Zero Trust Cloud & Network Security Architect

Etelligent-Group-LLC; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

eTel is seeking an experienced network and cloud security engineer to contribute to NIH's Future State ZTA design patterns under the NIH GRC Zero Trust Architecture project for the NIH OCIO. You will work in the Architecture Pod on Subtasks 2–4, crafting reference architectures, patterns, and control mappings for NIH teams to implement.

The role is design and advisory in nature, with hands-on engineering staying essential to validate patterns and ensure secure, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 7+ years of network and/or cloud security engineering.
• Hands-on experience with identity-aware access, microsegmentation, and cloud security patterns in enterprise environments.
• Experience with firewalls, SSE/ZTNA, and native AWS or Azure security services.
• Security+ or a higher security certification.
• Ability to obtain NIH suitability determination and PIV credential; fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Co-author cloud, on-premises, and hybrid reference architectures with the Senior ZT Architect.
• Design microsegmentation and workload-identity patterns; secure lab instrument access.
• Document how centrally provided network, endpoint, and logging services are inherited.
• Define policy anchors for network and device pillars and map controls to telemetry.
• Support Task 3 network use cases: flow baselining and policy validation.
• Support Task 4 gap assessment for network, device and cloud pillars and evidence expectations.
• Validate patterns with IC engineering teams (CIT, HPC, and clinical platform owners).

Skills

Identity-aware access

Microsegmentation

Cloud security patterns

Firewalls

SSE/ZTNA

Security certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS/Azure

Terraform/CloudFormation

Illumio

Zscaler

Firewalls (Palo Alto/Cisco)

Splunk/Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

eTel is seeking an experienced network and cloud security engineer to contribute to NIH's Future State ZTA design patterns under the NIH GRC Zero Trust Architecture project for the NIH OCIO. You will work in the Architecture Pod on Subtasks 2–4, crafting reference architectures, patterns, and control mappings for NIH teams to implement.

The role is design and advisory in nature, with hands-on engineering staying essential to validate patterns and ensure secure, scalable solutions.