Senior Cloud Security Engineer

The work you'll do:

• Define, communicate, and implement cybersecurity architecture and administration processes for cloud environments across multiple network domains.
• Collaborate across our cloud infrastructure delivery team and with stakeholders using an Agile process to ensure design, implementation, verification, and continuous monitoring of cloud solutions across multiple domains.
• Automate cyber processes to support Continuous Authorization to Operate (CATO).
• Evaluate enhancements to cloud environments against Risk Management Framework (RMF) controls and DoD Security Technical Implementation Guidance (STIG) requirements.
• Work without considerable direction.
• Mentor and supervise team members, as needed.

Here's what you need:

• 8570 or 8140 Series IAT Level II Certification and Cloud Certification (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Azure Fundamentals).
• 8+ years of experience in the following:
• Securing computer systems, performing DoD authorization activities, and writing security plans for secure IT architecture and computing hardware and software.
• Working with cloud technologies, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• 4+ years of experience with Intelligence Community (IC) cybersecurity or information systems.
• 2+ years of experience automating tasks in cloud environments using scripting tools such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, AWS, or Azure Command Line Interface (CLI).
• Experience in the following areas:
• Cloud-native tools to support automation of CATO objectives and the terminology, processes, and regulations of IT system Assessment and Authorization (A&A) for the RMF.
• Supporting security assessment of software and system releases within a DevSecOps framework such as CI/CD pipelines.
• Code management tools such as Git supporting Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience planning, implementing, and managing continuous monitoring solutions and working within an Agile-based project management framework.
• Experience with Agile processes and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with Linux or Windows system administration.
• Experience in Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) or Information System Security Officer (ISSO) roles.
• Experience developing Body of Evidence artifacts for A&A of systems under frameworks, including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-Series, DoD RMF, and Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503.
• Knowledge of terminology and federal regulations related to specification, development, acquisition, and maintenance of IT systems.

Security clearance:

• Active TS with SCI eligibility is required.

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$124,000—$246,400 USD

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