Zero Trust Cloud & Network Security Architect

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

Job summary

eTel is seeking an experienced ZTA Architect to co-create cloud, on-premises, and hybrid reference architectures for NIH. You will design microsegmentation, workload-identity patterns, and secure access patterns while mapping controls to telemetry for continuous evidence collection.

You will collaborate with NIH OCIO and IC engineering teams to produce reusable design patterns and ensure compliant, secure architectures for NIH Future State ZTA initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree + 7+ years in network 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 the cloud, on-premises, and hybrid reference architectures with the Senior ZT Architect, as reusable design patterns with NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 control mappings.
• Design microsegmentation and workload-identity patterns; software-defined perimeter for HPC clusters; isolated VLANs with brokered remote access for laboratory instruments.
• Document how centrally provided network, endpoint, and logging services are inherited, input to the Centrally Provided Services Matrix.
• Define technical policy anchors for the network and device pillars; map controls to telemetry for continuous-monitoring evidence.
• Support Task 3 network use cases: flow baselining to generate and validate microsegmentation policy, and lateral-movement anomaly detection.
• Support Task 4 gap assessment for the network, device, and cloud pillars, and the evidence expectations in the ZTA Overlay.
• Validate patterns with IC engineering teams (CIT, HPC, and clinical platform owners).

Skills

Cloud security

Network security

Identity access

Zero Trust

Firewalls

Security+ certified

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Illumio

Terraform

Palo Alto

Job description

eTel is seeking an experienced ZTA Architect to co-create cloud, on-premises, and hybrid reference architectures for NIH. You will design microsegmentation, workload-identity patterns, and secure access patterns while mapping controls to telemetry for continuous evidence collection.

You will collaborate with NIH OCIO and IC engineering teams to produce reusable design patterns and ensure compliant, secure architectures for NIH Future State ZTA initiatives.