Principal Cybersecurity Engineer- Architecture

Position Overview:
The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer is ideally based Baltimore, MD. Candidates may also be considered in Irving TX, Evansville IN, and Fort Mill SC. The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer will be responsible for designing, documenting, and reviewing the implementation of security controls across on-premises and cloud environments.

Description:
The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer will collaborate across several business and technology organizations to provide technical guidance to ensure alignment with regulatory and organizational standards. The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer will create conceptual and technical design artifacts with emphasis on long-term technology planning, risk reduction, and regulatory compliance. The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer will also evaluate enterprise IT designs for their alignment with the enterprise security architecture and NIST 800.53 controls.

The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer has a demonstrated mastery in multiple security and non-security technology platforms, with the ability to both lead and advise on the overall designs and strategies of both security and non-security technologies. Along with security platform mastery in more than one platform area (IDS/IPS, firewall/WAF, access and identity, malware defense, threat modeling, exposure management, among others), the Principal Cybersecurity Engineer is formally trained in enterprise IT design and architecture practices.

• Collaborate with and mentor enterprise architects in security best practices, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Prepare architectural designs and strategies for key security investments as required.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the evaluation of enterprise security technology platforms and products.
• Maintain and update the enterprise security architecture and relevant cybersecurity standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to perform tool rationalization, capability mapping, and gap analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and develop comprehensive security solutions that meet business needs.
• Review and evaluate solution designs and deployments for proper security capability implementation.
• Ensure inclusion of security standards and alignment with technical and reference architectures.
• Manage, develop, and collaborate on threat models to identify and assess potential security risks within the organization's systems and applications.
• Ensure threat models are regularly updated and integrated into the solution design process to enhance proactive risk management.
• Develop and implement metrics to measure the effectiveness, efficiency, coverage, and maturity of the enterprise security architecture and the security architecture processes.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to organize and facilitate planning and demonstrations.
• Ability to track, manage, and ensure project tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Ability to prioritize multiple simultaneous projects.
• Self-motivated to seek out and discover security gaps or weaknesses in existing implementations.
• Deep working knowledge of NIST 800.53 controls, NIST CSF, and other industry security best practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of secure build and configuration standards in a highly regulated environment.
• Formalized training in industry-standard architectural frameworks and techniques (e.g., NIST, GDPR, CCPA, PCI/DSS).
• Experience designing or developing Cardholder Data Environments to ensure compliance with PCI/DSS standards.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification (CISSP) or equivalent certification.

Preferred Technical Knowledge

• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture and modern security models
• Familiarity with Dev Sec Ops  and infrastructure-as-code security Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure)
• Certified Cloud Security Professional certification (CCSP)
• AWS Certified Security (SCS-C02)
• Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100)

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years' experience in the Cybersecurity field
• Minimum of 8 years' experience as an engineer or enterprise IT solutions architect

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