Zero Trust Engineer (R-00205)

Team: Cloud Services Team

Location: 100% Remote

Commitment: Full-Time

Workplace Type: remote

Job Responsibilities

• Assess applicability of prioritized enterprise Zero Trust Use Cases to assigned FISMA-reportable systems.
• Develop system-specific Engineering and Implementation Plans using reusable patterns and documented deviations.
• Prepare implementation schedules, test plans, deployment playbooks, pilot strategies, rollback considerations, and operational readiness criteria.
• Support technical implementation, architecture verification, regression testing, pilot execution, and validation of intended Zero Trust outcomes.
• Document implementation status, unresolved dependencies, architectural deviations, results, and lessons learned.
• Support transition of completed implementations into sustainable operations, governance, and RMF processes without assuming Government production authority.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Five or more years of systems, security, cloud, network, identity, or application engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience implementing enterprise security capabilities in complex environments.
• Working knowledge of Zero Trust architectures, NIST SP 800-207, and Federal security requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting, testing, technical documentation, and cross-team coordination skills.
Preferred Qualifications: 
Experience with VA or other large Federal system environments.
Experience with cloud, hybrid, legacy, and mission-critical systems.
Experience supporting RMF or Assessment and Authorization transition activities.
Preferred Certifications:
Security+
CISSP
CCSP
Azure Security Engineer
AWS Security Specialty