Technical Lead / Chief Security Architect
Technical Lead / Chief Security Architect / Engineer
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information Security COSE Support
Position: Full-Time / Remote from Contractor Facility
Primary Work Location: Contractor facility within the United States; occasional coordinated support at VA Central Office, 811 Vermont Street NW, Washington, D.C.
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Caladwich is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented Technical Lead / Chief Security Architect / Engineer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information Security Cybersecurity Operations and Security Engineering (COSE) program. The selected professional will provide enterprise-level technical leadership for VA cybersecurity architecture and engineering. This role establishes architectural direction, guides complex design decisions, and integrates security across legacy, cloud, mobile, data, network, and emerging-technology environments.
This position offers the opportunity to contribute directly to the modernization and protection of VA's enterprise technology ecosystem through defensible, risk-informed security architecture. The Technical Lead converts mission and security requirements into reference architectures, patterns, roadmaps, and implementation guidance.
WHO WE ARE:
Caladwich is a U.S.-based Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA 8(a) certified company providing professional services and mission support solutions to federal agencies worldwide. Our capabilities include Acquisition Support, Program Management, Logistics Support Services, Process Improvement, Asset Management, and Operational Support Services for DoD, DHS, VA, and GSA customers.
As a Veteran-owned company, our mission remains steadfast: Integrity. Solutions. Results.
Core Responsibilities
· Lead enterprise security architecture and engineering activities across systems, applications, cloud, networks, data, identity, platforms, and emerging technologies.
· Advance legacy and new health IT digital architectures involving cloud, mobile, IoT, APIs, VR/XR, 5G, PQC, DLP, cryptography, quantum computing, and AI.
· Develop and govern enterprise security principles, reference architectures, solution architectures, security patterns, standards, and technical roadmaps.
· Guide architecture processes and products using Enterprise Architecture tools and recognized methods such as SABSA.
· Analyze complex technical problems, system designs, dependencies, threats, control gaps, and modernization options.
· Lead architecture design reviews throughout the conceptual and implementation lifecycle and coordinate decisions with program and project leaders.
· Conduct trade-off analyses that balance requirements, risk, cost, schedule, performance, and mission outcomes.
· Create and review system diagrams, data flows, trust boundaries, network topologies, and architecture documentation suitable for technical and executive audiences.
· Ensure architecture and engineering outputs align with NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, CIS Controls, HIPAA, VA policy, and other applicable Federal requirements.
Operational Support
· Coordinate with VA stakeholders, technical teams, system owners, and other contractors to resolve issues and keep work aligned with VA priorities.
· Develop, maintain, and submit accurate technical documentation, status information, and contract deliverables within required timeframes.
· Apply VA security, privacy, accessibility, records-management, and configuration-management requirements to all work products.
· Support risk, issue, dependency, schedule, and quality management activities, including corrective actions and continuous improvement.
· Protect VA information and systems, use approved collaboration and remote-access methods, and promptly report security or privacy concerns.
· Participate in meetings, reviews, briefings, and occasional travel as directed and approved under the task order.
· Provide technical oversight, mentoring, peer review, and escalation support to architects and engineers across the program.
· Present architecture recommendations, risk decisions, and modernization options to VA governance bodies and senior stakeholders.