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# Zero Trust Network Lead

- **Company:** GovCIO
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $205,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), Cyber Security, Routing, Network Segmentation, Zero Trust Network Access, Wide Area Networks, Cisco
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=3044132397-2

## About the Role

* Zero Trust architecture
 * Network engineering
 * Cisco routing and switching
 * LAN/WAN services
 * Palo Alto firewall engineering
 * Zscaler ZIA/ZPAAruba wireless
 * Clear
 * Pass NACIdentity-aware access control
 * Network segmentation

## Description

Lead Zero Trust strategy and hands-on network security engineering across identity, devices, network, cloud, and security platforms. Define technical standards, integration requirements, and roadmap priorities; coordinate cross-functional design and implementation; and ensure capabilities are tested, documented, operationally ready, and transitioned to production. Provide network, firewall, wireless, and access-control engineering support in Washington, DC., * Define Zero Trust technical strategy, policy intent, standards, control objectives, architecture requirements, and roadmap priorities.

 * Engineer, configure, troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize Cisco routing, switching, and LAN/WAN services.
 * Define and implement Zero Trust integrations for Palo Alto firewalls, Zscaler ZIA/ZPA, Aruba wireless, and Clear
 * Pass NAC.
 * Coordinate Zero Trust requirements and dependencies across network, cloud, identity, endpoint, service desk, security operations, and engineering teams.
 * Lead architecture reviews, identify risks and gaps, and ensure solutions are tested, documented, operationally ready, and transitioned into production.
 * Coordinate technical response to access-control incidents and ensure network and Zero Trust changes follow Service
 * Now ERB/CCB processes.