CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECT SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

Updated: October 2, 2024 - The Cybersecurity Architect manages relationships with stakeholders across business and IT, ensuring effective communication and collaboration. This role requires a deep understanding of cost analysis, business strategy, and cloud security requirements, along with proficiency in key technical components and operating systems. With strong project management skills and a commitment to confidentiality, the Cybersecurity Architect effectively handles multiple projects while demonstrating attention to detail and organizational prowess.

Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Cybersecurity Architect Resume
  • Network Security
  • Cloud Security
  • Threat Modeling
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • SIEM
  • Identity Management
  • Risk Management
  • Incident Response
  • Secure Coding
  • Compliance Standards
  • Communication
  • Problem-Solving
  • Teamwork
  • Adaptability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Critical Thinking
  • Project Management
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Leadership

Summary of Cybersecurity Architect Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume

1. BS in Information Systems with 3 years of Experience

  • Communicate skills and experience with teamwork and project-oriented work
  • Knowledge of business processes in general
  • Strong communication and analysis oriented
  • Architectural conceptually skilled and experienced
  • Enterprise architect with specialization in security
  • Deep Knowledge of enterprise architecture (eg Zachman, TOGAF, NIST SP800-53) with proven specialization in security architecture (eg SABSA, OSA,.)
  • In-depth Knowledge of Business solutions, being able to propose cost-effective business solutions that meet the security risk appetite of the customer
  • Knowledge about Internet threats and countermeasures
  • Knowledge and understanding of highly complex and varied systems, environments and problems related to information security
  • Proven experience with information security controls, mitigating measures and methods to measure their effect
  • Strong analytical skills, good organizational talent and resistance to stress

2. BS in Data Science with 8 years of Experience

  • Hands on technical experience in an IT Security discipline
  • Hands on firewall design and implementation experience
  • Expert level knowledge of security principles and technologies
  • Experience evaluating, designing, and implementing security solutions
  • Fluent in risk identification, categorization, communication, and mitigation
  • Skilled in threat modelling and familiar with using frameworks to guide decision making based on risk tolerance and business objectives
  • High level of knowledge in other technical areas such as desktops, servers, database management and networking so incumbent can represent security on major cross functional problems that span these areas
  • Broad knowledge of diagramming tools and monitoring tools
  • Excellent organizational skills and superior troubleshooting / problem solving ability
  • Good interpersonal skills and a team player attitude
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize appropriately
  • Ability to explain complex problems and concepts to all levels in the organization

3. BS in Systems Engineering with 3 years of Experience

  • Proven strong Knowledge of network architectures, topologies and concepts (Firewalls, LB, WAF, CDN, VPC, ACL)
  • Experience with architecture and security reviews, threat modeling and applications risk.
  • Comprehensive understanding of cyber security risk methodologies
  • Proven experience in project management and supervision in a large, complex information systems environment
  • Effectively communicates risk to senior leadership and stakeholder
  • Professional certification, such a: CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSK, CCSP, CEH, C|CISO or related GIAC
  • Working experience implementing security control under large scale Kubernetes environments
  • Understanding of Security architectures and technologies.
  • Understanding of process control system's associated protocols, architecture and security
  • Project management experience in leading several small to large projects, and demonstrate a solid understanding of project management processes, methodologies, and techniques.

4. BS in Network Administration with 7 years of Experience

  • Ability to manage stakeholders (Business and IT) and build relationships
  • Demonstrates ability to understand cost analysis, business strategy, information technology and innovation
  • Knowledge and/or experience working with IAM and related technologies, Architectural Design (TOGAF)
  • Knowledge of fundamental technical components, Microsoft Operating Systems (Linux, Redhat/Suse)
  • Knowledge of cloud security requirements and limitations as well as key infrastructure components
  • Ability to understand project management life-cycle and methodology and handle multiple projects and changes quickly and effectively
  • Proven experience and demonstrated ability to exercise discretion and maintain strict confidentiality
  • Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate technical information to individuals with non-technical backgrounds/experience
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate in an effective, positive manner with employees at all levels across the organization
  • Demonstrated attention to detail with proficient organization and time management skills

