Secure Enclave Strategy & Enablement Lead at Peter Kiewit Sons' in Lenexa, KS

Job description

Requisition ID: 181765 Job Level: Senior Level Home District/Group: Kiewit Nuclear Solutions Department: Strategy Market: Nuclear Employment Type: Full Time Position Overview Kiewit is seeking a senior technology leader to enable secure execution for critical projects. This role will define and advance the secure-environment strategy needed to support CMMC Level 2 and related customer requirements—balancing compliance with practical business delivery. This is a highly strategic role, the right candidate will bring firsthand experience establishing secure enclaves, know which questions to ask, understand where scope can be reduced, and guide the technical teams that implement the solution. District Overview Kiewit Nuclear Solutions is a full-service engineering, project management and construction provider operating across North America. Our experience spans all aspects of the nuclear market from carbon-free, small modular reactors to Department of Energy science, environmental and nuclear security mission capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the power utility, renewable energy, industrial and infrastructure markets. Location Location: Lenexa, KS (preferred). Will consider other locations and remote. Responsibilities Lead the strategy, requirements definition, and roadmap for secure technology environments supporting Kiewit’s businesses. Assess and optimize Kiewit’s existing secure environment, including the gap between commercial and secure operating models. Define fit-for-purpose CMMC Level 2-aligned secure-enclave requirements for systems, data, users, vendors, and project workflows. Challenge assumptions and prevent unnecessary systems, data, or processes from entering the enclave while maintaining compliance and customer confidence. Partner with business, technology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, legal/compliance, and project stakeholders to translate contract and regulatory requirements into executable solutions. Establish scalable architecture, governance, controls, and operating processes that support the business for the next five to 10 years. Develop a practical model for different work types, including highly regulated government work and commercial work requiring heightened controls but not necessarily CMMC Level 2. Guide technical implementation teams on identity and access management, data protection, network segmentation, infrastructure, application verification, monitoring, incident response, evidence, and ongoing compliance. Support customer and government-facing discussions by clearly explaining Kiewit’s secure-environment approach and compliance posture. Build the business case, priorities, and future team structure needed to sustain and expand the capability. What Success Looks like in the First-Year Rapidly understand the current secure environment, its certification posture, and its limitations. Complete or strengthen the gap analysis between existing commercial and secure environments. Define the appropriate enclave boundary and reduce unnecessary scope, cost, complexity, and “blast radius.” Deliver a prioritized roadmap to optimize the current environment and support near-term pursuits. Establish a longer-term architecture and operating model for both government-regulated and commercial work. Enable the business to pursue and execute work with a secure environment that customers trust. #LI-KM1 Qualifications 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, secure-environment architecture, IT infrastructure, compliance, technology risk, or a closely related field. Demonstrated experience designing, standing up, governing, or materially improving a secure enclave or controlled environment for CUI, export-controlled information, classified information, government programs, or similarly regulated work. Strong working knowledge of CMMC Level 2 and the ability to translate its requirements into a practical operating environment. Experience with CUI scoping, system bound