Remote Senior Zero Trust Architect

DecisionPoint Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Senior Zero Trust Architect to lead enterprise-wide implementation of Zero Trust across a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This remote role drives strategy, roadmaps, policies, and reference models for identity, device, network, data, and workload security.

You will partner with cybersecurity, cloud, network, and app teams to mature Zero Trust capabilities, enable continuous monitoring, and ensure alignment with DoD frameworks and RMF

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with Tier 5 background investigation.
• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, CS, or related field.
• 10+ years of cybersecurity architecture/enterprise security experience.
• Experience designing Zero Trust in federal/DoD environments.
• Experience with identity management, segmentation, data protection, and cloud security architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Zero Trust design, planning, and multi-year roadmap development.
• Oversee maturity assessments, gap analyses, and alignment with DoD Zero Trust standards.
• Develop policies, baselines, enforcement controls, and integration patterns.
• Provide guidance across all Zero Trust pillars: identity, devices, network, apps, data.
• Lead integration with identity systems, cloud environments, and security tools.
• Advocate for Zero Trust adoption, microsegmentation, and automated enforcement.
• Align capabilities with RMF, IL5 requirements, and continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with cloud/network teams on secure access and segmentation models.
• Deliver architecture artifacts, diagrams, standards, and playbooks.
• Lead executive briefings and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Translate strategy to design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Assurance, or related discipline

Tools

IAM systems

Segmentation technologies

Cloud security architectures

Job description

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Senior Zero Trust Architect to lead enterprise-wide implementation of Zero Trust across a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This remote role drives strategy, roadmaps, policies, and reference models for identity, device, network, data, and workload security.

You will partner with cybersecurity, cloud, network, and app teams to mature Zero Trust capabilities, enable continuous monitoring, and ensure alignment with DoD frameworks and RMF