements into actionable technical direction for the project team.
• Advance the development of legacy and new health IT digital architectures spanning cloud, mobile, IoT, APIs, VR/XR, 5G, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), cryptography, quantum computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies.
• Lead enterprise risk management activities across the security architecture lifecycle.
• Apply Enterprise Architecture (EA) tools and guide architecture processes and products (e.g., SABSA) to support consistent, repeatable architecture practice.
• Perform analysis and research on complex technical problems and processes relevant to enterprise security architecture.
• Coordinate with program and project leadership to analyze system architectures during design reviews and throughout the conceptual design lifecycle.
• Identify strategies for addressing requirements, risks, and issues; conduct detailed trade-off analysis of requirements against fiscal, schedule, and performance constraints.
• Create architecture diagrams and documentation covering all components that comprise IT systems, including network topology.
• Ensure architecture and engineering practice aligns with federal security frameworks and policy, including NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, CIS Controls, and HIPAA.
• Provide project management oversight for security architecture initiatives, including scope, schedule, and resource coordination.

Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of Enterprise Security Architecture / Information Security experience at a large company or government agency comparable in size and scope to GSA, IRS, DoD, or VA.
• An additional advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in an IT-related field may substitute for up to 5 years of the required experience.
• Expertise in project management, security architecture, and security engineering, with the ability to translate customer requirements and relay them to the team.
• Expertise and ability to advance the development of legacy and new health IT digital architectures, including cloud, mobile, IoT, APIs, VR/XR, 5G, PQC, DLP, cryptography, quantum computing, and AI technologies.
• Expertise in risk management.
• Expertise using Enterprise Architecture (EA) tools.
• Expertise guiding architecture tool processes and products (e.g., SABSA).
• Expertise performing analysis and research of complex problems and processes relating to the subject matter.
• Expertise coordinating with program and project leaders to analyze system architectures during design reviews and throughout the conceptual design lifecycle.
• Expertise identifying strategies for addressing requirements, risks, and issues, and conducting detailed trade-off analysis of requirements against fiscal, schedule, and performance constraints.
• Expertise creating diagrams and documentation covering all components that comprise IT systems, including network topology.
• Expertise in security frameworks and federal policies, processes, and standards (e.g., NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, CIS Controls, HIPAA).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems Architecture, Telecommunications Systems Design, Architecture Implementation, Information Systems Integration, Software Development Methodologies, Security Engineering, or Network Systems Communications Management.
• Certification in one or more of the following: PMP, IAT Level III, IAM Level III, or IASAE Level III.

Preferred Qualifications

• SABSA certification (SCF or above).
• CISSP or CISM.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture principles and federal Zero Trust mandates.
• Prior experience architecting security for a health IT or clinical systems environment.

Pay

$200K - $250K DOE