Job Description

Location:  Richmond, VA 
Position Type:  Hybrid
Hybrid Schedule: Onsite as needed
Contract Length: 1 year

Position Overview:

This role involves designing and institutionalizing enterprise security and technology patterns, providing architectural guidance on legacy systems, and independently managing security architecture work while producing clear, impactful documentation and artifacts. It also includes collaborating across teams to integrate security into roadmaps, support compliance and risk evaluation, and deliver strategic consultation aligned with business needs and agency goals.

Duties:

• Design and institutionalize enterprise security and technology patterns.

• Assist teams on initiatives by providing tactical and architectural considerations for legacy solutions.

• Evaluate new implementations, navigating complex organizational environments and diverse stakeholders to deliver sound analyses and actionable recommendations.

• Independently manage a portfolio of work using existing process documentation, templates, systems, and resources.

• Support issue resolution by effectively communicating concerns and operationalizing Security Architecture practices.

• Extend the scope of ITD Governance and Security Architecture.

• Create and share clear, impactful architecture artifacts, including:

  • Standards and guidelines

  • Management briefs

  • Security training materials

  • Updated processes

  • Knowledge base articles

  • PowerPoint presentations

  • Visio process diagrams

  • Power BI dashboards

  • Excel reports

• Collaborate with business areas and enterprise architects to understand business needs and provide strategic consultation on secure, risk-averse implementations.

• Conduct security compliance tasks, control evaluations, risk analyses, and exception documentation.

• Support vulnerability management by ensuring data quality and ingestion for remediation team use.

• Integrate security into architecture roadmaps and ensure inclusion of security best practices in others’ roadmaps.

• Research and share insights on architecture governance, controls, and peer review processes, especially regarding platform technology, security, and cloud.

• Document process diagrams and draft narratives or executive summaries.

• Create business-focused documentation tailored to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Provide written guidance aligning with security policies and standards.

• Partner with architects and technical teams to develop strategic roadmaps and support achievement of agency KPIs.

Required Skills:

• 7 years of knowledge and application of security best practices

• 7 years of experience creating executive-facing security recommendations

• 3 years of knowledge in IT Governance and Compliance

• 3 years of experience in business writing and presenting

• 4 years of educational or career experience in Cybersecurity, Government technology implementation, IT Governance, or related fields

• 7 years of experience in risk-based analysis

• 3 years of experience in process modeling using Visio

Preferred Skills:

• 3 years of experience with PowerBI for data visualization and reporting

• 3 years of experience using SharePoint for organizing, sharing, and retrieving resources

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