Principal Zero Trust Architect (R-00204)

Team: Project Management Team

Location: 100% Remote

Commitment: Full-Time

Workplace Type: remote

Job Responsibilities

• Lead development and technical quality review of enterprise ZTA Use Cases and reusable architecture patterns.
• Define information flows, policy decision and enforcement points, identity relationships, workload interactions, security controls, and integration requirements.
• Evaluate interoperability and architectural alignment of existing enterprise security technologies using vendor-neutral analysis.
• Provide technical advisory support to Architecture Review Boards, engineering teams, and executive governance bodies.
• Guide system teams in applying enterprise patterns to on-premises, cloud, hybrid, legacy, and mission-critical environments.
• Incorporate implementation lessons learned and architectural deviations back into reusable enterprise patterns and technical guidance.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Ten or more years of security architecture or enterprise engineering experience, including significant Zero Trust architecture responsibility.
• Expert knowledge of NIST SP 800-207, CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, and Federal Zero Trust architecture principles.
• Demonstrated ability to design reusable enterprise architectures across identity, devices, networks, applications, data, visibility, and automation.
• Strong technical writing, architecture review, and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience supporting large Federal enterprises and FISMA-reportable systems.
Experience with cloud and hybrid architectures, identity-centric security, microsegmentation, application modernization, and telemetry integration.
Experience conducting vendor-neutral capability and interoperability assessments.
Preferred Certifications: 
One or more of the following:
CISSP
CISSP-ISSAP
SABSA
CCSP