Cloud Information Security Engineer – Federal Focus

Nightwing; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking an Information Security Engineer to ensure the security, compliance, and resilience of Bespin cloud engagement kits throughout their lifecycle. You will implement security controls, monitor continuously, manage vulnerabilities, and align with federal requirements (NIST, FedRAMP).

In this role, you will enforce encryption standards, manage IAM, coordinate incident response, and provide security guidance to operations teams while supporting a U.S.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Must obtain DHS Suitability.
• 5+ years of information security experience, preferably in cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS security services and best practices.
• Experience with security monitoring and SIEM tools.
• Understanding of encryption, PKI and data protection.
• FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53 experience.
• Experience with AWS EC2/S3/VPC, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Security Hub.
• Experience with Nmap, Nessus, Splunk administration.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain security controls for cloud engagement infrastructure.
• Enforce encryption standards and hardened cloud configurations.
• Conduct continuous security monitoring and threat detection.
• Manage vulnerability assessment and remediation processes.
• Implement namespace obfuscation and data protection measures.
• Ensure compliance with federal security frameworks (NIST, FedRAMP, etc.).
• Coordinate incident response activities related to security events.
• Develop and maintain security documentation and SOPs.
• Conduct security assessments of third-party cloud services and dependencies.
• Implement and manage IAM controls.
• Monitor for and respond to security incidents or anomalies.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Active TS/SCI clearance

DHS Suitability

5+ years information security

AWS security services

Security monitoring

Encryption / PKI

Federal security compliance

AWS EC2/S3/VPC

Nessus / Sniffing tools

Nmap

Nessus

Splunk

Linux system administration

Vulnerability management

Penetration testing

Network security

Security automation

Security certifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science

High School diploma + 7+ years relevant experience

Tools

CloudTrail

CloudWatch

AWS Security Hub

Kubernetes

Nmap

Nessus

Splunk

Job description

Nightwing is seeking an Information Security Engineer to ensure the security, compliance, and resilience of Bespin cloud engagement kits throughout their lifecycle. You will implement security controls, monitor continuously, manage vulnerabilities, and align with federal requirements (NIST, FedRAMP).

In this role, you will enforce encryption standards, manage IAM, coordinate incident response, and provide security guidance to operations teams while supporting a U.S.