Network Security Engineer

at Noblis in Boise, Idaho, United States

Responsibilities

We are looking for highly technical professionals with a strong foundation in network architecture, design, and security individuals who are ready to step up from traditional network engineering roles to take ownership of strategic, architecture-level responsibilities. Ideal candidates will have deep understanding of networking, security architecture and design, and experience applying Federal security guidelines (e.g, NIST 800-53, FISMA , etc.) to harden and secure systems.

These are the types of professionals who understand both the big-picture architecture and the hands-on technical details, and who are prepared to make security-focused architectural recommendations in complex environments.

The TIS Security Engineer will support the FAA Telecommunications and Integrated Services ( TIS ) Group and provide expert-level security engineering across the FAAs FTI environment. This includes:

+ Analyzing and guiding network architecture to ensure cybersecurity is built-in from the ground up.

+ Performing hands-on reviews of system configurations, firewall rules, and network paths to align with FAA Orders, NIST 800-53, and federal cybersecurity standards.

+ Leading efforts in transitioning technologies (e.g., IPv4 to IPv6, microwave radio refreshes) from a cybersecurity and network architecture perspective.

+ Supporting the integration of Zero Trust, Software-Defined Networking ( SDN ), and defense-in-depth strategies into enterprise-level solutions.

+ Acting as a technical bridge between FAA cyber stakeholders and infrastructure providers (network, security, cloud).

+ Evaluating vendor-proposed architectures and making expert-level recommendations based on federal policy, security principles, and industry best practices.

Required Qualifications

+ Experience supporting federal government programs, ideally within the FAA or transportation sector.

+ Proven experience with hands-on network engineer or architecture and understands network design, configurations, firewalls, VPNs, IDS / IPS , and load balancing.

+ Knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, including IPv4/IPv6, and WAN / LAN environments.

+ Understand federal cybersecurity frameworks ( NIST RMF , FISMA , NIST SP 800-53 rev 5).

+ Can evaluate network and system security concepts for large-scale, safety-critical systems like those in the National Airspace System ( NAS ).

+ Comfortable advising on defense-in-depth architectures, Zero Trust CONOPS , SD-WANs, and emerging tech.

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