Zero Trust Architect
About The Position
Serve as a Zero Trust Architect supporting the Joint Program Office (JPO) and Data Operations Team, responsible for designing, implementing, and advancing Zero Trust security strategies across enterprise and mission-critical environments. Collaborate with stakeholders to align cybersecurity architecture with operational objectives, ensuring secure access to data, applications, and infrastructure through identity-centric security controls, least-privilege access, micro-segmentation, and continuous monitoring. Lead the integration of Zero Trust principles into data management and operational workflows, support compliance with Department of Defense and federal cybersecurity requirements, and provide technical guidance for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments to enhance security posture, reduce risk, and enable secure data sharing across organizational boundaries.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with IT operations or Cybersecurity with large federal organizations
- 5+ years of experience with leading technical project delivery for large and complex organizations
- 3+ years of experience with BigID Enterprise Data Security Platform
- Experience with architecting Zero Trust solutions, road maps, and capabilities in alignment with industry standards, including NIST 800-207, CISA Maturity Model, or DoD Zero Trust Strategy
- Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a Cybersecurity compliance, operations, or engineering leadership role
- Experience with selecting, designing, and implementing security tools and capabilities for large, complex federal or commercial organizations
- Experience with innovative Cybersecurity capabilities, including A&O, AI and machine learning, NGFW, and Big Data
- Experience with AWS, Azure, Oracle or GCP Cloud architectures and designs
- Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Information Security Certification, including CEH, CISM, CCSP, CCSK, CISSP, or CompTIA Security+ Certification
Responsibilities
- Designing, implementing, and advancing Zero Trust security strategies across enterprise and mission-critical environments.
- Collaborating with stakeholders to align cybersecurity architecture with operational objectives.
- Ensuring secure access to data, applications, and infrastructure through identity-centric security controls, least-privilege access, micro-segmentation, and continuous monitoring.
- Leading the integration of Zero Trust principles into data management and operational workflows.
- Supporting compliance with Department of Defense and federal cybersecurity requirements.
- Providing technical guidance for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments to enhance security posture, reduce risk, and enable secure data sharing across organizational boundaries.
- Leading product selection initiatives, including automation and orchestration, visibility and analytics, secure DevOps, identity and access management, conditional based access, attribute-based access control, or micro-segmentation.
- Guiding senior leaders, including CISO, CIO, and CTO, and executives to ideate, build, and execute cybersecurity capability maturation.
- Authoring technical documentation, whitepapers, and blogs on leading Cybersecurity topics and concepts.
- Collaborating with project and proposal teams to incorporate Cybersecurity solutions and develop high quality implementation plans and roadmaps.
Benefits
- health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- paid leave
- professional development
- tuition assistance
- work-life programs
- dependent care
- recognition awards program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
