Pillar Lead: Application & Endpoint Specialist (R-00211)

Truezerotech
Worldwide Remote
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior cybersecurity professionals who bridge security engineering and operations with a focus on application and endpoint security.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers with a strong background in Zero Trust and cloud infrastructure security
    — “Develop reusable application, workload, cloud, and infrastructure Zero Trust patterns.”
  • Candidates with experience in translating security architecture into operational practices
    — “Helping operational teams translate security architecture into effective, repeatable practices.”
  • Individuals who have modernized legacy systems under strict security frameworks
    — “Experience modernizing legacy systems within security and availability constraints.”

Things to consider

  • The role may require deep domain knowledge of federal application portfolios
    — “Experience supporting large Federal application portfolios.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with defining secure service communication and identity requirements
    — “Define application and workload policy enforcement, secure service communication, secrets management, and workload identity requirements.”
  • Emphasize your ability to document security patterns across different environments
    — “Document common variants for cloud, hybrid, legacy, and mission-critical system environments.”
  • Showcase your systems thinking and ability to identify architectural deviations
    — “Identify architectural deviations and lessons learned that should refine future enterprise patterns.”
  • Demonstrate your hands-on experience with deployment sequencing and validation processes
    — “Support engineering plans, deployment sequencing, pilots, testing, validation, and operational readiness assessments.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • developed reusable application patterns
  • supported large federal application portfolios
Typical background
application architecturecloud platformssecurity controls

Skills & requirements

Required

Cloud PlatformsApplication ArchitectureSecurity ControlsSystem Architecture

Preferred

AzureAWSKubernetesApi GatewaysService Mesh

Stack & domain

Security EngineeringCloud PlatformsApisLegacy IntegrationZero Trust Application And Workload SecuritySystems ThinkingTroubleshootingTechnical DocumentationCCSPAWS Solutions ArchitectAzure Solutions ArchitectCisspSecurity+CybersecurityCloud SecurityEnterprise Application Architectures

About the role

Original posting from Truezerotech via Lever

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+

Source: Truezerotech careers (Lever)

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