Senior Zscaler Engineer — ZIA/ZPA/SASE Specialist

Peraton; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is hiring a Senior Network Engineer specializing in Zscaler to design, deploy, and optimize Zero Trust and SASE architectures across Ashburn, Springfield, and Orlando. You will lead migrations from legacy VPNs and configure ZIA and ZPA, with a strong emphasis on policy enforcement, security, and user experience.

This on-site role requires 8+ years in network engineering, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to collaborate with security, cloud, and application teams to deliver scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years in network engineering or related field.
• At least 2 years of Zscaler platform administration.
• Experience with ZIA and ZPA configuration and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage the full Zscaler product portfolio.
• Lead migration projects to Zscaler SASE.
• Design and enforce ZIA security policies.
• Configure ZPA application segments and access controls.
• Monitor platform health and security events.

Skills

Zscaler admin

ZTNA

SASE

ZIA

ZPA

policy management

SIEM

App Connectors

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Associate's degree

High school diploma

Tools

Azure AD

Okta

SAML/SCIM

NSS (Nanolog)

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

QRadar

Job description

Peraton is hiring a Senior Network Engineer specializing in Zscaler to design, deploy, and optimize Zero Trust and SASE architectures across Ashburn, Springfield, and Orlando. You will lead migrations from legacy VPNs and configure ZIA and ZPA, with a strong emphasis on policy enforcement, security, and user experience.

This on-site role requires 8+ years in network engineering, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to collaborate with security, cloud, and application teams to deliver scalable