Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Steampunk•McLean, VA

4d•$130,000 - $180,000

About The Position

As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support developing, testing, and monitoring secure cloud architectures for cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with 8-10+ years of experience with cloud platform services, cybersecurity and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation.

Requirements

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related field
7+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
5+ years of experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
5+ years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
7+ years of experience supporting systems development within an Agile environment
5+ years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
5+ years of experience conducting monitoring, risk assessment, threat modeling, and security testing in cloud environments
5+ years of experience documenting POA&M, SSP, and A&A support documentation

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Security – Specialty
AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal, and collaborative skills
Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, performing a gap analysis, and producing artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Experience with scripting in languages such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

Responsibilities

Identify and implement the most secure cloud-based solutions for the customer including components for zero-trust architectures, identity and access management policy, and data privacy
Understand the needs of stakeholders and optimize solutions that marry security with usability
Monitor cloud environments for suspicious activities with cloud native monitoring or SIEM solutions and investigate security incidents where appropriate
Examine infrastructure as code written by others and analyzing risk
Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats through risk assessment, threat modeling, and compliance with industry standards (e.g. NIST, ISO 27011, HIPPA, FISMA, etc.)
Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop updates and ‘fixes’
Automate security processes such as vulnerability management and patch management
Work with software developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure that development follows established security processes and works as intended
Support enterprise cloud security through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing
Ensure effective design and implementation of data protection and encryption mechanisms for data at rest and in transit
Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members