Title: Lead Security Engineer
Location: Remote / Hybrid (On site-visits to the DMV location as required by contract)
About this position:The Lead Security Engineer supports the Decennial Transformation and Application Modernization (DTAM) initiative, a federal program designed to modernize the U.S. Census Bureau's Decennial Census and American Community Survey (ACS) systems into a cloud-smart, data-centric, and secure IT environment.
This role provides both technical and management leadership across enterprise security initiatives, ensuring secure modernization of applications, data systems, and cloud infrastructure. The position plays a critical role in embedding security into DevSecOps pipelines and supporting secure, scalable, near real-time data processing and analytics.
*This position is contingent upon contract award.Salary Range: -$135K - $170K commensurate with the candidate's skills, experience, location, and qualifications.
On a day-to-day basis, you will:- Provide technical and management leadership across major security and modernization initiatives supporting DTAM objectives
- Define and execute project goals, plans, and methods aligned with federal cloud modernization efforts
- Direct security engineering activities across application development, integration, and operations environments
- Ensure delivery of secure systems through DevSecOps practices and enterprise security governance
- Lead implementation of application security controls, policies, and frameworks
- Oversee security architecture standards, design reviews, and technical trade-off analyses
- Support vulnerability management, security testing, audits, and authorization activities
- Guide integration of security tooling into CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments
- Manage staffing, delivery methods, and financial oversight for assigned security workstreams
- Engage with client stakeholders and senior leadership through briefings, negotiations, and technical consultations
- Supervise and mentor security engineering staff as assigned
Required Education/Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity and/or security engineering roles
Required Skills:- Expert-level cybersecurity domain knowledge
- Strong technical leadership in application security and enterprise security architecture
- Deep experience integrating security into DevSecOps environments
- Experience overseeing enterprise-scale security governance, risk, and compliance efforts
- Strong decision-making authority in high-impact technical environments
Required Tools, Technologies, or Platforms:- DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps)
- Zero Trust Architecture frameworks
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools
- Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) tools
- Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST/DAST) tools
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Microservices architectures
- APIs and API security frameworks
- Serverless and containerized architectures (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)
- Enterprise Architecture tools
- Cybersecurity Assessment and Management platforms
Preferred Certifications:- Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Please Note: We maintain an on-camera policy for all virtual company meetings to foster engagement and collaboration. Reasonable exceptions may be granted with prior approval from Human Resources and/or the applicable manager or client.
FLSA & EMPLOYMENT STATUS: FLSA EXEMPT AND FULL-TIME POSITION
