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# Zero Trust Network Security Engineer

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Scott Air Force Base, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $86,800.0 - $198,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Unix, Linux, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), Identity and Access Management, IP Addressing, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Local Area Networks, Network Security, Networking Basics, Routing, Remote Access Technology, Zero Trust Network Access, SC Clearance
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87998494/1

## About the Role

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big-picture thinking to make an impactonnational security? You understand how identity, device posture, and policy come together to keep sensitive resources secure, and you know how to translate that understanding into resilient engineering solutions. Your ability to turn real-world access control challenges into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering acustomer-focusedZero Trust capability., * 5+ years of experience supporting DoD enterprisesecurityarchitectures

 * Experience designing, deploying, and supporting remote accesssolutions, including traditional VPN orSSE solutions
 * Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including IP addressing, routing, LAN or WAN architecture, andfirewallconcepts
 * Ability to design and support solutions that enforce ZTNAbased onuseridentity, device posture, and organizational policy
 * Secret clearance
 * HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience withSecure Access Service Edge (SASE) platformssuch as Versa Networks and Palo Alto Prisma Access
 * Experience implementing solutions in classified spaces
 * Experiencecollaboratingwith cross-functional teams, including identity, endpoint management, and infrastructure, to design and deliver end-to-end solutions
 * Knowledge of DoD Comply to Connect (C2C) requirements
 * Knowledge of DoD Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) capabilities andrelated technologies
 * Knowledge of federal compliance standards, including NIST 800-53, FIPS,andDoD STIGs
 * Knowledge of Linux or UNIX environments, including navigating and troubleshooting basic OS issues
 * Possession of strong verbal and written communication skills
 * Security+ Certification

## Description

As a Zero Trust Network Security Engineer on our team, you'll have the chance to design and support remote access and conditional access enforcement solutions in support of the Department of Defense's (DoD) Zero Trust mission. Your technicalexpertisewill be vital as you help evaluate and modernize legacy VPN infrastructure into Security Service Edge (SSE) and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) capabilities.You'lldevelop your skills in identity, device posture, and policy-based access control while gaining experience supporting a large-scale, DoD-wide Zero Trust conditional access initiative. Grow your skills by merging network security engineering with Zero Trust architecture and policy enforcement design to create conditional access solutions that evaluate users and devices in real time before they reach mission-critical resources. Join our team and help turn Zero Trust strategy into accomplishments that drive change.


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