Cyber Security Engineer (5462)

SMX•Hollywood, MD

21d•$103,100 - $1,718,200•Remote

About The Position

The Cyber Security Engineer will provide security engineering, compliance, and risk management support for cloud-based systems aligned with NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, and DoD IL4–6 requirements. The role will advise partners and customers navigating government security requirements while supporting authorization, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring activities. A key focus will be improving compliance efficiency through GRC platforms, APIs, scripts, cloud-native services, and automation for evidence collection, control validation, documentation, reporting, and remediation tracking. This position is remote supporting a Herndon, VA based team.

Requirements

Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills with a focus on secure and compliant outcomes.
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to advise partners, customers, engineers, and government stakeholders.
Ability to translate federal security requirements into practical technical controls and operational processes.
U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher security clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Five or more years of cybersecurity experience, including at least three years supporting federal cloud security engineering, information assurance, RMF, or ISSO functions.
Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, FedRAMP Moderate and High, DoD IL4–6 overlays, RMF, and related federal compliance frameworks.
Experience developing and maintaining SSPs, POA&Ms, SARs, policies, control evidence, and other authorization artifacts.
Experience supporting authorization planning, gap assessments, audit readiness, control implementation, and remediation activities.
Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments, including IAM, encryption, logging, configuration management, and security monitoring.
Experience using GRC platforms, APIs, scripting, or automation to improve compliance and security workflows.
Familiarity with tools such as eMASS, Paramify, Nessus/Tenable, Splunk, Prisma Cloud, or comparable solutions.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting FedRAMP, DoD, DISA, or federal agency ATO activities.
CISSP, CGRC/CAP, CISM, Security+, or similar cybersecurity certification.
Experience developing automation with Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, infrastructure-as-code, or cloud-native services.
Experience integrating vulnerability, configuration, and cloud-security data into GRC (Paramify) and POA&M workflows.
Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines, automated security testing, policy-as-code, and continuous control validation.
Knowledge of FISMA, the Privacy Act, and agency-specific security requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide cybersecurity engineering and compliance support for FedRAMP and DoD-authorized cloud environments, including IL4–6.
Advise partners and customers on federal and DoD security requirements, authorization strategies, control implementation, and audit readiness.
Develop, review, and maintain authorization documentation, including SSPs, SAPs, SARs, POA&Ms, FedRAMP appendices, policies, and supporting evidence.
Support system authorization and reauthorization activities across FedRAMP/RMF, including gap assessments, control validation, evidence development, and remediation planning.
Leverage GRC platforms, APIs, scripts, and automation to streamline compliance workflows, evidence collection, documentation updates, control testing, and reporting.
Develop repeatable and auditable processes that reduce manual compliance effort and improve the accuracy and consistency of authorization artifacts.
Collaborate with cloud engineering and DevOps teams to design, implement, and validate security controls across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.
Review system changes and significant change requests to assess security impact, identify documentation updates, and maintain authorization boundaries.
Coordinate with system owners, engineers, 3PAOs, Authorizing Officials, and government stakeholders to address findings and support authorization outcomes.
Support continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, POA&M updates, remediation tracking, and recurring compliance deliverables.
Evaluate security tooling and data sources to identify opportunities for automated control validation and compliance reporting.
Track evolving federal cybersecurity requirements and translate them into practical technical and operational actions.