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# Senior Cybersecurity Architect - Cyber & Operational Technolog

- **Company:** ShorePoint, Inc
- **Location:** Albuquerque, NM, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Architectural Patterns, Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Software Architecture, Data Logging
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9074882/senior-cybersecurity-architect-cyber-operational-technolog

## About the Role

* Ability to communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Strong experience in cybersecurity architecture across IT and ideally OT environments.
 * Familiarity with federal security requirements, control frameworks and architecture patterns for resilience.
 * Ability to assess technical tradeoffs involving risk, cost and mission impact.
 * Experience evaluating emerging technologies and translating them into practical implementation strategies.
 * Strong communication and documentation skills to support architectural decisions and stakeholder understanding.

Must have's:

 * Bachelor's degree from an accredited university; a postgraduate degree from an accredited university may substitute for 6 years of experience.
 * 10+ years of relevant work experience.
 * Proven ability to analyze complex requirements and translate them into clear, actionable tasks and processes through critical thinking.
 * Applicants must currently be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance, in compliance with federal contract requirements.

Beneficial to have:

 * Active DOE Q or equivalent DoD Top Secret clearance.

## Description

* Develop and recommend cybersecurity architectures and strategies that effectively combine operational, administrative, procedural, technical and training measures.
 * Design, evaluate and recommend technical protections such as logging, access control, encryption, segmentation and defensive monitoring that effectively balance risk, cost and mission impact.
 * Support security architecture decisions for OT environments and high consequence systems to ensure mission systems perform to high standards for confidentiality, integrity and availability.
 * Conduct research and evaluation of new and emerging security technologies, recommending adoption and implementation approaches where appropriate.
 * Architect and support Disaster Recovery (DR), mission continuity and Continuity of Operations (COOP) solutions from a technical architecture perspective.
 * Contribute to security assessments, authorized defensive exercises and systematic evaluations of cybersecurity control effectiveness.
 * Partner with engineers, RMF staff and program leadership to evaluate capability or data coverage gaps and align security designs with contract requirements.


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