5. BS in Information Assurance with 4 years of Experience

  • Experience with the DoD, especially with either DoD S&T, DoD Acquisition, or DoD testing
  • Familiarity with DoD test Ranges, the National Cyber Range, Distributed Testing and the Joint Mission Environment Test Capability
  • Experience and a depth of knowledge in several of the following: Computer servers, Computer Networking, Malware analysis, Operating systems, Coding/programming-system architectures, cloud security, intrusion detection, system administration, virtualization and virtual machines, hypervisors, computer software, Cyber Security and Cyber Security Architecture
  • Familiarity with the Systems Engineering process.
  • Experience working with Interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers
  • Broad Knowledge of Military Systems and their missions
  • Experience providing formal technical assessments of engineering or technology development
  • Experience with large, global infrastructure support processes
  • Experience with mapping and managing risks related to cloud services such as AWS, Azure or other IaaS, PaaS or SaaS services
  • Familiar with the possibilities of setting up and managing technology related to IT security such as firewalls, network protocols, user access management, intrusion detection and prevention systems.

6. BS in Cybersecurity with 9 years of Experience

  • Experience with a wide variety of security platforms both on-premises and on the Cloud such as AWS, AZURE
  • Experience in designing, and architecting IAM stacks including Saviynt, ForgeRock, Symantec MFA, and other similar products.
  • Have CISSP or CISM certifications 
  • Deep expertise in data model design including traditional RDBMS, Document NoSQL, Wide-column NoSQL, Key-Value Database, and conversion of relational data models to NoSQL data models.
  • Expert in understanding the Consistency, Availability, and Partitioning (CAP) capabilities of SQL and NoSQL databases and experience with tuning Consistency capabilities of Eventually consistent No SQL Databases.
  • Strong experience with architecting and delivering data and Big data platform capabilities such as database Clustering, Replication, Disaster Recovery, Ship to Shore data replication, resiliency, maintaining data integrity.
  • Deep experience with data ER modeling and mapping the ER model to SQL and No SQL models including Cassandra, Couch DB, and Relational DBs.
  • Extensive experience in data platform high availability design both on-premises and on cloud.
  • Broad experience with performance tuning on traditional RDBMS and NoSQL platforms. in a large enterprise.
  • Architecture and design experience with platform implementations across Business, Application, Data, and Platform architecture.
  • In-depth knowledge in Data Ingestion and data pipeline design for extracting, and transforming data from heterogeneous data sources to a target state architecture data source.
  • Platform design and implementation experience with projects that encompass digital, web services, microservices, API gateways, etc.
  • Experienced with cyber technology development in DoD lifecycles, ideally from early concept/vulnerability identification, through development/prototyping, and then the integration into customer product lines and core businesses.
  • Experience with application middleware technologies family of products

7. BS in Information Technology with 10 years of Experience

  • Have IT professional experience
  • Experience developing cloud architecture solutions
  • One or more of the following security-related certifications: CISSP, GSEC, CISM, Cisco CCNP/CCNA or similar
  • Experience in AWS/Azure in a large enterprise environment
  • Experience leading global scale security architecture solution
  • Experience with compliance standards: NIST, ISO 27001, SOX, PCI, HIPAA, EU GDPR, PRC CSL & HITRUST.
  • Knowledge in IoC threat hunting concepts, network forensics artifacts
  • Strong knowledge of Linux, UNIX, Windows operating systems, and virtualization technologies
  • Experience with middleware clustering and load balancing
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP
  • Proficiency in project estimations, capacity planning, availability planning and performance
  • Documentation and development of processes and procedures.
  • Experienced in managing 100+ applications.

