Zero Trust Architect Lead - ZTNA/SSE & Hybrid Work

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and life insurance

Paid Time Off

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a senior cybersecurity architect to lead the design, governance, and implementation of enterprise ZTNA and SSE capabilities. You will guide architecture, participate in governance forums, and ensure secure access for workforce, vendors, and third parties across a complex, regulated financial services environment.

The role combines architecture leadership with hands-on technical work, including POC, pilot implementations, and migration initiatives, in a hybrid environment with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, network security, or security engineering.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Zero Trust architectures in large enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise ZTNA and SSE target-state architectures, roadmaps, and transition strategies.
• Lead architecture review boards and security design reviews as the ZTNA/SSE subject-matter expert.
• Architect and guide implementation of SSE capabilities and migration initiatives such as VPN modernization.
• Partner with Network Engineering, IAM, Cloud Platforms, and SOC to ensure secure access across on-prem and cloud.

Skills

Zero Trust architectures

Identity-based access controls

Hybrid and cloud access

SIEM/SOAR integrations

Endpoint security

Strategy & governance

Vendor engagements

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Zscaler

Cisco security platforms

Akamai enterprise security

Job description

DTCC is seeking a senior cybersecurity architect to lead the design, governance, and implementation of enterprise ZTNA and SSE capabilities. You will guide architecture, participate in governance forums, and ensure secure access for workforce, vendors, and third parties across a complex, regulated financial services environment.

The role combines architecture leadership with hands-on technical work, including POC, pilot implementations, and migration initiatives, in a hybrid environment with