Zero Trust Pillar Advisor

Description

Job Type:

Full Time

Pueo is seeking a Zero Trust Pillar Advisor to serve as a domain-focused advisor to support the CIO’s Zero Trust program. The role provides architectural support, stakeholder engagement, technical translation, and implementation alignment for one or more IC Zero Trust pillars: User, Device, Application and Workload, Data, Network and Environment, Automation and Orchestration, or Visibility and Analytics. Final pillar placement is based on program staffing needs, candidate experience, and interview assessment.  

The ZT Trust Pillar Advisor will be responsible for the following, but limited to:

• Develops working expertise in the assigned pillar’s services, systems, tools, dependencies, stakeholders, and operational impacts. The role also helps translate senior architect direction into practical, understandable, and actionable implementation guidance.
• Communicate the “what” and the “why” of Zero Trust architecture decisions, so stakeholders understand both the technical intent and the mission value of the future-state design. 
• Serve as a trusted advisor and relationship manager for stakeholders within the assigned pillar, including mission owners, system owners, engineers, acquisition teams, and program leadership. 
• Participate in and document design reviews, planning sessions, technical exchanges, and implementation discussions to identify, alert, influence, and advise when development or planning is drifting from the approved future- state ZT architecture. 
• Recommend corrective actions and escalate architecture misalignment, implementation risk, or unresolved stakeholder concerns to senior architects and program leadership. 
• Develop and refine Zero Trust functional requirements, capability needs, design review findings, stakeholder briefings, gap summaries, decision-support notes, and architecture alignment recommendations.
• User: Identity, authentication, authorization, access lifecycle, privileges, and user behavior signals. 
• Device: Device identity, inventory, compliance, posture, endpoint protections, and device-based access conditions. 
• Application and Workload: Application access, workload identity, APIs, service-to-service trust, secure development, and application-layer controls. 
• Data: Data discovery, classification, access control, encryption, protection, loss prevention, and lifecycle security. 
• Network and Environment: Segmentation, traffic control, transport protections, environment-level policy enforcement, and secure connectivity. 
• Automation and Orchestration: Policy automation, workflow integration, response orchestration, and repeatable implementation processes. 
• Visibility and Analytics: Logging, telemetry, monitoring, analytics, reporting, and risk-informed decision support. 

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret clearance minimum required
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related discipline. 
• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, enterprise IT, systems engineering, architecture support, technical program support, or related federal/DoD environments. 
• Experience supporting Zero Trust, cybersecurity modernization, enterprise architecture, identity, data, network, device, application, automation, or visibility
• Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders, capture requirements, communicate design intent, identify implementation risks, and support architecture alignment. 
• Understand, communicate, demystify, and advocate for the approved future-state Zero Trust architecture designed by senior architects and technical experts. 
• Working knowledge of Zero Trust principles, federal cybersecurity frameworks, enterprise architecture concepts, and assigned-pillar services, systems, tools, and dependencies. 
• Understanding of IC, DoD, and federal cybersecurity operating environments, including governance, compliance, architecture review, and implementation planning processes. 

Desired Qualifications:

• An active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and current CI poly. 
• A current/valid Security+, CISSP Associate, CGRC, CCZT, cloud security, identity, networking, data security, or other relevant cybersecurity or domain certifications preferred.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, relationship management, facilitation, and communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences. 
• Ability to translate senior architecture direction into functional requirements, implementation guidance, briefing materials, and actionable recommendations. 
• Strong technical writing and briefing skills, including the ability to explain architecture intent, tradeoffs, dependencies, risks, and mission impacts. 
• Ability to build trust across stakeholders, ask clarifying questions, surface misalignment early, and keep implementation aligned with approved architecture. 
• Ability to manage competing priorities, support multiple engagements, and communicate clearly under tight deadlines. 
• Ability to recognize when issues require escalation to senior architects, program leadership, or governance bodies.

SALARY RANGE ESTIMATE

Minimum salary $147,742.00 to Maximum $167,888.00.  The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Pueo’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Pueo provides a variety of benefits to employees.

PUEO OVERVIEW

Pueo is a National Security cyber company built to inspect, defend, harden, and continuously authorize the networks our customers depend on. We deliver mission-grade cybersecurity across defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal enterprise, and critical infrastructure. Our work connects mission-risk inspection, defensive cyber operations, continuous authorization, security engineering, and mission delivery through one accountable team.

PUEO EEO STATEMENT

Pueo is an equal employment opportunity employer and affirmative action employer. All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or protected veteran status. Pueo takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance diversity and inclusion of individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.