Federal ZTNA Lead Engineer | AppGate & IAM Integration

Confidential; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Total Rewards program

Job summary

KPMG LLP is seeking a Lead Specialist for its Federal Advisory practice to advance Zero Trust initiatives with AppGate SDP. The role requires hands-on ZTNA deployments, strong leadership, and a deep understanding of DoD/NIST frameworks across enterprise environments.

Candidates should have five years of network security experience, a Bachelor's degree, and the ability to mentor a team while engaging with client stakeholders on policy, security, and compliance objectives.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of experience with network security and ZTNA solutions, including AppGate SDP.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• Two years of leadership or managerial experience.
• Broad knowledge of ZTNA platforms and SDP architectures.
• Experience designing context-based access policies at scale.
• Familiarity with DoD frameworks, NIST 800-207, and large enterprise environments.
• Experience integrating ZTNA with IAM, PAM, and ITSM systems.
• U.S. Government Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate AppGate SDP components for Zero Trust objectives.
• Architect and enforce dynamic identity-centric security policies and micro-segmentation rules.
• Translate security requirements into scalable ZTNA policies.
• Lead workshops and workflow creation for onboarding mission apps to ZT Architecture.
• Integrate ZTNA with IAM, PAM, and SIEM to achieve end-to-end automation.
• Mentor engineers and analysts responsible for AppGate operations.
• Develop runbooks, policy guidelines, and project run tracking.
• Interface with client stakeholders to ensure deployments meet compliance and operations.

Skills

AppGate SDP

ZTNA experience

Leadership

Security policy design

DoD/NIST knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IAM

PAM

SIEM

Job description

KPMG LLP is seeking a Lead Specialist for its Federal Advisory practice to advance Zero Trust initiatives with AppGate SDP. The role requires hands-on ZTNA deployments, strong leadership, and a deep understanding of DoD/NIST frameworks across enterprise environments.

Candidates should have five years of network security experience, a Bachelor's degree, and the ability to mentor a team while engaging with client stakeholders on policy, security, and compliance objectives.