Zero Trust Cyber Architect - United States - 33427 - Maximus

General information

Job Posting Title

Zero Trust Cyber Architect

Date

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

City

Reston

State

Country

United States

Working time

Full-time

Description & Requirements

We have an exciting opening for a SME Cybersecurity Specialist to support a large customer organization in the fast-growing National Security Group.

This position is located in Reston, VA and requires an active TS/SCI Poly clearance.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS270, P5, Band 8

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Respond to congressional inquiries on Cybersecurity issues; turning cybersecurity needs and capabilities into requirements and detailed technical solutions; developing and maintaining a list of Cybersecurity Architecture needs, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans; analyzing cybersecurity best practices to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
Developing and publishing baseline security requirements for common enterprise services to ensure capabilities are following cybersecurity directives and policies; conducting critical path analysis, risk analysis, and task dependency analysis; developing security requirements and constraints to provide input to foundational technical documents, including program architectural artifacts, business cases, and concept of operations.
Documenting architectural rules for Zero Trust
Diagram an interim and future architecture for Zero Trust implementation
Define/communicate the Zero Trust integration expectations for all ITE services
Create a Zero Trust playbook

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

Active TS/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph
Requires BS and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience
Secure cloud architecture expertise
Detail-oriented, ability to consistently provide high-quality products that are concise, thorough, and accurate.
Ability to adapt in response to shifts in customer priorities.
Expert knowledge in Identity, Authentication and Authorization.
Experience partnering across the IC

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Minimum Requirements

TCS270, P5, Band 8

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