EMERGING TECHNOLOGY / CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER

Zermount, Inc • Arlington, VA

1d • Remote

About The Position

Zermount is seeking a senior Emerging Technology / Cybersecurity Engineer to support a federal client in modernizing cybersecurity authorization, cloud security, architecture review, and emerging technology assessment. This client-facing role helps accelerate secure adoption of SaaS, AI technologies, cloud services, commercial products, and emerging capabilities. The engineer will support RMF, ATO, continuous monitoring, cloud compliance, control validation, AI security testing, and risk-based authorization decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, architecture, cloud security, GRC, RMF, ATO, or federal compliance.
• Experience with federal programs, NIST RMF/CSF, FISMA, FedRAMP, vulnerability management, cloud compliance, SaaS assessments, control validation, risk reporting, and stakeholder coordination.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• One certification required, such as Security+, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, GCIH, AWS Security Specialty, Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or equivalent GIAC.
• Public Trust required.
• Ability to pass a minimum background investigation.

Nice To Haves

• AI/LLM security testing
• Generative AI risk assessment
• Continuous ATO
• Evidence automation
• AWS, Azure, GCP
• DevSecOps
• SIEM/SOAR/GRC tools
• Tenable, Splunk, Sentinel, ServiceNow, Prisma Cloud, or similar tools.
• Secret clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct architecture reviews.
• Perform SaaS, cloud, AI, and non-COTS assessments.
• Review data flows, identity models, access controls, logging, tenant isolation, and network architecture.
• Develop reusable security patterns, test plans, control checklists, and ATO-ready evidence.
• Document risks, POA&Ms, remediation plans, and executive recommendations.
• Coordinate with vendors.
• Support continuous ATO modernization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior