Cloud Information Systems Security Specialist (Active Secret)

Military, Veterans and Diverse Job Seekers; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Military, Veterans and Diverse Job Seekers is seeking a Cloud Information Systems Security Specialist with an Active Secret clearance to support federal clients. In this role you will protect data, IoT devices, and cloud infrastructure, and you will help design secure architectures across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will perform cyber reconnaissance to reveal attack surfaces, manage threats and vulnerabilities, and assist ISSOs by documenting controls and contributing to the ATO package,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Active Secret security clearance required.
• Ability to travel 0-25%, on average, based on client needs.
• Experience using cyber reconnaissance to support a federal client.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure.
• Assist ISSOs in documenting controls and liaison with ISSO.
• Strong RMF knowledge and experience.
• AWS experience—monitoring apps and understanding architecture.
• Strong business writing and communication skills.
• Experience within ATOs and leading them end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with data protection, IoT, and cloud capabilities.
• Implement core and cloud infrastructure security to manage risks.
• Perform cyber reconnaissance to illuminate potential attack surface areas.
• Provide threat and vulnerability management to federal clients and teams.
• Analyze tactical network architectures and topologies to assess security risks.

Skills

AWS expertise

RMF knowledge

Cloud architecture

Cyber reconnaissance

Technical writing

Business writing

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Cloud Information Systems Security Specialist (Active Secret)

Job Openings Cloud Information Systems Security Specialist (Active Secret)

About the job Cloud Information Systems Security Specialist (Active Secret)

• Support clients with data protection, IoT, and overarching cloud capabilities.
• Implement core and cloud infrastructure security to manage risks and exposure.
• Perform cyber reconnaissance to illuminate a potential attack surface area.
• Provide threat and vulnerability management to federal clients and teams.
• Analyze tactical network architectures and topologies to assess security risks.
  

Required:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Active Secret security clearance required
• Ability to travel 0-25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Experience using cyber reconnaissance to support a federal client
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure
• Experienced and capable of assisting ISSO's in creating documentation of controls, capturing evidence, and being the liaison with the ISSO
• Knowledge in the core documentation in support of the ATO (Config Management Plan, Contingency Management Plan, Audit Logging Plan, etc.)
• Ability to navigate the system and cloud components to provide evidence to satisfy the controls as well as make any updates to the documentation in ultimate pursuit of the final ATO.
• Must have strong RMF knowledge and experience
• Must have AWS experience - monitoring applications, understanding of system architecture components, understanding of network traffic, etc.
• Must have strong business writing and communication skills.
• Experienced within ATO's and leading them from end-to-end.

Preferred:

• Prior professional services or federal consulting experience
• Previous Security Operations Center experience
• Experience in mobile and endpoint security
• Certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+, CEH, CISSP)