The Sponsors organization provides strategic leadership on key issues and initiatives. The group promotes initiatives and de-conflicts issues with stakeholders on cross-cutting integration and transformation efforts, information technology investments and issues, strategies and policies, and also provides strategic leadership and advocacy for Sponsor programs and equities within Sponsor governance forums and working groups. The Sponsor is seeking support in applying network engineering techniques in furthering these initiatives. The Contractor will interface directly with the Sponsor organization’s leadership.

Mandatory Skills:

• Demonstrated experience evaluating and advising on zero trust architecture maturity models and road mapping phased adoption.
• Demonstrated experience within the IT and Cybersecurity policies, standards and guidance domains, organizing and shaping IT direction given to an organization’s workforce.
• Demonstrated experience applying critical thinking to identify strengths and weakness of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems related to zero trust architecture.
• Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of zero trust architecture frameworks (e.g., NIST SP 800-207), including micro-segmentation, least-privilege access, and continuous verification.
• Demonstrated experience in network security architectures, such as software-defined networking (SDN), secure access service edge (SASE), or API gateways.
• Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud-native security (e.g., AWS IAM, Azure AD, or Google Cloud IAM) and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., security, DevOps, compliance) to help align zero trust architecture goals and outcomes, with business objectives.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with stakeholders to coordinate activities across organization boundaries.
• Demonstrated experience preparing schedules, roadmaps, and management plans.
• Demonstrated experience working with executive technical writing or editing to create cohesive products, narrative, or program artifacts for various audiences, including senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience translating technical information into clear, readable documents and presentations to be used by technical and non-technical personnel.
• Demonstrated experience with tracking project or program dependencies including but not limited to process improvements and changes, and technical integration challenges.
• Demonstrated experience assessing, documenting, and tracking program and project requirements and follow-on technical exchange meetings (TEMs).
• Demonstrated experience tracking and monitoring on-going projects and initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating program and project management process activities such as program and project reviews and creating documentation.

Requirements

Mandatory Skills:

• Demonstrated experience evaluating and advising on zero trust architecture maturity models and road mapping phased adoption.
• Demonstrated experience within the IT and Cybersecurity policies, standards and guidance domains, organizing and shaping IT direction given to an organization’s workforce.
• Demonstrated experience applying critical thinking to identify strengths and weakness of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems related to zero trust architecture.
• Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of zero trust architecture frameworks (e.g., NIST SP 800-207), including micro-segmentation, least-privilege access, and continuous verification.
• Demonstrated experience in network security architectures, such as software-defined networking (SDN), secure access service edge (SASE), or API gateways.
• Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud-native security (e.g., AWS IAM, Azure AD, or Google Cloud IAM) and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., security, DevOps, compliance) to help align zero trust architecture goals and outcomes, with business objectives.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with stakeholders to coordinate activities across organization boundaries.
• Demonstrated experience preparing schedules, roadmaps, and management plans.
• Demonstrated experience working with executive technical writing or editing to create cohesive products, narrative, or program artifacts for various audiences, including senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience translating technical information into clear, readable documents and presentations to be used by technical and non-technical personnel.
• Demonstrated experience with tracking project or program dependencies including but not limited to process improvements and changes, and technical integration challenges.
• Demonstrated experience assessing, documenting, and tracking program and project requirements and follow-on technical exchange meetings (TEMs).
• Demonstrated experience tracking and monitoring on-going projects and initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating program and project management process activities such as program and project reviews and creating documentation.

Benefits

Leading Path is an award-winning Information Technology and Management Consulting firm focused on providing solutions in process, technology, and operations to our government and Fortune 500 clients. We offer a professional and family friendly work environment with a strong work-life balance. Leading Path provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including fully paid medical/dental/vision premiums, generous PTO, 11 Paid Holidays, 6% 401K contribution, annual training and tuition reimbursement, SPOT Award bonuses, regular team events, opportunities for professional growth and advancement and much more!