8. BS in Computer Science with 9 years of Experience

  • Must have a Top Secret Security Clearance / SSBI and the ability to obtain TS/SCI.
  • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification before start date
  • System Architecture or System Engineering experience
  • Strong communication skills to interact with customers, management personnel, and team members, including documentation and writing skills.
  • Ability to present simple, easily understood solutions to executive leadership and customers where complex technical problems exist
  • A Continuous Improvement, Enterprise focused mindset (reduce complexity, maximize commonality/standardization)
  • System Integration and System Administration (RHEL) experience
  • Experience working on DoD programs in a senior security role
  • Organizational skills to prioritize work in a dynamic work environment and persistence to follow through on tasks in the face of obstacles
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-faceted team, and leadership skills to guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
  • Familiarity with DoD system security accreditation processes
  • Automation and Scripting experience that includes UNIX/Linux shell, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Jenkins
  • Experience with Architecture frameworks like Zachman, FEA, TOGAF, MODAF/DODAF

9. BS in Information Systems with 8 years of Experience

  • Sound IT Security experience with recent experience in a Security Architect role focusing on Cloud IaaS (Microsoft Azure) and SaaS (Microsoft O365) environments
  • Experience in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Information Classification tools, O365 DLP, and Azure Information Protection.
  • Understanding of key network and infrastructure security solutions such as firewalls, SD-WAN, WAF, DDoS protection IPS, Web Proxy, etc.
  • Understanding of SASE solutions and cloud-based service delivery of traditional security controls (e.g. proxy, firewall)
  • Experience or involvement in cloud infrastructure security designs, MS Azure
  • Broad knowledge of Information Security, IT, and industry best practices
  • Understanding of agile methods and processes, and capability of supporting agile project teams
  • Excellent understanding of best practice infrastructure and network architectures
  • Awareness of data residency issues and effects on secure solutions (e.g. GDPR)
  • Ability to mentor and teach Security Engineers
  • Proven leadership skills demonstrating strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
  • Experience managing senior-level client relationships
  • Experience presenting to clients or other decision-makers to present and sell ideas to various audiences (technical and non-technical)
  • Understanding of fundamental cloud computing concepts
  • Experience with Information Assurance concepts and processes within the Federal government

10. BS in Computer Information Systems with 7 years of Experience

  • Must have CISSP certification 
  • Detailed solid understanding of Cisco, Palo Alto, virtualization, Windows and other current systems and network technologies.
  • In-depth knowledge of systems and network technologies across major platforms and vendors
  • In-depth knowledge of major cyber security tools and their ability to detect, respond and recover from security incidents.
  • Experience in information security and IT risk management.
  • A strong solid understanding of current IT risks, security implementations, and computer operating and software programs.
  • Track record of managing successful supplier relationships
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals from different backgrounds and races.
  • Excellent teaching, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Proven knowledge of security, infrastructure, and/or operations practices
  • Leads and motivates others through a collaborative style, bringing the right people together to drive strategies and solutions.
  • Solid understanding of Cyber tools and technologies such as Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM solutions, McAfee and Microsoft EndPoint Protection, Windows Servers, Cisco routers and switches
  • Reliable technical, data and analytics skills.
  • Sharp, energetic, assertive, results-oriented, and able to shift gears when needed in a rapidly-evolving environment

11. BS in Cybersecurity with 9 years of Experience

  • Experience with designing and documenting configuration standards, policies, and procedures for operating, managing, and ensuring the security of a Splunk infrastructure
  • Experience with developing dashboards, data models, reports, and performance optimization
  • Experience with developing documentation on new or existing systems
  • Ability to clearly articulate ideas, collaborate effectively, and influence at all levels of the organization
  • Creativity and flexibility in analytical skills to facilitate leveraging solutions for positive outcomes
  • Excellent, clear, and concise communication skills, both oral and written
  • Strong business and technical acumen and critical thinking to complement strong tactical execution skills
  • Perspective, understanding, and sensitivity towards company business issues
  • DoD 8570 IAT II Certifications
  • Knowledge of cyber operations for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program approved Cloud Service Providers
  • Experience managing an enterprise infrastructure and related HW/SW technologies.
  • Experience implementing, evaluating, and developing cybersecurity solutions.
  • Experience recommending improvements to current infrastructure and guide new technologies and capabilities.

