Zero Trust Security Engineer - Hybrid Firewall & IAM Lead

System One; Vienna (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

System One in Vienna, VA seeks a Zero Trust Security Engineer for a contract engagement. You will translate Zero Trust analyses into firewall and security rule requests and coordinate with IAM, firewall engineering, and application teams.

Hybrid onsite and remote work is offered with both in-office and remote components. Responsibilities span from submitting detailed implementation requests to post-implementation validation and audit-ready documentation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto preferred).
• Strong understanding of user-based and application-aware firewall policies.
• Experience submitting and managing firewall rule requests in enterprise environments.
• Ability to validate security rule implementations and troubleshoot access issues.
• Strong coordination and communication skills across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate Zero Trust analysis outputs into formal firewall and security rule requests.
• Submit detailed implementation requests to firewall teams with all required technical details.
• Act as liaison between Zero Trust, IAM, firewall engineering, and application teams.
• Track firewall requests from submission through completion and validate implementations.

Skills

Firewall policy management

Zero Trust

IAM integration

Tools

Palo Alto

Job description

System One in Vienna, VA seeks a Zero Trust Security Engineer for a contract engagement. You will translate Zero Trust analyses into firewall and security rule requests and coordinate with IAM, firewall engineering, and application teams.

Hybrid onsite and remote work is offered with both in-office and remote components. Responsibilities span from submitting detailed implementation requests to post-implementation validation and audit-ready documentation.