Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect - Cyber Operations to work in a hybrid schedule in our Arlington, VA office.
Everforth ECS is seeking a strategic, innovative, and experienced Senior Solutions Architect – Cyber Operations to drive the design, implementation, and operation of cutting-edge, integrated cyber defense solutions in support of our CISA customer. This individual will play a key role in the delivery and growth of cyber defense capabilities across multiple CISA programs supporting federal agencies, state and local governments, and critical infrastructure partners.
The ideal candidate is a proven cybersecurity leader with a track record of delivering high-impact cyber defense services to large federal organizations. This role will shape and advance the vision and strategy for defensive cyber operations, including threat detection and analysis, incident response, threat hunt, vulnerability management, and more.
As a strategic advisor and operational leader, this individual will guide cross-functional teams to align tactical operations and solution development with long-term mission goals and customer needs. They will identify capability gaps and propose solution improvements and integrations that increase adoption and use of modernized cyber defense approaches.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive Strategic Growth: Lead strategy and planning for expanding and enhancing ECS’s cyber operations service offerings, with a focus on cyber defense and threat intelligence services & capabilities delivered through CISA programs and services.
- Operationalize Capabilities: Develop strategies and execution plans to enable agency clients to operationalize key capabilities to advance stakeholder cyber maturity and resilience.
- Design Integrated Solutions: Oversee the design, prototyping, and delivery of integrated cyber operations solutions, collaborating closely with ECS CISA focused teams, federal clients, and partner organizations.
- Innovate Cyber Operations: Demonstrated leadership across cyber operations , to include threat intelligence, real-time detection and automated response, threat hunting, red/purple teaming, and vulnerability management to drive unified, mission-driven cyber defense solutions.
- Collaborate Across Mission Spaces: Facilitate collaboration across all organizational levels to identify, design, and drive advancements in cyber operations and capabilities.
- Develop Strategic Artifacts: Provide technical and program leadership in developing operational strategies, architectural blueprints, roadmaps, and implementation plans aligned to evolving client needs.
- Lead Use Case & Requirements Development: Drive the creation and validation of use cases, CONOPS, functional and technical requirements, and documentation to support new and evolving cyber programs.
- Engage Stakeholders: Build and sustain strong relationships with internal and external CISA stakeholders to capture mission needs, resolve adoption challenges, and incorporate best practices.
This role offers the opportunity to lead essential cyber defense efforts and influence the evolution of cybersecurity operations across critical government programs.
- U.S. Citizenship required per contract
- Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain DHS EOD/Public Trust
- 7+ years of leadership experience in Security Operations Center (SOC) environments, including:
- Threat detection and responsive services
- Cyber threat intelligence
- Vulnerability management in support of cyber defense operations
- Red and Purple team attack simulation exercises
- Automation and orchestration to enhance SOC efficiency
- 5+ years of direct experience deploying cybersecurity solutions in federal government environments
- Expert-level understanding of cyber defense frameworks, response workflows, and tooling
- In depth and demonstrable understanding of CISA Strategic Operations, Capabilities, and Mission
- Proven success developing actionable strategic and operational plans
- Strong project leadership and stakeholder engagement skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
- Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing cross-functional team
Skills Required
- U.S. Citizenship required per contract
- Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain DHS EOD/Public Trust
- 10+ years of leadership experience in Security Operations Center (SOC) environments
- Experience in threat detection and response
- Experience in cyber threat intelligence
- Experience in vulnerability management
- Experience in threat hunting and malware analysis
- Experience with automation and orchestration to enhance SOC efficiency
- 7+ years implementing and integrating cybersecurity tools (SIEM, SOAR, TIP, vulnerability management platforms)
- 5+ years deploying cybersecurity solutions in federal government environments
- Expert knowledge of SOC operations, detection methodologies, and current threat landscape
- Expert-level understanding of cyber defense frameworks, response workflows, and tooling
- Proven success developing actionable strategic and operational plans
- Strong project leadership and stakeholder engagement skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
- Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing cross-functional teams
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
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