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# Senior Security Architect - NetScaler / Federal Infrastructure

- **Company:** Quantum Technology Group, LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $133,120 - $141,440
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** User Authentication, CompTIA Security+, Cyber Security, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), Identity and Access Management, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Network Security, Public Key Infrastructure, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Vulnerability Management, Transport Layer Security, Load Balancing, Information Technology, CIS Benchmarks, Citrix Netscaler
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=955812f9ecac3d23

## About the Role

Quantum Technology Group, LLC (QTG) is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Senior Security Architect to support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Load Balancing Solution., Required:

 * Education: Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

 * Experience: 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering/architecture experience in federal or comparably regulated environments

 * Skills:

 * Experience securing enterprise network/application-delivery infrastructure

 * Ability to produce and review technical security/compliance documentation

Preferred:

 * CISSP, CCSP, Security+, or other relevant federal cybersecurity certification

 * NetScaler WAF/ADC security experience

 * VA cybersecurity, VA Directive 6500, or federal healthcare experience

 * Zero Trust architecture experience

Knowledge and Experience:

 * Strong working knowledge of NIST RMF/800-53, FISMA High, ATO processes, STIGs, FIPS, PKI, TLS, ICAM/PIV, and network security

## Description

The Senior Security Architect provides cybersecurity architecture and compliance leadership for the VA NetScaler environment, including security baselines, ATO/compliance mapping, STIG alignment, ICAM/PIV/CAC integration, FIPS/PKI/TLS controls, WAF security, Zero Trust alignment, and security documentation., * Develop and maintain security architecture and compliance mapping for standardized ADC service offerings.

 * Support ATO documentation and mapping to VA Critical Security Controls and applicable federal security requirements.

 * Guide STIG/hardening, FIPS 140-3 validation considerations, PKI/certificate-validation architecture, TLS policy, WAF, and secure management practices.

 * Support ICAM, PIV/CAC, authentication, and identity integration requirements.

 * Review architecture, configuration baselines, migration/cutover plans, and automation for security risk and control compliance.

 * Support vulnerability remediation, security patching, compensating controls, incident analysis, and security reporting.

 * Advise on Zero Trust and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) considerations identified in the staffing plan., * Must satisfy the security, background investigation, Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), Authority to Operate (ATO), and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) requirements applicable to the assigned work. The solicitation does not specify a single clearance level for every position.

 * Must reside and work within the continental United States (CONUS). The Government's preferred model is dedicated, named personnel working remotely from contractor facilities, with onsite support at VA-assigned locations when directed for hardware-touch or site activities.

 * Must complete VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior training (TMS 10176) before system access and annually thereafter, plus any applicable role-based training.

 * Engineering, design, migration, and capability-uplift work under Performance Description (PD) Sections 1.4.2 through 1.4.5 requires original equipment manufacturer (OEM)-badged or OEM-certified personnel. This requirement applies to this position when its assigned duties fall within those sections.