Compliance Engineer III

True Anomaly•Washington, DC

3d•$105,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Compliance Engineer to lead the design and implementation of secure, compliant architectures within highly regulated cloud environments. This role requires deep expertise in STIG development and vulnerability remediation, alongside a strong foundation in DevOps and SecOps practices, particularly within the AWS and Azure Government platform. The ideal candidate brings at least 5 years of experience in security engineering, with a track record of communicating and marketing compliance work to the people who have to live with it. You will work cross-functionally to align cloud infrastructure and training with frameworks such as RMF (DoD IL5 and IL6), and CMMC. This is a hands-on technical role that treats GRC as a product: you will build the controls, then package, promote, and prove them across the Enterprise through training, video, live demonstration, and customer-facing evidence.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, cloud compliance, or DevSecOps roles.
Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning, remediation planning, and automated patching workflows.
Familiarity with DoD RMF (IL5 and IL6), CMMC and related audit frameworks.
Proficiency with tools such as JIRA, Nessus, Docebo.
Experience with Marketing methodologies to productize the GRC role.
Experience building training programs and Videos.
Demonstrated experience marketing or productizing a security, compliance, or GRC capability to internal or external stakeholders.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to brief both engineers and executives on compliance posture.
Experience creating enablement content such as one-pagers, briefing decks, demo videos, and knowledge base articles.
Experience supporting security questionnaires, RFP responses, or customer audits in a sales or capture context.
Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

Experience with DoD RMF (IL5 and IL6) cloud environments.
Working knowledge of security training and how it applies to the IL 5/6 environments and inheritability from the Enterprise.
Basic people leadership experience, including mentoring or technical guidance responsibilities.
Industry certifications such as Security +

Responsibilities

Implement, and maintain secure, audit-ready systems and services in AWS and Azure Government environments.
Develop and maintain custom STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides) for cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, and IaaS/PaaS configurations and customer-deployed applications.
Embed compliance and security training across the enterprise through video and hands on training.
Automate Scoring and tracking of training requirements for readiness assessments and audits.
Partner with cybersecurity operations teams to support incident response, log review, and system hardening efforts.
Assist in the technical remediation of vulnerabilities identified through internal scans, third-party testing, or external audits.
Work with engineering and DevOps teams to drive secure patch management, system baseline enforcement, and automated vulnerability response workflows.
Maintain and operationalize vulnerability metrics dashboards aligned with continuous monitoring plans (ConMon).
Able to support and manage detailed system documentation including SSPs, network diagrams, control implementations, and POA&Ms.
Serve as a technical point of contact during audits and assessments, capable of demonstrating compliance posture through hands-on walkthroughs and evidence collection.
Collaborate with DevOps, Cybersecurity teams to translate security requirements into enforceable technical controls and testable artifacts.
Partner with product, engineering, and compliance teams to implement secure system boundaries and customer segmentation strategies for multi-tenant environments.
Provide technical mentorship and occasional leadership to junior compliance engineers or project contributors.
Track emerging requirements and proactively update system configurations to meet evolving DoD IL5, IL6, and CMMC mandates.
Productize the GRC function: package controls, training, and inherited compliance into clearly defined service offerings the Enterprise can understand, adopt, and buy into.
Build the messaging and positioning for GRC internally, translating IL5, IL6, and CMMC requirements into plain language that engineering, program, and business teams act on.
Develop customer-facing compliance collateral including trust and compliance one-pagers, control inheritance summaries, shared responsibility matrices, and briefing decks for program reviews.
Support capture and business development by responding to security questionnaires, RFP compliance sections, and customer due diligence requests with accurate, reusable content.
Run internal campaigns that drive training completion, control adoption, and audit readiness, and report on adoption the way a product team reports on usage.
Produce video, demo, and walkthrough content that markets the GRC program and shows the compliance posture in action rather than describing it on paper.
Establish a compliance brand and voice across the enterprise so GRC is seen as an enabler of speed and customer trust, not as a gate.
Define and track adoption metrics for GRC services, including training completion, control coverage, time to evidence, and customer questionnaire turnaround.
Maintain an internal GRC knowledge base and self-service portal so teams can find controls, evidence, and guidance without opening a ticket.