
Pillar Lead: Application & Endpoint Specialist (R-00211) at True Zero Technologies (Remote)
Role details
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time
Job description
This role bridges security engineering and day to day operations by supporting implementation of security capabilities, evaluating technical solutions, maintaining cybersecurity tools, and helping operational teams translate security architecture into effective, repeatable practices. The Cybersecurity Engineer works closely with vulnerability management, incident response, RMF, and ISSO teams to ensure engineering activities directly support operational risk reduction and continuous improvement.
Position Responsibilities
- Develop reusable application, workload, cloud, and infrastructure Zero Trust patterns.
- Assess system architecture, workload interactions, service dependencies, security controls, and implementation constraints.
- Define application and workload policy enforcement, secure service communication, secrets management, and workload identity requirements.
- Support engineering plans, deployment sequencing, pilots, testing, validation, and operational readiness assessments.
- Document common variants for cloud, hybrid, legacy, and mission-critical system environments.
- Identify architectural deviations and lessons learned that should refine future enterprise patterns.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
- Five or more years of application, cloud, infrastructure, platform, or systems architecture experience.
- Experience with enterprise application architectures, virtualization, containers, cloud platforms, APIs, and legacy integration.
- Working knowledge of Zero Trust application and workload security principles.
- Strong systems thinking, troubleshooting, and technical documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, API gateways, service mesh, or modern application security controls.
- Experience supporting large Federal application portfolios.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems within security and availability constraints.
Preferred Certifications:
One or more of the following is preferred:
- CCSP
- AWS Solutions Architect
- Azure Solutions Architect
- CISSP
- Security+
Why work at True Zero Technologies
- Mission-Driven Culture: True Zero is a veteran-owned small business focused on high-impact national security missions. Employees often cite a sense of purpose and working on "missions that matter."
- Strong Benefits Package:
- Best-in-class medical coverage with 100% of premiums paid by True Zero.
- Companywide new business incentive programs.
- Contribution incentives for white papers, blog posts, internal webinars.
- 3 weeks PTO + 11 paid holidays annually.
- 401k program with 100% company match on the first 4%.
- Monthly reimbursement for cell phone and home internet costs.
- Paternity/Maternity leave.
- Competitive salary paid twice per month truezerotech.com.
- Remote/Hybrid Policy: Many roles listed as 100% Remote (e.g., Cribl Engineer, AWS Workspaces SME) truezerotech.com.
- Growth Opportunities: High employee headcount growth (+38% YoY) suggests a rapidly scaling organization with opportunities for advancement.
- Veteran-Friendly: True Zero is committed to hiring veterans and maintaining a veteran-friendly workplace, with dedicated leadership and scholarship programs.