Zero Trust Architect — IC/DoD Security Leader (TS/SCI)

Cornerstone Defense LLC; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC is seeking a highly experienced Zero Trust Architecture Specialist to support a mission-critical customer in the Intelligence Community. The role requires TS/SCI with Poly and 15+ years in IC/DoD environments, focusing on designing and coordinating zero trust transitions across enterprise and non-enterprise systems.

The candidate will develop architectural rules, transition diagrams, and implementation roadmaps, ensuring alignment with IC directives and NIST standards

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Poly is REQUIRED.
• 15+ years of experience in systems engineering and architecture, with IC/DoD environments.

Responsibilities

• Architectural design and strategy for zero trust across enterprise and mission systems.
• Develop and document architectural rules and transition criteria to zero trust environments.
• Define integration expectations for IT services within evolving architectures.
• Create and maintain design patterns for zero trust compliance across IC and DoD contexts.
• Develop roadmaps for zero trust implementation in global, multi-cloud environments.

Skills

Zero Trust

IC/DoD

NIST 800-53

Cloud security

Roadmap planning

Job description

Cornerstone Defense LLC is seeking a highly experienced Zero Trust Architecture Specialist to support a mission-critical customer in the Intelligence Community. The role requires TS/SCI with Poly and 15+ years in IC/DoD environments, focusing on designing and coordinating zero trust transitions across enterprise and non-enterprise systems.

The candidate will develop architectural rules, transition diagrams, and implementation roadmaps, ensuring alignment with IC directives and NIST standards