12. BS in Information Technology with 10 years of Experience

  • Must have  IT professional experience
  • Experience developing cloud architecture solutions
  • Experience in AWS/Azure in a large enterprise environment
  • Experience leading global scale security architecture solution
  • Experience with compliance standards: NIST, ISO 27001, SOX, PCI, HIPAA, EU GDPR, PRC CSL & HITRUST.
  • Knowledge in IoC threat hunting concepts, network forensics artifacts
  • Be constantly attuned to the rapidly changing threat landscape and lead efforts to adapt the organization’s controls.
  • Be a self-starter and driven to win
  • Strong problem-solving and Critical thinking skills
  • Successfully implemented and delivered projects involving a variety of cybersecurity functions
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Team-oriented and skilled in working in a collaborative environment
  • Knowledge and experience working with and developing cloud infrastructure across Development and Operational teams.
  • Knowledge and experience in working with software delivery teams to deliver secure applications and services.
  • Expert knowledge in IT security architecture, best practices and solutions.

13. BS in Data Science with 10 years of Experience

  • Experience with Privileged Access Management technologies including SailPoint, Cyberark, Varonis, and Okta.
  • Solid understanding of Privileged Access Management (PAM) and security concepts.
  • Advanced knowledge of MS Active Directory authentication, Group Policy Objects, and LDAP, including design, configuration, and deployment.
  • Demonstrated experience with Privileged Access Management platforms.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Identity and Access Management business processes.
  • Strong experience and detailed technical knowledge in security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and application security.
  • One or more Information/Cyber Security professional certification (CISSP, CISM, CISA, SANS GAIC)
  • Ability to act as the security design authority on complex programs collaborating across the organization 
  • Experience in successfully working with large organizations
  • Excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills including the ability to explain technical topics to individuals from a non-technical background  
  • Experience in reviewing and designing the security of complex application and technology architectures in the cloud as part of digital transformation and cloud migration projects
  • Experience in performing architecture reviews for existing implementations and new projects to ensure alignment with security best practices and policy 
  • Extensive experience in developing security reference architectures and technology roadmaps.

14. BS in Computer Engineering with 7 years of Experience

  • Working knowledge of Intelligence Community Information Assurance policies and regulations and how they relate to the certification and accreditation process.
  • Experience authoring and maintaining systems security documentation including documentation of security mitigations and successful completion of DCID 6/3 or ICD503 accreditation process.
  • Demonstrated experience navigating the Sponsor's security and accreditation process including certification and accreditation of an IT system to Authority to Operate (ATO).
  • Knowledge and experience in generating appropriate security documentation to receive proper accreditation from Directorate security personnel and correcting security shortfalls as they are identified through agency-sponsored reviews.
  • Strong technical skills and analytic ability
  • Good communication skills, written and oral.
  • Have PMP Certification
  • Knowledge of Customer PMF process, FISMA, DCID 6/3, and ICD 503 Standards.
  • Knowledge of Customer organization and processes specific to security requirements for IT systems and accreditation/certification.
  • Experience in an ISSO /ISSE / ISSM role.
  • Work well in a small team and be flexible enough to work on any aspect of the project
  • Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation 
  • Familiarity with Threat Modeling
  • Proven cloud security architecture knowledge and experience

15. BS in Computer Science with 5 years of Experience

  • Experience with embedded Windows/QNX/Linux or with microcontrollers for control systems
  • Strong communication and analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently, take follow-up on project deliverables, and go above and beyond the task at hand
  • Familiarity with general IT or Product Security and Architecture Concepts, processes, and methods
  • Understanding of architecture, development, design principles 
  • Understanding and experience in embedded and/or automotive systems.
  • Familiarity with in-vehicle network architecture, modules, and protocols (CAN, etc.)
  • Electrical or System Engineering background will be a plus for module-related work
  • Mobile Phone Application Programming, Bluetooth, Networking familiarity
  • Penetration testing and tools experience
  • PKI experience on medium to large deployments
  • Have Architecture experience in one or more cybersecurity domains (for example, identity, network, endpoint, data protection, threat intelligence, etc.)
  • Exceptional communication skills, including written deliverables, oral presentations, and the ability to facilitate crucial conversations at all levels of the organization
  • Working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standard practices such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CSA, OWASP, etc.

