Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Noblis is a company that tackles the nation's toughest problems and applies advanced solutions to critical missions for government clients. They are seeking a Network Security Engineer to support the FAA's Telecommunications and Integrated Services Group by providing expert-level security engineering and making security-focused architectural recommendations in complex environments.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing and guiding network architecture to ensure cybersecurity is built-in from the ground up
- Performing hands-on reviews of system configurations, firewall rules, and network paths to align with FAA Orders, NIST 800-53, and federal cybersecurity standards
- Leading efforts in transitioning technologies (e.g., IPv4 to IPv6, microwave radio refreshes) from a cybersecurity and network architecture perspective
- Supporting the integration of Zero Trust, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and defense-in-depth strategies into enterprise-level solutions
- Acting as a technical bridge between FAA cyber stakeholders and infrastructure providers (network, security, cloud)
- Evaluating vendor-proposed architectures and making expert-level recommendations based on federal policy, security principles, and industry best practices
Skills
- Experience supporting federal government programs, ideally within the FAA or transportation sector
- Proven experience with hands-on network engineer or architecture and understands network design, configurations, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and load balancing
- Knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, including IPv4/IPv6, and WAN/LAN environments
- Understand federal cybersecurity frameworks (NIST RMF, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 rev 5)
- Can evaluate network and system security concepts for large-scale, safety-critical systems like those in the National Airspace System (NAS)
- Comfortable advising on defense-in-depth architectures, Zero Trust CONOPS, SD-WANs, and emerging tech
- Have experience collaborating with engineers, PMs, and cybersecurity stakeholders to support ATO packages and continuous monitoring
- Ability to develop system security plans, risk assessments, and related security documentation
- U.S Citizen or Green Card Permanent Resident (3+ years U.S. Residency)
- Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field
- 9+ years of experience in cybersecurity or network security roles
- Substitutions: For anything requiring a substitution, the government customer is subject to further review and either approve or deny the request. + Associates degree and additional 2 years experience would be acceptable. Minimum 11 years total is required, or + Highschool degree and an additional 6 years experience would be acceptable. Minimum 15 years total is required, or + Masters Degree from an accredited college in a related discipline with 6 years of professional experience
- CISSP, Security+, CCNA, or similar certification
- FAA or transportation sector experience preferred
- Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture, Security Orchestration, and network virtualization (e.g., NFV)
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs
- Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category
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