Lead Cyber Architect

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type:

Full Time/Hourly/Non-Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range:$-$

Security Clearance:

TS/SCI

Level of

Experience:

Senior

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5

ISR systems.

HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

Leadership at HII – Mission Technologies HII’s Leadership Capability Framework defines the standard of excellence expected of all leaders across Mission Technologies. Leaders are accountable for modeling these capabilities and building them within their teams.

• Know & Grow Your People – Develop talent, empower teams, and build an inclusive environment.
• Build Relationships – Strengthen trust, collaboration, and cross-functional partnerships.
• Take Ownership – Drive accountability, execution excellence, and results.
• Customer First – Anticipate mission needs and deliver value to our partners.
• Shape the Future – Inspire innovation and align work with strategic priorities.
• Act with Urgency – Make informed decisions and move with purpose.

These capabilities define how leaders inspire teams, deliver results, and shape the future of Mission.

HII Mission Technologies seeks a cybersecurity engineering professional supporting AFLCMC Fighters/Bombers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, through the DTIC Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract (IAC MAC). The position delivers technical analysis, engineering products, and acquisition support across weapon-system modernization and sustainment. Additional objectives are to integrate System Security Engineering (SSE), Risk Management Framework (RMF), Assessment and Authorization (A&A), and Department of the Air Force acquisition requirements across aircraft, avionics, weapon systems, embedded Operational Technology (OT), and connected mission technologies.

This individual will serve as the principal subject matter expert and technical authority for cybersecurity architecture and strategy across assigned efforts. Resolve the highest-risk, most ambiguous issues and shape long-term engineering approaches. Influence senior customer decisions through credible analysis, while government officials retain authorization and risk-acceptance authority.

Work a hybrid schedule with at least three days on-site per week.

• Shape cybersecurity requirements, evaluate aircraft and subsystem architectures, and develop practical mitigations that support mission capability and resilient system integration.
• Work with government program managers, engineers, manufacturers, and test organizations to translate security findings into engineering changes and acquisition decisions. Deliver technical analyses and evidence supporting design reviews, authorization, modernization, fielding, and sustainment.
• Deliver technical analyses and evidence supporting design reviews, authorization, modernization, fielding, and sustainment.
• Work a hybrid schedule with at least three days on-site per week.
• Define integrated SSE and cybersecurity architecture strategies across weapon-system portfolios; align security objectives, engineering investment, modernization priorities, and acquisition outcomes.
• Establish technical approaches for complex RMF/A&A challenges, including boundaries, categorization, control tailoring, inheritance, evidence sufficiency, and authorization dependencies.
• Provide…