16. BS in Software Engineering with 8 years of Experience

  • Technical expertise in IT/Security engineering, Cloud and/or Enterprise Architecture
  • Technical expertise in (cloud-based) IAM solutions 
  • Technical understanding of various Cloud Service Provider platforms, services, and solutions
  • Good stakeholder management in business or IT projects
  • Experience with supplier management through technology reviews, RFP assessment
  • Information Security expertise at an enterprise on a global scale
  • Any relevant industry certification is considered
  • Understanding (Cloud) Security/IT architecture frameworks
  • Advanced degree in engineering, Cybersecurity, information assurance, information security, information systems, or computer science.
  • National Security Administration – Department of Homeland Security certification for NTISSI/CNS standards 4011-4016.
  • Certified Computer Forensics Examiner (Access Data, SANS)
  • General understanding of Cybersecurity architecture and associated technologies.
  • Understands change management & Service management best practices with experience supporting global customers.
  • Ability to effectively manage stress in a constantly changing environment.

17. BS in Computer Science with 8 years of Experience

  • Professional experience in enterprise cybersecurity in at least two of the following domains - identity and access management, network and communications security, PKI, audit logging, risk management
  • Experience with enterprise network security architecture and design
  • Experience with security of data center or cloud-hosted enterprise infrastructure and applications
  • Experience with PKI design and implementation
  • Ability to be self-driven, with a passion for technology and cybersecurity
  • Proven problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
  • Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on the ability to effectively influence others
  • A team-focused mentality with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders
  • Ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily understood, authoritative, and actionable manner
  • Familiarity with bash, python, or other utility languages
  • Hands-on experience designing or administering security controls in the public cloud (AWS, Azure, or competitors)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, microservices, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps principles and technologies
  • Excellent judgment and the ability to make quick decisions when working with complex situations.

18. BS in Cyber Operations with 7 years of Experience

  • A firm understanding of the offerings within VMware, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Azure platforms
  • A working knowledge of common and industry standard cloud-native/cloud-friendly authentication mechanisms (e.g., OAuth and OpenID)
  • Experience with service-oriented architecture for cloud-based services
  • Experience working with cloud security and governance tools, cloud access security brokers (CASBs), and server virtualization technologies
  • Experience with enterprise applications (architecture, development, support and troubleshooting)
  • Experience performing threat modeling and design reviews to assess security implications and requirements for the introduction of new technologies
  • Experience representing technical viewpoints to diverse audiences and making timely and prudent technical-risk decisions
  • Experience with enterprise architecture and working as part of a cross-functional team to implement solutions
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment
  • Ability to work independently and with minimal direction
  • Possesses a self-starter/self-motivated mindset
  • Organizational skills to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced working environment
  • Ability to accommodate ten percent work travel requirement

19. BS in Computer Engineering with 9 years of Experience

  • Excellent communication skills.
  • High level of integrity, trustworthiness, and confidence, representing the company and its management team with the highest level of professionalism.
  • Proven track record of Cyber Security capabilities and/or developing Security Architecture and standards
  • A sound technical understanding of today's Cyber security threats and development of appropriate capabilities to mitigate these threats
  • Understanding of ISA-95 framework and sound knowledge of all levels with clear understanding of integrations across these levels
  • Proven Project Management capabilities in delivering IT and/or OT solutions (applications and infrastructure related)
  • Network and application infrastructure architectures
  • Knowledge of critical security processes
  • Understanding of industry-leading security architectures and standards
  • Understanding of technologies from both IT and OT realms
  • Use of various Enterprise Architecture tools and/or Visio to develop Security Architecture Artefacts
  • Good knowledge of security principles, methods, technologies, and tools
  • Good knowledge of programming languages
  • Good knowledge of current cyber security threats and risks
  • Have Technical writing experience
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