Zero Trust Security Architect — ZTNA & ZIA/ZPA Expert

Cognizant; Helena (MT); In loco; USD 134.000 - 155.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

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

Descrizione del lavoro

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Zero Trust Security Architect to lead design and implementation of secure connectivity across global cloud and hybrid environments. You will focus on ZTNA, Zscaler, cloud VPN, SASE, and SSE to enable secure business operations and support integration initiatives.

Ideal candidates will have deep cloud security expertise, identity-aware networking, and a proven track record in enterprise security transformation with strong architecture leadership and stakeholder

Competenze

• 8+ years of experience in Security Architecture, Network Security, Cloud Security, or Enterprise Security Engineering roles.
• Strong expertise in Zero Trust Architecture, ZTNA, Identity-Aware Access Controls, and Secure Connectivity solutions.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Zscaler technologies including ZIA, ZPA, DLP, policy management, and cloud-delivered security services.
• Experience designing enterprise cloud VPN, remote access, hybrid-cloud networking, and secure connectivity architectures.
• Strong understanding of SASE, SSE, cloud-native security architectures, and modern network security principles.

Mansioni

• Design and maintain enterprise Zero Trust security architectures spanning identity, endpoints, applications, networks, cloud platforms, and data access pathways.
• Architect secure connectivity solutions including cloud VPN, site-to-site VPN, remote access, ZTNA, and hybrid-cloud access models.
• Design, implement, and optimize Zscaler capabilities including Secure Internet Access (ZIA), Private Access (ZPA), DLP, traffic inspection, threat prevention, and policy enforcement.
• Define identity-aware access models based on least-privilege principles and Zero Trust security frameworks.
• Lead secure integration and connectivity planning for new business platforms and enterprise technology initiatives.
• Architect network, application, and security integration strategies for mergers and acquisitions, including discovery, segmentation, access controls, migration planning, and target-state architecture development.
• Conduct threat modeling, security risk assessments, and architecture reviews focused on access flows, trust boundaries, and data protection requirements.
• Develop architecture standards, reference architectures, design patterns, implementation roadmaps, and reusable security artifacts.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering, infrastructure, security, and application teams to embed security controls and governance requirements into technology solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend Zscaler, SASE, SSE, VPN, and Zero Trust technologies based on business, security, scalability, and operational requirements.
• Provide architecture oversight, design reviews, and implementation guidance to ensure solutions align with enterprise security standards.
• Define and monitor security metrics, effectiveness measurements, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen enterprise security posture.

Conoscenze

Zero Trust Architecture

ZTNA

Identity-Aware Access

Secure Connectivity

Cloud Security

Strumenti

Zscaler ZIA

Zscaler ZPA

AWS

Azure

Multi-Cloud

Descrizione del lavoro

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Zero Trust Security Architect to lead design and implementation of secure connectivity across global cloud and hybrid environments. You will focus on ZTNA, Zscaler, cloud VPN, SASE, and SSE to enable secure business operations and support integration initiatives.

Ideal candidates will have deep cloud security expertise, identity-aware networking, and a proven track record in enterprise security transformation with strong architecture leadership and stakeholder