Cyber Architect/Engineer And Cloud Specialist (Senior Level/SME) Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Cyber Architect/Engineer and Cloud Specialist (Senior Level/SME) supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As a Cyber Architect/Engineer and Cloud Specialist (Senior Level/SME), you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cyber Architect/Engineer and Cloud Specialist (Senior Level/SME) joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service. How a Cyber Architect/Engineer and Cloud Specialist (Senior Level/SME) will make an impact: In this role, a typical day will include: Advising on security system infrastructure and providing network engineering and cloud knowledge to improve security architecture. Using AI to automate the allocation and scaling of cloud resources based on real-time demand. Leveraging AI algorithms to analyze network traffic and user behavior to detect anomalies and potential security threats. Developing and documenting cybersecurity solutions architecture to reduce the threat surface based on standardized methodologies and innovative analysis. During this development using AI algorithms to analyze massive volumes of data from various sources (network traffic, logs, user behavior) to identify anomalies and suspicious patterns indicative of cyber threats. Communicating conceptual architecture and capabilities to management. Guiding the design along with the implementation of secure solutions and services across business/IT support areas, driving the successful configuration and implementation of security solutions to reduce security risks. Conducting training on topics related to the infrastructure/cloud security posture. Supporting system and network/cloud-related security policy development including regulatory compliance. Supporting change management processes to monitor cascading effects and to minimize unintended consequences. Conducting market research on the latest security best techniques, technology, and industry trends for networking and cloud. Using AI to pull/pool together data regarding the various vendors, applications, and summarized the top 4-5 vendors and technologies from which a USPS technical team can review and decide which is best for the USPS environment. Providing analysis of outputs and recommendations for improving overall security posture for both networking and cloud environment. Working towards utilizing AI for monitors network traffic patterns to detect anomalies indicative of intrusions like DDoS attacks, lateral movement, or data exfiltration attempts. AI-driven intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) analyze network data in real time, detecting unknown threats and zero-day exploits. On-call availability for network impacting or network outage situations outside of business hours. What you'll need to succeed: Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity or other related fields. Or equivalent work experience. Note: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required. Required Experience: 7+ years of security architecture experience 7+ years of Cloud architecture experience 9+ years of cybersecurity experience Knowledge of security standards and best practices, including but not limited to: DISA STIGs, NIST 800, Cybersecurity Framework CIS Benchmarks Experience with security architecture and cloud development. Experience in cybersecurity technology solution planning, engineering, and deployment, including EDR/XDR, FW, NGIPS, SIEM, NDR. Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure design requirements: Data center, Cloud (Azure, GCP, AWS, PaaS/IaaS/SaaS), Software defined networks/SASE, Trusted Internet Connections (TIC), Enterprise certificate authority/PKI operations, DNS/DHCP security, DDoS/WAF, Network access control, Wireless network security. Ability to work well in a strong collaborative team-oriented environment. Ability to effectively present technical information to many different levels of the organization. Demonstrated strong communication skills (written/spoken). Demonstrated strong organizational skills Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools: i.e., PowerPoint Experience working with cloud security technologies of Microsoft, Google, or Amazon Serving as a subject matter expert in the configuration and operation of the security consoles and controls within the Cloud environment Experience deploying physical, virtual and cloud hosted enterprise applications on Windows and/or Linux Knowledge and understanding of SDWAN/SSE design and security policies. Knowledge and understanding of TLS traffic analysis and TLS intercept. Experience with Security Operations Center (SOC) processes Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years. Location: Falls Church, VA Morrisville, NC Eagan, MN Remote considered GDIT is your place: 401K with company match Comprehensive health and wellness packages Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications. Cutting-edge technology you can learn from Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays