Zero Trust Engineer
Job Number: R0249908
About the role
The Opportunity: For an organization to transform in today’s digital world, it needs to properly align with Zero Trust compliance. Effective data tagging can enable more efficient operations, yielding more growth. As a Zero Trust Engineer, you know how to apply your creative-thinking and analytical mindset to help organizations manage their data assets. We’re looking for an experienced Zero Trust Engineer like you to deliver leading-edge solutions.
Responsibilities
- Support Zero Trust Architecture assessments and gap analyses.
- Design and document solutions and implementation plans aligned around the ZTA Data Pillar.
- Development of Zero Trust compliance roadmap and track progress towards maturity objectives.
- Integrate Zero Trust principles into existing IL5 and IL6 enterprise environments including cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem.
- Maintain documentation for system architecture.
- Align Zero Trust implementations with NIST SP 800‑53 and NIST SP 800‑207.
- Enforce and integrate data protection through Data Classification, Tagging, and Security Posture Management tools.
- Enforce and integrate data protection through Data Rights Management tools.
- Enforce and integrate data protection through Data Loss Prevention tools.
- Enforce and integrate data protection through SIEM/SOAR tools.
- Partner with and act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, security, networking, cloud, and infrastructure teams.
- Deliver clear technical documentation, briefings, and status updates.
- Work cross‑functionally to ensure cohesive, enterprise-wide Zero Trust adoption.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience with cybersecurity, identity engineering, or cloud security
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS, their related identity systems, and Keycloak
- Experience writing data tagging policy within an automated data tagging tool
- Experience identifying sensitive information types and data classification
- Experience with RBAC, TBAC, ABAC, and policy‑based access controls
- Knowledge of Zero Trust principles and practical implementation approaches
- Knowledge of NIST and DoW Zero Trust Architecture guidance
Qualifications
- Secret clearance
- HS diploma or GED
Skills
- Experience maturing security posture and reducing risk
- Ability to design clear technical diagrams and architecture artifacts
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across technical teams
- Possession of strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
- Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills
- IAT II Certification
Benefits
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.
Pay
The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD).