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Principal Cybersecurity Architect

Spear StaffingUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 1, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Principal Cybersecurity Architect role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape and secure cutting-edge lab environments, driving innovation in a hybrid work setting. You'll thrive here if you possess a deep understanding of network security, zero-trust principles, and enjoy hands-on architecture design, making a significant impact on customer-facing infrastructure. Apply now to leverage your expertise in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Leader
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
United States
Posted
18 hours ago
MFATCP/IPPenetration TestingZero Trust

Job Description

Principal Cybersecurity Architect

We are seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Architect to design, secure, and govern customer-facing lab environments used for infrastructure testing, solution validation, equipment staging, and datacenter deployment preparation. This is a hands-on security architecture role focused on network security, zero-trust architecture, infrastructure protection, multi-tenant isolation, secure customer connectivity, and security controls across dynamic lab environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and enforce strict multi-tenant isolation across customer lab environments.
  • Architect VLAN/VRF segmentation, micro-segmentation, firewall zoning, ACLs, and inter-VLAN routing controls.
  • Develop zero-trust security models ensuring customers cannot access other tenant environments.
  • Define secure provisioning and decommissioning standards for customer lab environments.
  • Conduct segmentation validation, penetration testing, traffic analysis, and configuration reviews.
  • Architect secure customer connectivity using ZTNA, IPSec/SSL VPN, MPLS, dedicated circuits, and secure remote-access gateways.
  • Define authentication, authorization, MFA, RBAC, least-privilege access, and time-bound access controls.
  • Design remote-access architectures with centralized logging, session monitoring, and integration with SIEM/SOC platforms.
  • Establish security architecture standards for firewalls, routers, switches, network access controls, endpoint security, and infrastructure services.
  • Work with network and infrastructure engineering teams to implement secure designs.
  • Review network diagrams, firewall rules, security configurations, and infrastructure changes.
  • Identify architectural risks and recommend remediation strategies.
  • Define security logging and monitoring requirements across lab infrastructure.
  • Integrate network and security controls with SIEM, IDS/IPS, NDR, vulnerability management, and SOC workflows.
  • Develop security standards, architecture documentation, and operational procedures.
  • Support security assessments, vulnerability remediation, incident investigations, and audit activities.

Requirements

Required Skills: Network Security, Zero Trust, Remote Access, Security Technologies, Networking, Architecture, Cloud/Infrastructure, Security Frameworks, Penetration Testing

Preferred Skills: DHCP, Auditing, Authentication, Access Control, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Cyber Security, IDS, Penetration Testing, Enterprise Networks, Multi-factor Authentication, Network, Infrastructure Architecture, OSPF, Network Security, TCP/IP, Virtual Private Network, Vulnerability Management, Network Design, RBAC, IPS, Border Gateway Protocol, Routing, Virtual Routing and Forwarding

Ideal Candidate

  • Principal/Senior-level Cybersecurity Architect or Network Security Architect
  • Strong hands-on background in enterprise network security and infrastructure architecture
  • Proven experience designing segmented or multi-tenant environments
  • Strong understanding of Zero Trust and secure remote-access architectures
  • Able to work closely with network, infrastructure, engineering, and customer-facing teams
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills
  • Comfortable operating in a dynamic environment where infrastructure and customer requirements change frequently

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