Zero Trust Strategist

Job Family : Technology Consulting Travel Required : Up to 10% Clearance Required : Ability to Obtain Public Trust What You Will Do: Our Cybersecurity Consultants are a team of business integrators with extensive consulting and industry experience who help our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy through execution. A career in an integrated team of developers and consultants provides the opportunity to grow and contribute to our clients' business issues every day, applying a collection of security spectrum capabilities, including security strategy and governance, IT risk, security technologies, and cybercrime and breach response. We are seeking a senior Zero Trust strategist with a proven track record of leading large-scale IT deployments, specifically for government clients. The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on technical knowledge of Zscaler, Okta, and Crowdstrike solutions and demonstrate exceptional project management skills to ensure successful delivery and ongoing support.

Areas include, but are not limited to: Design, document, and maintain enterprise Zero Trust architectures spanning identity, device, network/environment, application/workload, and data pillars. Define strategic roadmaps and reference architecture aligned with organizational objectives and mission requirements. Partner with cross-functional teams to embed Zero Trust principles into technology modernization efforts, cloud transitions, and cybersecurity initiatives. Partner with cybersecurity, network engineering, cloud, DevSecOps, and governance teams to ensure cohesive implementation and maturity. Perform organizational assessments using the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model. Produce gap analyses and prioritized remediation plans aligned with maturity expectations. Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including timelines, milestones, budget tracking, and resource allocation. Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful, on-time, and within-budget project delivery. Provide regular project status updates to leadership, technical teams, and other key stakeholders. Manage cross-functional project teams, vendor relationships, and external consultants. Lead the development of comprehensive Zero Trust program strategies and executive level briefings tailored for CISO and senior leadership audiences. Independently design Zero Trust reference architectures and capability roadmaps without requiring hands on engineering support. Serve as the senior Zscaler and CrowdStrike product expert for the engagement, advising on platform capabilities, constraints, and adoption patterns across identity, device, network, workload, and data protection domains. Translate complex Zscaler and CrowdStrike technologies (e.g., ZIA/ZPA, Falcon Insight/XDR, Falcon DLP) into clear business outcomes and maturity recommendations. Coordinate with separate Zscaler and CrowdStrike engineering teams to ensure alignment while driving architectural decisions autonomously and without operational disruption.

Bachelors degree from an accredited university Minimum of EIGHT (8) years of overall work experience US Citizenship is contractually required Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred. Experience in IT or managing large-scale deployments and cross-functional technical teams with US Federal government consulting experience Experience working in federal civilian, defense contractor, or highly regulated environments Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks (e.g., FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53) Experience collaborating with teams for IT security operations, threat response, or security architecture development, including IAM system requirements, design,