Cyber Systems Architect / Active Secret

Minimum Requirements Are:

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a BS/BA degree; 6+ years with MS/MA; 3+ years with PhD.
• Demonstrated experience in and with designing and developing new cybersecurity systems, applications, and solutions for enterprise-wide systems and networks.
• Candidate must possess one certification from each category below:
• Category 1 – Firewall / Proxy / Load Balancer Technologies
• Network Firewall and/or Integrated Detection Prevention Systems Certification
• F5-CA, F5-CTS, F5-CSE, or F5 Blue
• Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator
• CCNA or CCNP or CCIE
• Cisco CyberOps Professional
• Category 2 – Advanced Network Security / Enterprise Defense
• CCNA
• CCNP Security
• GCED – GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender
• GCIA – GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst
• GCLD – GIAC Cloud Security Essentials
• GDSA – GIAC Defensible Security Architect
• SecurityX / CASP+ (CompTIA SecurityX, formerly CASP+)
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Active Secret with the ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.

Peraton is seeking to hire an experienced Cyber Systems Architect to support its Regional Cyber Center-Europe (RCC‑E) program.

Location: Wiesbaden, Germany

Position Description:

The Cyber Systems Architect will design, develop, and integrate enterprise-wide cybersecurity systems, applications, and network solutions to support secure and resilient operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop new cybersecurity systems, applications, and solutions for enterprise-wide systems and networks.
• Establish and maintain system security requirements across all phases of system development and operations.
• Conduct security risk assessments, systems analysis, security architecture design, and security test and evaluation.
• Support certification and accreditation activities, systems hardening, vulnerability assessments, testing, and scanning.
• Develop and implement cybersecurity solutions supporting incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
• Provide analytical support for cybersecurity policy development, evaluation, and implementation.
• Design and integrate new cybersecurity architectural features into existing enterprise infrastructures.
• Develop cybersecurity architectural artifacts and conduct architectural analysis of security features and capabilities.
• Evaluate existing systems against emerging cybersecurity requirements, technologies, threats, and future operational needs.
• Integrate advanced digital forensic tools and techniques to support attack reconstruction and cybersecurity investigations.
• Provide engineering recommendations to improve system security, performance, integration, and operational effectiveness.
• Identify and resolve cybersecurity system integration, interoperability, and testing issues.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external organizations, including law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and other government entities, as required.

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