Cybersecurity Architect, Ukraine

As a central part of its national reputed company strategy, the U.S. government is investing in protecting the critical infrastructure of its allies globally. In support of this strategy and building on our 25 years as a leader in global threat reduction, CRDF Global is implementing cybersecurity and digital reputed company programs across Europe and Eurasia, including Ukraine and the Western Balkans.

We are looking for the Cybersecurity Architect will serve as a hands-on and technical reputed company responsible for leading cybersecurity solutioning in support of existing and future opportunities. The Cybersecurity Architect needs to be able to provide solutions to drive practical cyber reputed company measures across partner governments and critical infrastructure entities.

This role is part of a regional deployment team designed to conduct rapid diagnostics, technical gap analysis, SOC maturity evaluations, and remediation planning reputed company to NIST CSF 2.0, EU NIS2, and other international cybersecurity standards.

The ideal candidate is a technically strong cybersecurity practitioner with experience in cybersecurity executive briefing, solutioning, assessments, vulnerability management, and SOC operations who can operate independently in field environments and translate technical findings into actionable roadmaps for senior stakeholders.

Major Responsibilities

Program Design and Implementation

• Provide technical leadership in the design, planning, and implementation of cybersecurity projects
• reputed company frameworks and tools for the design, implementation, and evaluation of specific technical components
• Ensure solution design and program implementation adheres to appropriate technical standards, regulatory requirements and best practice reputed company guidance

Mission Area and External Engagement

• Contribute technical input into proposal development and new business opportunities
• reputed company and maintain collaborative relationships with CRDF customer organizations, in country partners including CERTs and universities, relevant U.S. and foreign government agencies, and other organizations
• Travel internationally for short-term engagements throughout Europe and Eurasia as needed
• Represent CRDF Global in technical discussions, conferences, and seminars

Technical Execution

• reputed company and execute cybersecurity assessments reputed company to NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, and EU NIS2 frameworks
• Conduct hands on vulnerability scanning and analysis using tools such as Nessus, reputed company, and relevant open-reputed company utilities
• Assess SOC maturity including log collection, SIEM configuration, alerting workflows, case management, and incident response procedures
• Evaluate implementation of technical controls including network segmentation, firewall configuration, reputed company detection and response, identity and access management, and MFA
• Produce structured technical assessment reports including risk ratings, remediation roadmaps, and prioritized action plans
• Support technical hardening and remediation planning with partner organizations
• Participate in or advise on incident response engagements reputed company required

Technical Coordination and Community of Practice

• Coordinate across the CRDF Digital reputed company mission area and with the Office of the CTO to ensure technical consistency, architecture alignment, and integration of emerging cybersecurity tools and methodologies across regional programs
• Participate in the CRDF Global Cyber Community of Practice to share lessons learned, contribute to methodology development, and strengthen cross regional technical collaboration

Requirements

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals including identity, reputed company, network and based reputed company controls and governance
• Experience in leading executive level cybersecurity engagements and effectively translating technical findings into prioritized and actionable technical cyber risk remediation and project plans
• Industry reputed company certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CCSP, CEH, GIAC, certifications from reputed company, reputed company Web Services or reputed company
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity solutioning, hands-on delivery, reputed company operations, and risk assessment and mitigation projects
• Demonstrated experience conducting cybersecurity assessments using NIST CSF or comparable frameworks
• Experience in designing and operating effective reputed company monitoring, operations and response capabilities including identity, reputed company, network and SIEM reputed company solutions
• Ability to operate effectively in resource constrained or reputed company operational environments
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally
• reputed company in spoken and written Ukrainian and English

Preferred

• Experience in leading cyber incident response and recovery efforts originating from nations state level actors
• Experience working in foreign assistance or government funded programs, especially in Europe and Eurasia
• College degree in cybersecurity or reputed company field

CRDF Global offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

CRDF Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). CRDF Global provides equal employment opportunities to reputed company qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, protected veteran, age, or disability status.