Take2 has proven experience bridging the intersection of technology and people solutions. As a proven, trusted provider for our Federal and commercial clients, we provide the right solutions, at the right time through trusted partnerships, customized to solve our client’s unique business challenges. Take2 invests time, discipline, and rigor into our technology and people solutions, as well as utilizes our proprietary People Cloud. Whether we are bridging the gap between IT talent and our customers’ business challenges, Take2 will work as a partner to best resolve client needs.
Take2 is seeking a Zero Trust Architect. This is a fulltime role in Top Secret role at Fort Belvoir, VA.
The Systems Architect will be responsible for working with a team to ensure successful completion of testing and verification of new capabilities prior to deployment. To accomplish these goals, the successful candidate will demonstrate strong deductive reasoning, attention to detail, persistence, patience, and creativity.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Work with team to analyze the client’s current network architecture in conjunction with ZT assessment findings to recommend future-state network architecture design for the government agency
- Assist with research and proof of concept efforts to determine where additional technologies may be necessary to achieve the desired level of zero trust
- Work with requirements team to develop requirements, use cases, and technical documentation to support the zero trust transformation for the agency deployment
- Interface with the client and work with a team of 3-5 practitioners in conducting assessments and executing follow on actions
- Assist with Identification of system security requirements for external and internal facing web applications, networks, operating systems, and cloud environments
- Ensure the secure design, architecture, installation, configuration, hardening, and remediation for software applications to protect the bureau’s sensitive information
- Review, analyze and design zero trust products and security configurations
- Work with engineering team to perform deployment and configuration of zero trust broker tools with other security tools, including identity management, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and EDR tools and or access to the internet and private applications
- Develop ongoing operations and maintenance plan for the zero trust tools, including providing patching and end-user support with engineering team to provide ongoing maintenance
- Collaborate with SIEM engineers to ensure logs are onboarding and maintained in the SIEM tool
- Provide support for ongoing SIEM tuning and use case development
- Provide ongoing advisory support to bureau leadership on responses to new network requirements and regulatory mandates (such as executive orders, emergency directives, binding operational directives, and data calls from governance and oversight bodies)
- Assist with design, integrate and configure cyber security and network monitoring tools
- Develop strategies to respond to and recover from a security breach with zero trust team
- Advocate for technology insertion, that improves current inefficiencies
- Support clients with data protection and overarching cloud capabilities
- Implement core and cloud infrastructure security to manage risks and exposure
- Perform cyber reconnaissance to illuminate a potential attack surface area
- Provide threat and vulnerability management to federal clients and teams
- Analyze tactical network architectures and topologies to assess security risks
Basic Qualifications:
- Masters degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 15 - 20 years of professional experience; or Doctorate with 13 – 16 years of prior relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 14 days of start date.
- Must possess a DoD Top Secret clearance prior to your start date.
- Experience leading solution design and architecture development for a complex Zero Trust and DevSecOps approaches in a rapidly evolving system architecture.
- Experience with the design, develop, and delivery of data driven operations capabilities, in a DoD environment.
- Experience with enterprise cloud systems and solutions across aero trust pillars
- Knowledge of ZT based Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solutions
- Understanding of modern network infrastructure capabilities (i.e., Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN), Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP), Software-Defined Networks (SDN), etc.)
- Experience working with/in SOCs and/or NOSCs
- Experience with cyber threat indicators and prioritizing cyber threats
- Familiarity with federal government environments, standards, and architectures
- Experience in U.S. security requirements related to regulations or standards, including NIST SP 800-171, 800-53, RMF, ISO 27001, Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) 3.0, and SOX
- Working knowledge of zero trust principles, frameworks, and implementation strategies
- Experience working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Experience with project management and configuration management tools such as JIRA, Xray, Confluence and Git.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers, and architects.
- Prioritizing work to meet fixed deadlines.
- Ability to travel periodically, as needed.
- Experience working and collaborating in a cross-discipline team with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Take2 is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
