Senior Zero Trust Architect | Federal Cybersecurity Lead

Cedelis; Tysons, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedelis is seeking a Senior Zero Trust Technical Expert to provide authoritative technical leadership for the adoption, design, and implementation of Zero Trust principles across enterprise IT environments. The senior expert will advise on strategy, architecture, and execution of Zero Trust capabilities while ensuring alignment with federal cybersecurity frameworks and best practices.

The role requires deep experience in cloud and on-premises environments, NIST RMF, and IAT-III level

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of cybersecurity experience with at least 5 years in Zero Trust architecture.
• Proven success designing and maturing Zero Trust in large-scale environments.
• Experience with cloud security, IAM, network segmentation, and hybrid IT.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for Zero Trust strategy and implementation.
• Advise on roadmap development and execution of Zero Trust adoption.
• Assess identity, network, endpoint, application, and data layers for gaps.
• Develop Zero Trust reference architectures and integration approaches.
• Provide guidance on IAM, micro-segmentation, monitoring, and encryption.
• Ensure alignment with NIST SP 800-207 and related standards.
• Prepare briefings and policy documents for leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Zero Trust architecture

Cloud security

Identity and access management

Network segmentation

Hybrid IT operations

NIST RMF

NIST SP 800-207

Executive briefing

Education

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

CISSP

CCSP

Zero Trust certifications

Job description

Cedelis is seeking a Senior Zero Trust Technical Expert to provide authoritative technical leadership for the adoption, design, and implementation of Zero Trust principles across enterprise IT environments. The senior expert will advise on strategy, architecture, and execution of Zero Trust capabilities while ensuring alignment with federal cybersecurity frameworks and best practices.

The role requires deep experience in cloud and on-premises environments, NIST RMF, and IAT-III level