Cyber Security Architect - Stafford / Quantico, VA

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We help companies realize and implement IT solutions strategically. Yakshna Solutions supports our client’s mission and goals by sharing our know-how, skills and knowledge. We strive to attract and retain the brightest people and offer different job experiences with a full range of challenges and rewards. We take pride in being an equal opportunity employer.

Working with Yakshna gives you the opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Additionally, you can build a network of peers, mentors and advance your career! We offer exciting opportunities to work with leading industry experts, business consultants and IT specialists across large government and private sector companies. The people who work in Yakshna are as diverse as our services. We recognize the crucial importance of each individual to our success and offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and innovative training.

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Jun 17 2025

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7611116 Cyber Security Architect

Yakshna Solutions, Inc ., (YSI)is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

YSI offers a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training and professional development assistance.

Job Responsibilities/Required Skills:

• Responsible for the overall maintenance of the government's information technology security systems and protocols.
• Design and implement security measures for hardware, software, and network platforms to ensure protection from cyber-attacks and any other possible harmful intrusions that could compromise or damage the government's data and network infrastructure.
• Assess existing cybersecurity systems and protocols and design and implement upgrades to existing measures and implement new procedures.
• Provides timely detection, identification, and alerting possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from begin activities.
• Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity.
• Document and escalate incidents that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment and analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information.
• Perform event correlation to using information gathered for a variety of sources withing the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack.
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings).
• Notify the government of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event's history, status, and potential impact for further action in accordance with the government's cyber incident response plan.
• Provides cybersecurity recommendations to leadership based on significant threats and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles, computer networking concepts, protocols, network security methodologies, laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.
• Knowledge of risk management
• BA in Computer Science with 5 years’ experience or AA in Computer Science with 7 years’ experience.
• Closed completed T5 (SSBI, SBPR, PPR) investigation with eligibility to Top Secret.
• Must have a total of three (3) Microsoft Certifications consisting of a combination of the following:
  • Cybersecurity Architect Expert
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer
  • Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Security Operations Analyst Associate
  • Windows Server and Hybrid Administrator Associate
• Must have two (2) of the following Microsoft Certifications:
  • Automated Compliance and Assessment System Certification
• OR at least one (1) role-based Microsoft Certification:
  • Identity and Access Administrator

YSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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