DDIL Edge ICAM and Zero-Trust Architect

acuCyber; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

acuCyber seeks a Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) Subject Matter Expert to guide strategy and architecture for secure mission services with constrained connectivity. The role operates at the intersection of tactical communications, systems engineering, and cybersecurity, focusing on Zero Trust principles when reachback is degraded.

The engineer will establish resilient policy enforcement and decision points, design edge-capable ICAM solutions, and optimize cryptographic

Qualifications

• Experience designing, evaluating, or fielding secure systems for constrained connectivity environments.
• Strong judgment grounded in mission needs and security considerations.
• Ability to coordinate with government stakeholders and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop DDIL strategies and implementation roadmaps for mission applications and security services.
• Define operational scenarios, connectivity constraints, mission priorities, and degraded service levels.
• Specify local autonomy, bandwidth use, latency, and recovery requirements.
• Identify which identity, authorization, and data protection capabilities must remain local.
• Architect local identity services and secure caching of security information.
• Outline approaches for cache freshness, credential expiry, and urgent updates.

Job description

acuCyber seeks a Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) Subject Matter Expert to guide strategy and architecture for secure mission services with constrained connectivity. The role operates at the intersection of tactical communications, systems engineering, and cybersecurity, focusing on Zero Trust principles when reachback is degraded.

The engineer will establish resilient policy enforcement and decision points, design edge-capable ICAM solutions, and optimize cryptographic