FEDERAL AWS SECURITY, ATO AND CLOUD-OPERATIONS ENGINEER - Remote

Axyde Analytics

$120K — $145K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience securing AWS systems in federal or regulated environments.
  • Experience supporting federal ATO or IATO packages.
  • Familiarity with FedRAMP Moderate and NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 standards.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS security services like IAM and Security Hub.
  • Knowledge of incident response and continuous monitoring processes.
  • Proficiency in technical writing and audit support.

Responsibilities

  • Translate complex security requirements into actionable controls.
  • Support the development of system security plans for ATO requests.
  • Configure and oversee AWS security features including IAM and encryption.
  • Design security integration with government identity and SIEM systems.
  • Implement security measures such as least privilege access and incident response protocols.
  • Maintain comprehensive security documentation and operational procedures.
  • Review impacts of architecture changes on security compliance.
  • Support both production and test environments through effective monitoring.

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility within the U.S.
  • Opportunity for occasional travel.
  • Engagement in impactful federal projects.
  • Possibility of starting work on proposal-stage advisory efforts promptly.
  • Chance to gain and/or maintain DOE/NNSA clearance credentials.
Full Job Description
Axyde Analytics seeks a senior cloud-security engineer to support the secure transition and operation of an AWS-based federal data and AI platform handling Controlled Unclassified Information, specialized nuclear-security information, and sensitive personally identifiable information.

Responsibilities
  • Translate FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5, DOE, NNSA, CUI, privacy, and system-security requirements into implementable controls.
  • Support development of the system security plan and activities necessary to request an IATO or ATO.
  • Configure and monitor IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config, Security Hub, VPC, logging, encryption, and approved security services.
  • Design integration with DOE OneID/SAML and Government SIEM capabilities, including Splunk where directed.
  • Implement least privilege, role-based access, row/column controls, auditability, incident response, vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring.
  • Maintain security artifacts, evidence, control mappings, POA&Ms, configuration baselines, and operational procedures.
  • Review proposed architecture changes for authorization-boundary and security consequences.
  • Support production and test environments, release management, backup, recovery, availability, and operational monitoring.
  • Train delivery personnel on applicable handling and security obligations.

Required Experience
  • Five or more years securing AWS systems in federal or highly regulated environments.
  • Experience supporting federal ATO or IATO packages.
  • Working knowledge of FedRAMP Moderate, NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5, CUI, incident response, continuous monitoring, and AWS shared responsibility.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS identity, encryption, logging, monitoring, networking, and security-posture services.
  • Experience with SIEM integration and security evidence production.
  • Strong technical writing and audit-support skills.

Personnel Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required. No current DOE/NNSA clearance is required, but the candidate must be capable of obtaining a DOE/NNSA Q clearance if required. Experience handling CUI, UCNI, or similarly restricted information is strongly preferred.

Engagement

Remote within the United States with occasional travel. Proposal-stage advisory work may begin immediately. Transition and operations work is contingent upon contract award.

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