Security Engineer-Cloud Platforms

ARA Career • Raleigh, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

You will be working on a team that is building a cloud-based development environment. You will work with a multi-disciplinary collaborative team of hardware, software engineers and security specialists to design and implement a secure cloud-based software development and maintenance environment. You will be part of our employee-owned international research and engineering company. ARA is recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences, and you will be on this team. As a Staff Security Engineer you will be tasked with guiding systems or applications through the RMF process. You will be expected to understand NIST Special Publications and how they apply to the systems you are working on and how to implement requirements be it policy or informing system engineers as they build out a system or application. Your daily tasks will include reviewing security system scans and reports and utilizing these reports to identify and perform remediation activity within a system or application.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship (No exceptions; green card holders are not eligible)
• Eligible to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Successfully obtain DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (Security+, CCNA-Security, etc.) within 60 days of hire
• Good oral & written communication skills
• Excel as a team player and strive to maximize team & department performance
• Willing to work on-site, daily, at our Raleigh, NC location

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or other cloud platforms
• Experience with Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS)
• Experience with the Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Experience with tools such as Xacta and eMASS for managing ATOs and System Security Plans

Responsibilities

• guiding systems or applications through the RMF process
• understand NIST Special Publications and how they apply to the systems you are working on and how to implement requirements be it policy or informing system engineers as they build out a system or application
• reviewing security system scans and reports and utilizing these reports to identify and perform remediation activity within a system or application

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees