Steampunk

Cloud Security Engineer

Steampunk$110K — $155K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Mclean, VA
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in IT or 2 years related IT experience
  • 5+ years of total experience
  • 3+ years architecting, designing, and implementing cloud solutions
  • 3+ years of experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • 3+ years using Git SCM tools like GitHub or Bitbucket
  • 3+ years in Agile systems development

Responsibilities

  • Identify and implement secure cloud solutions including zero-trust architectures
  • Optimize solutions balancing security and usability based on stakeholder needs
  • Monitor cloud environments for suspicious activities and investigate incidents
  • Assess infrastructure as code and analyze associated risks
  • Conduct risk assessments and ensure compliance with industry security standards
  • Troubleshoot technical problems and develop updates or fixes
  • Automate security processes like vulnerability and patch management

Benefits

  • Employee ownership with a focus on professional development
  • Investment in employee growth and career advancement
  • Human-centered delivery methodology promoting accountability
  • Work in innovative sectors affecting Federal clients
  • Unique opportunities to contribute to mission-driven challenges
Full Job Description
Overview

As a 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 experience with cloud platform services, cybersecurity and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation.

Contributions

Responsibilities include: 

  • 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. 
  • Supportenterprise cloud security throughinfrastructure 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. 

Qualifications

Required:

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in an IT field OR Bachelor's degree in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
  • 5+ years of total experience
  • 3 years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
  • 3 years of experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • 3 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • 3 years of experience with systems development in an Agile environment
  • 3 years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
  • 3 years of experience providing conducting monitoring, risk assessment, threat modeling and security testing in cloud environments
  • 3 years of experience documenting POAMs, SSPs, and A&A support documentation
  • Must have and maintain an active cloud or security related certification

Preferred:

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

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $155,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers  and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

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