Senior Zero Trust Data Advisor

Hiring Our Heroes; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Hiring Our Heroes is seeking a Senior Zero Trust Data Subject Matter Expert to advise on enterprise data security and governance under ZTA, translating federal mandates into actionable data controls.

You will lead data classification, governance frameworks, and data access policy across the agency, collaborating with cross-domain SMEs to ensure cohesive ZT data posture and documentation for TSA concurrence.

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of ZT Data pillar criteria and data governance.
• Familiarity with OMB M-22-09, EO 14028, NIST SP 800-207, SP 800-53 Rev.5.
• Ability to lead enterprise-scale data classification and governance assessments.
• Proficiency in data-layer control assessment and telemetry.
• Translate policy requirements into practical data governance solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior advisory guidance on data classification, governance and access controls for ZTA.
• Monitor federal ZT policy landscape and propose updates to advisory positions.
• Conduct gap analyses of data schemas and lifecycle governance against ZTMM v2.0 Data pillar.
• Support development of ZT Common Control Catalog with data-layer mappings.
• Develop updates to ZT Roadmap and Implementation Plan for data pillar maturity.
• Analyze data telemetry to surface exposure vectors and advise responses.
• Collaborate with pillar SMEs to ensure data policy integration across domains.

Skills

ZT Data governance

ABAC

PBAC

NIST SP 800-53

DLP

CDM telemetry

Data classification

CISA ZTMM

Education

Bachelor's degree

CISM/CISSP

CDPSE/CIPM/CCISO

Tools

DLP platforms

CASB

SIEM

Job description

Hiring Our Heroes is seeking a Senior Zero Trust Data Subject Matter Expert to advise on enterprise data security and governance under ZTA, translating federal mandates into actionable data controls.

You will lead data classification, governance frameworks, and data access policy across the agency, collaborating with cross-domain SMEs to ensure cohesive ZT data posture and documentation for TSA concurrence.