AWS Security Lead - IAM, Automation, & Incident Response

Peraton; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in the United States seeks an experienced AWS Security Manager to lead the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of our cloud security program. This role partners with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, GRC, Audit, and Application teams to protect our AWS infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS security expertise, leadership experience, and a deep understanding of AWS services, risk assessments, and incident response.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in cloud security or cybersecurity.
• Proven experience managing or leading security engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of AWS security controls—identity, logging, encryption.
• Advanced hands-on Terraform experience, including writing and reviewing modules.
• Experience securing large, multi-account AWS environments.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain agency clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of security engineers focused on AWS hardening and incident response.
• Establish enterprise-wide AWS security standards, policies, and best practices.
• Oversee IAM strategy including roles, policies, identity federation, and least-privilege enforcement.
• Collaborate with DevOps to embed security into CI/CD and IaC workflows.
• Drive automation for drift detection, patching, and compliance reporting.
• Oversee detection and response activities for AWS security events.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support 24/7 production systems.

Skills

AWS security

Terraform

IAM

Incident response

Security tooling

Cloud auditing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

KMS

Security Hub

GuardDuty

Config Rules

Job description

Peraton in the United States seeks an experienced AWS Security Manager to lead the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of our cloud security program. This role partners with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, GRC, Audit, and Application teams to protect our AWS infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS security expertise, leadership experience, and a deep understanding of AWS services, risk assessments, and incident response.