Zero Trust Security Architect: Zscaler & Cloud Access

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 134,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Zero Trust Security Architect to lead secure connectivity design and implementation across global cloud and hybrid environments. Focus areas include ZTNA, Zscaler, cloud VPN, SASE, and SSE to enable secure business operations and support M&A integration.

Strong leadership and hands-on architecture expertise are required. The candidate will design identity-aware access controls, drive risk assessments, and collaborate with cloud engineering, security, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Security Architecture, Network Security, Cloud Security, or Enterprise Security Engineering.
• Strong expertise in Zero Trust Architecture, ZTNA, and Secure Connectivity solutions.
• Hands-on with Zscaler technologies including ZIA, ZPA, DLP, policy management.
• Experience designing enterprise cloud VPN, remote access, and hybrid-cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise Zero Trust security architectures across identities, endpoints, apps, networks, and data.
• Architect secure connectivity including cloud VPN, site-to-site VPN, remote access, ZTNA, and hybrid-cloud models.
• Lead implementation and optimization of Zscaler capabilities (ZIA, ZPA, DLP, policy enforcement).
• Define identity-aware access models based on least-privilege and Zero Trust frameworks.
• Provide architecture oversight and guidance for M&A security integration and enterprise-scale network transformations.
• Conduct threat modeling and security risk assessments focusing on access flows and data protection.

Skills

Zero Trust Architecture

ZTNA

Identity-Aware Access Controls

Secure Connectivity

Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA, DLP)

Cloud VPN

SASE/SSE

AWS/Azure/multi-cloud

RBAC/MFA/least-privilege

Architecture leadership

Education

CISSP/CISSP-like certificate

Zscaler Certifications

AWS Security Specialty

Azure Security Engineer

CCSP

Tools

Zscaler

Cloud VPN

ZIA/ZPA

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Zero Trust Security Architect to lead secure connectivity design and implementation across global cloud and hybrid environments. Focus areas include ZTNA, Zscaler, cloud VPN, SASE, and SSE to enable secure business operations and support M&A integration.

Strong leadership and hands-on architecture expertise are required. The candidate will design identity-aware access controls, drive risk assessments, and collaborate with cloud engineering, security, and