Principal Zero Trust Architect (R-00204)

True Zero Technologies, a veteran-owned small business, was founded on the principle that the purposeful enablement of people and technology in an organization directly ties to the quality of its outcomes. True Zero recognizes that those outcomes begin and end with our people, and that is what we have built a community of like-minded, driven, and passionate individuals and innovators who are aligned in a common goal of delivering top-tier services to our customers. Our culture and commitment have been recognized through numerous accolades, including being named one of the Best Places to Work in 2023 in two categories (“Prosperous and Thriving” ($5MM–$50MM in gross revenue) and “Mid-Atlantic Region” (DC, DE, MD, NC, VA, WV)), and again in 2025 as a Best Places to Work honoree. In addition, True Zero earned coveted spots on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America in 2022, 2023, and 2025, a testament to our sustained growth driven by our people-first approach and unwavering dedication to excellence. The IDIQ Program Manager is responsible for the management, performance, and growth of assigned Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts and associated task orders. This position oversees contract execution, customer relationships, staffing, financial performance, subcontractor coordination, compliance, and program reporting. The Program Manager works across delivery, contracts, finance, recruiting, business development, and technical teams to ensure task orders are properly planned, staffed, and executed. This role requires a strong understanding of federal contracting and the ability to manage multiple task orders with different customers, requirements, budgets, and schedules.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead development and technical quality review of enterprise ZTA Use Cases and reusable architecture patterns.
• Define information flows, policy decision and enforcement points, identity relationships, workload interactions, security controls, and integration requirements.
• Evaluate interoperability and architectural alignment of existing enterprise security technologies using vendor-neutral analysis.
• Provide technical advisory support to Architecture Review Boards, engineering teams, and executive governance bodies.
• Guide system teams in applying enterprise patterns to on-premises, cloud, hybrid, legacy, and mission-critical environments.
• Incorporate implementation lessons learned and architectural deviations back into reusable enterprise patterns and technical guidance.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Ten or more years of security architecture or enterprise engineering experience, including significant Zero Trust architecture responsibility.
• Expert knowledge of NIST SP 800-207, CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, and Federal Zero Trust architecture principles.
• Demonstrated ability to design reusable enterprise architectures across identity, devices, networks, applications, data, visibility, and automation.
• Strong technical writing, architecture review, and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience supporting large Federal enterprises and FISMA-reportable systems.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid architectures, identity-centric security, microsegmentation, application modernization, and telemetry integration.
• Experience conducting vendor-neutral capability and interoperability assessments.
Preferred Certifications:
• One or more of the following:
• CISSP
• CISSP-ISSAP
• SABSA
• CCSP