Cloud Security Engineer

Anavationllc; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with match

Tuition reimbursement

On-site work

Job summary

AnaVation is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to support a cybersecurity program in our San Antonio office. The role leads zero trust engineering, interoperability, and modern security capability development across Government enterprise, managing cloud security, and driving continuous improvement across Cloud structures.

The ideal candidate will design and implement AWS cloud architecture using Terraform and Ansible, support SIEM/SOAR/IMS/IRT roadmaps, and coordinate with ISSMs, ISSEs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Cloud Computing, IT, or related field.
• Advanced degree in a related technical field is preferred.
• DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II and AWS certification are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead zero trust engineering and interoperability initiatives for cloud security modernization.
• Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud architecture using Terraform and Ansible.
• Support SIEM, SOAR, IMS, and IRT roadmap, engineering, and integration.
• Architect logging, monitoring, and telemetry with CSSP coordination.
• Maintain enterprise security tooling and enforce Zero Trust controls across mission environments.

Skills

Zero trust engineering

AWS cloud

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

SRE

CI/CD (GitLab CI)

Kubernetes

Security automation

RMF/ATO/cATO experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT

Advanced degree in a related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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Be Challenged and Make a Difference

In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.

Description of Task to be Performed

AnaVation is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to support one of our cybersecurity programs in our San Antonio office. In this position, the right candidate will lead zero trust engineering, interoperability, and modern security capability development across the Government enterprise. The Cloud SecurityEngineer will manage security systems and tools for cloud technologies, investigate and enhance existing cloudstructures, and drives issue identification/resolution, integration, gap assessment, and continuous improvement, whileproviding flexible reach-back across the Government’s Cyber Assessment Roadmap.

Position Responsibilities

This position sets the engineering direction for the Government’s zero trust and cloud securitymodernization, translating roadmap objectives into deployed, measurable capability.

Responsibilities include

• Lead zero trust engineering and interoperability initiatives, future-proofing implementations as tools and requirementsevolve.


• Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud architecture using Terraform (including custom modules) and Ansible.


• Administer relevant cloud infrastructure-level consoles (e.g., AWS) and secure cloud services and accounts; applyadvanced networking, VPC, peering, and subnet design.


• Support the SIEM, SOAR, Incident Management System (IMS), and Incident Response Team (IRT) roadmap,engineering, and integration.


• Architect logging, monitoring, and telemetry, coordinating delivery with the Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP).


• Advance security automation and automated evidence collection to increase inheritance and continuous monitoring maturity.


• Provide flexible SME support and reach-back across DevSecOps automation, supply chain security, enterprise vulnerability management, and AI.


• Provide updates to the Cyber Assessment Roadmap; create/maintain documentation and brief technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Collaborate with ISSMs, ISSEs, Value Stream engineers, COT, CPT, and Government stakeholders using tools like git.


• Support Zero Trust enforcement, cloud security controls, and Infrastructure as Code security across mission environments.


• Maintain and validate A&A control evidence in eMASS (control implementation, SIAs, SRCs, POA&Ms) supporting continuous monitoring and cATO readiness.


• Architect and integrate an enterprise SIEM ingesting logs from AWS (VPC, EKS, CloudTrail), Okta, Istio, GitLab, and host logs (systemd, audit), with dashboards for runtime monitoring, defense, and forensics.


• Enforce Zero Trust through ICAM integration and micro-segmentation validation and manage enterprise security tooling.

Clearance

U.S. Citizen, current TS/SCI; current CI Polygraph

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Cloud Computing, IT, or related technical field.

Certification

DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II and an AWS certification.

Location

Full-time on-site in San Antonio, TX.

Experience and Knowledge

• Subject Matter Expert: provides technical and management leadership on major tasks; domain and expert technicalknowledge; decisions may have critical project impact; may lead others.


• Highly experienced with AWS; advanced networking, VPC, peering, and subnet experience.


• GitLab CI experience; Terraform experience including writing custom modules and collaboration at scale; Ansibleexperience.


• Proficient in Linux; SRE experience for a mid-to-large enterprise system.


• Designing, implementing, and maintaining AWS cloud architecture; creating/maintaining implementationdocumentation.


• Experience supporting RMF, ATO, cATO, and continuous monitoring; SIEM and security automation (familiaritywith SOAR/IMS).


• Minimum years of experience - 10 years of relevant experience.

Clearance

Active TS/SCI

Education

Advanced degree in a related technical field.

Certification

AWS Certified Security - Specialty, CCSP, CISSP, CKS, or CKA.

Experience and Knowledge

• General cloud architecture experience with Azure or GCP (a plus, not required); experience with Kubernetes andDocker.


• Knowledge of SQL databases and coding skills (Java, Python, Go, C++); microservices architectures.


• Security framework experience (RMF, DISA STIG, CIS Benchmarks); software engineering background.


• Experience engineering SOAR/IMS and supporting Incident Response Teams (IRT); applying AI/ML to securityautomation.


• Experience supporting software factory environments (Iron Bank, Big Bang); IL4/IL5/IL6 cloud environments.

Benefits

• Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents


• 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents


• 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance


• 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents


• 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting


• Competitive Pay


• Generous paid leave and holiday package


• Tuition and training reimbursement


• Life and AD&D Insurance

About AnaVation

AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.

If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!

AnaVation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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