Cloud Security Engineer

Peraton

$135K — $216K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in cybersecurity principles and technologies (firewalls, IDS, SIEMs).
  • Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and cloud observability toolsets.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes environments and container security.
  • Experience configuring CI/CD cybersecurity tools.
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent years of experience and certifications.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in planning, building, and managing cybersecurity for federal cloud environments.
  • Ensure design and implementation compliance with DoD regulations.
  • Configure and build tooling for vulnerability scanning and remediation.
  • Apply cybersecurity controls and collaborate with architecture teams.
  • Harden and secure cloud environment builds according to best practices.

Benefits

  • Work onsite five days a week for collaborative team engagement.
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud security technologies.
  • Engage with a security-focused team in a high-stakes federal environment.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

This Cloud Security Engineer is needed to assist in the planning, building and management of cybersecurity for a federal customer's Cloud Environment. These responsibilities would require a technical understanding and include addressing the cybersecurity of cloud deployments by ensuring the design, configuration, implementation, data controls, monitoring, logging, networking, and general architecture are all compliant with DoD regulations. The Cloud Security Engineer would help configure and build out tooling to scan and remediate vulnerabilities with production deployments and the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines used by development teams to deploy solutions. This position would be responsible for applying the proper cybersecurity controls and working with the architecture teams to make sure the build out of the cloud environments is properly hardened and secured.

This role is fully onsite M-F.

Qualifications

Requirements:

  • Proficiency in cybersecurity principles and technologies (firewalls, IDS, SIEMs).
  • Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
  • Knowledge of the Authorization to Operation (ATO) process and Continuous ATO along with needed documentation.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
  • Knowledge of cloud networking, storage, and architecture.
  • Experience with cloud observability toolsets.
  • Experience with AWS cloud migration.
  • Understanding of version control systems (Git).
  • Experience configuring continuous integration/continuously delivery (CI/CD) cybersecurity tools.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes environments and container security.
  • Basic understanding of Linux administration and programming (Java, Python, C#).
  • Understanding of Infrastructure and Configuration as Code tools (Ansible/Terraform).
  • Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions (Azure Entra ID, AWS IAM, Keycloak).
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Required Certification:
    • Active IAT Level II (Security+) Certification
  • Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience, or Master’s Degree and 10+ years of experience, or 7+ years with PhD. A degree should be within one of the following fields: Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Software Engineering.
  • In lieu of a degree in one of these fields of study, an additional 4 years of relevant experience or specialized training is required and one of the following active certifications: GMON, SecurityX/CASP+, CCSP, CISSO, Cloud+, CSSLP, FITSP-D, GCSA, GSEC, CCNP Enterprise, CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, GCIA, GDSA, or GICSP.
Target Salary Range$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

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