Sr. Solutions Architect (DevSecOps) II (6444)

MetroStar•Reston, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Sr. Solutions Architect (DevSecOps) II, you’ll work collaboratively with leads and cross-functional teams to develop and advise on solutions and ensure compliance with security protocols and industry standards. Staying informed about emerging trends and threats in both cloud and platform technologies, you will proactively enhance defenses through innovative tools and methodologies. Additionally, you will adopt and conduct continuous monitoring strategies, risk assessments, implement security controls, identify vulnerabilities, and support incident response efforts to minimize risks and maintain the integrity of our systems and data. MetroStar is obsessed with its people and has led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. The company's mission is: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI poly
7+ years of engineering with hands-on experience securing containerized/Kubernetes environments (OpenShift preferred).
3 years of experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and other automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, and Prisma Cloud).
3 years of experience in cloud engineering (AWS Preferred), with expertise in designing, implementing, and managing advanced cloud solutions
Strong experience with designing and building implementations of required security controls; and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing of solutions for compliance with security controls.
Strong experience in managing and mentoring cybersecurity analysts and engineers.
Strong experience in implementing security controls from government regulatory frameworks and security standards (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP).
Demonstrated experience implementing controls for cloud, container, and/or DevSecOps services and solutions from IL5 to IL6+ environments.
Experience with log aggregation and analysis tools (e.g., Splunk), such as performing querying and analysis of aggregated logs to identify security-relevant anomalies or risks.
Experience performing periodic (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) security checks to support continuous monitoring aligned with the NIST Risk Management Framework
Experience with incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis techniques.
Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
CISSP or equivalent certification to support DoD 8140 requirements.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Serve as a Platform Engineer for containerized environments, service mesh technologies and microservices with cybersecurity requirements as the primary consideration.
Advise both strategic and design priorities for various platform technologies and tools.
Provide leadership and guidance to a cross-functional team of engineers and cyber security professionals who support the management of security controls for cloud based services, including cloud brokering, DevSecOps tools and containerized workloads solutions.
Develop effective and sustainable solutions to monitor network traffic, system logs, and security alerts to detect and respond to potential security incidents within the platform.
Support the team to analyze and investigate anomalies and security breaches, assess threat intelligence feeds, conduct threat analysis, taking appropriate actions to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities.
Collaborate with other platform engineers and developers among other cross-functional teams, to establish, embed, and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures throughout the system lifecycle.
Support the team’s requirement to perform security assessments, implement incident response plans and recommend mitigations.
Maintain thorough and accurate documentation of security architecture processes, control implementation procedures, configurations, and continuous monitoring strategies.
Prepare detailed reports on security findings, incidents, and actions taken.