Illumio Zero Trust Platform Engineer – Mid

Contingent REQUIRES AN EXISTING/ACTIVE TS/SCI WITH CI POLYGRAPH - NO REMOTE WORK MUST WORK ON SITE

Location: Reston VA or Washington DC
Funding Status: Contingent

DAn Solutions is seeking a Mid-Level Illumio Zero Trust Platform Engineer to support the design deployment configuration and optimization of Illumio Core and Illumio Edge across on-premises virtualized and cloud environments.

This position will support the implementation of Zero Trust Segmentation policies and enterprise micro-segmentation capabilities designed to reduce attack surfaces and limit lateral movement across mission-critical environments.

• Design deploy configure and optimize Illumio Core and Illumio Edge.
• Architect and implement Zero Trust Segmentation policies.
• Perform application dependency mapping and develop labeling frameworks enforcement boundaries and zone-based controls.
• Develop Illumio workflows runbooks dashboards and segmentation models.
• Integrate Illumio with SIEM/SOAR platforms CMDB systems C2C vulnerability scanners cloud-native controls and automation pipelines.
• Analyze network traffic flows using Illumio VEN telemetry.
• Develop policy recommendations to reduce attack surfaces and limit east-west/lateral movement.
• Troubleshoot VEN installation issues system performance policy conflicts and overall platform health.
• Partner with application owners to onboard workloads and validate segmentation plans.
• Support organizational change-management processes associated with segmentation.
• Perform platform lifecycle management including upgrades health checks certificate operations and policy governance.
• Work with security architects to align Illumio policy models with enterprise Zero Trust and NIST 800-207 strategies.
• Develop architectural standards documentation and enterprise security playbooks.

• 5 years of experience in cybersecurity cloud security or infrastructure engineering.
• 3 years working with Linux/Windows systems virtualization technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V and cloud environments such as AWS Azure or GCP.
• 2 years developing and deploying solutions within highly regulated or mission-critical environments.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
• Experience with REST APIs and scripting technologies such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust principles micro-segmentation and lateral-movement mitigation.
• Ability to translate security policies into technical controls.

Candidates must meet one of the following:

• Associates Degree 5 years supporting IT projects and activities
• Bachelors Degree 3 years
• Masters Degree 1 year

• Experience deploying and managing Illumio Adaptive Security Platform (ASP) in enterprise environments.
• Experience with ServiceNow or other CMDB systems.
• Experience with SIEM/SOAR and vulnerability-management platforms.
• Illumio certifications such as:
  • Illumio Platform Associate
  • Illumio Platform Specialist
  • Illumio Platform Expert
  • Illumio Platform On-Prem PCE Administrator

• Ability to obtain an approved DoD 8570 CSSP-IS certification within 30 days of offer acceptance.
• Ability to obtain an approved IAT Level III certification within 45 days of the CSSP-IS date or within 45 days of offer acceptance if the candidate already possesses CSSP-IS.

Salary Range Disclaimer: The posted salary range represents the good-faith minimum and maximum compensation DAn Solutions expects to pay for this position. The position may be filled at different Labor Category (LCAT) levels depending on the selected candidates qualifications and applicable contract requirements. Final compensation within the posted range will be determined based on the applicable LCAT and factors including education relevant experience certifications and other required qualifications

Required Experience:

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