Cloud Security Engineer - RMF/Zero Trust (Remote)

LTS

United States

Remote

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

LTS is seeking a skilled Cyber Security Engineer to support a major modernization initiative within the Department of Veterans Affairs health portfolio. This role will support cybersecurity engineering, risk management, and security modernization efforts across enterprise healthcare systems and infrastructure environments supporting Veteran healthcare operations nationwide.

The ideal candidate will possess strong experience securing complex federal IT systems, supporting cloud and hybrid

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience supporting federal, cloud, healthcare, or other regulated environments.
Experience securing AWS cloud environments, including IAM, encryption, logging, monitoring.
Hands‑on experience with AWS security services such as Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Inspector, AWS Network Firewall, or similar capabilities.
Experience supporting RMF, ATO, continuous monitoring, risk management, and federal compliance activities.
Familiarity with eMASS, ServiceNow GRC, or similar risk management and authorization systems.
Working knowledge of NIST RMF, NIST SP 800-53 controls, FISMA, FedRAMP, Zero Trust, and federal cybersecurity requirements.
Knowledge of DISA STIGs, secure configuration baselines, system hardening, and vulnerability remediation processes.
Familiarity with DevSecOps, secure SDLC practices, automated security scanning, CI/CD security, and environment hardening.
Strong communication, documentation, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.

Responsibilities

Support cybersecurity engineering for the pilot, including cloud security, RMF/ATO support, compliance documentation, and continuous monitoring.
Secure AWS-based environments through IAM, encryption, logging, monitoring, network security, vulnerability management, and configuration hardening.
Configure, monitor, and support AWS security services such as Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Inspector, and related capabilities.
Support security planning for an AWS Commercial Cloud environment with consideration for future migration to AWS GovCloud or another VA-approved hosting environment.
Assist with ATO planning, control implementation, evidence collection, compliance reporting, and approval workflows.
Work within eMASS, ServiceNow GRC, or similar risk management systems to support ATO artifacts, information assurance tasking, POA&M tracking, and security documentation.
Develop and maintain SSPs, POA&Ms, SOPs, risk assessments, control narratives, security diagrams, and remediation plans.
Support vulnerability assessments, DISA STIG hardening, configuration compliance reviews, remediation tracking, and audit readiness activities.
Integrate security requirements into architecture, sprint planning, CI/CD processes, testing, and deployment readiness.
Support security reviews for VIA platform capabilities, including data handling, access control, auditability, secure integration, and AI-enabled modernization workflows.
Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate security requirements into practical engineering, documentation, and compliance actions.