Zero Trust Engineer (Illumio) - TS/SCI with CI Poly

Job Role: Zero Trust Engineer (Illumio) Location: Reston, VA or Washington DC Duration: Full time, Onsite Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Requirements: - 5+ years in cybersecurity, cloud security, or infrastructure engineering. - 3+ years of expertise in Linux/Windows systems, virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• 2+ years of experience developing and deploying solutions for highly regulated mission-critical environments (finance, healthcare, federal, or energy). - 1+ year experience with infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, or similar). - 1+ year experience with REST APIs, scripting (Python, Bash, Power. Shell), or automation frameworks.
• Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570.01-M Cybersecurity Service Provider
• Infrastructure Support (CSSP-IS) Certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND certification within 30 days of offer accept.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX (formerly CASP+), CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP certification within 45 days of CSSP-IS date (or offer accept if candidate already has CSSP-IS Cert).
• Integrate Illumio with SIEM/SOAR, CMDB, C2C, vulnerability scanners, cloud-native controls, and enterprise automation pipelines.