Information System Security Engineer

SAIC • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

SAIC is seeking an Information System Security Engineer to provide cybersecurity leadership and governance across DoD IL5 and IL6 cloud platforms, ensuring secure design, continuous monitoring, and compliance across multiple cloud brokers. This role oversees RMF lifecycle execution, ATO sustainment, and security engineering alignment for cloud based development and production environments—while partnering closely with engineering, operations, and mission stakeholders to maintain a resilient, audit‑ready security posture. In this role, you’ll contribute to Naval Operational Architecture (NOA), working alongside engineers and operators to deliver resilient, forward-leaning solutions in support of national defense.

Requirements

• Provide cybersecurity leadership and governance across DoD IL5 and IL6 cloud platforms.
• Ensure secure design, continuous monitoring, and compliance across multiple cloud brokers.
• Oversee RMF lifecycle execution, ATO sustainment, and security engineering alignment for cloud based development and production environments.
• Partner closely with engineering, operations, and mission stakeholders to maintain a resilient, audit‑ready security posture.
• Contribute to Naval Operational Architecture (NOA).
• Work alongside engineers and operators to deliver resilient, forward-leaning solutions in support of national defense.
• Manage ATO packages, ensuring timely renewals, POA&M tracking, and alignment with DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Oversee cloud security posture across AWS GovCloud (primary) and Azure (future), ensuring compliance with DoD and organizational standards.
• Coordinate with cloud brokers to validate boundary protections, shared responsibility models, and service configurations.
• Provide ISSM oversight for engineering teams, including secure architecture reviews and change‑control participation.
• Support containerized architectures including EKS, Kubernetes, and microservices security controls.
• Guide implementation of IaC security for Terraform/CloudFormation‑based deployments.
• Ensure compliance of Red Hat Linux systems, including STIG application and patch governance.
• Advise on network security fundamentals including VPC design, routing, segmentation, and boundary defense.

Responsibilities

• Lead RMF lifecycle execution for IL5/IL6 cloud systems, including control inheritance, evidence generation, and continuous monitoring.
• Manage ATO packages, ensuring timely renewals, POA&M tracking, and alignment with DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Oversee cloud security posture across AWS GovCloud (primary) and Azure (future), ensuring compliance with DoD and organizational standards.
• Coordinate with cloud brokers to validate boundary protections, shared responsibility models, and service configurations.
• Provide ISSM oversight for engineering teams, including secure architecture reviews and change‑control participation.
• Support containerized architectures including EKS, Kubernetes, and microservices security controls.
• Guide implementation of IaC security for Terraform/CloudFormation‑based deployments.
• Ensure compliance of Red Hat Linux systems, including STIG application and patch governance.
• Advise on network security fundamentals including VPC design, routing, segmentation, and boundary defense.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed