Cloud Security Engineer: Secure Cloud & Automate Remediation

230 LST in; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeks a Technology Specialist to secure FAA cloud environments, deploy secure cloud-native apps, and ensure compliance with FAA standards across AWS, Azure and hybrid clouds.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and cybersecurity teams to implement security baselines, monitor security findings, and develop automated remediation using Terraform, Lambda, and Python to maintain resilient, compliant IT systems.

Qualifications

• Experience securing cloud environments with FAA/NIST standards.
• Proficient in AWS and Azure security services and hybrid clouds.
• Ability to implement security baselines and monitor findings.
• Familiar with IAM, firewall configuration, and perimeter defense.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain secure cloud-native applications and infrastructure in FAA-approved cloud environments (AWS, Azure, hybrid).
• Implement and maintain security baselines for cloud resources per FAA, NIST, CIS benchmarks, and FedRAMP where applicable.
• Configure, monitor, and optimize native security services to identify and remediate findings.
• Develop automated remediation workflows using Lambda, Systems Manager Automation, EventBridge, Python, or similar.

Skills

Cloud security

AWS/Azure

IaC

Automation

NIST 800-53

Tools

AWS Security Hub

GuardDuty

Terraform

Lambda

Config

Job description

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeks a Technology Specialist to secure FAA cloud environments, deploy secure cloud-native apps, and ensure compliance with FAA standards across AWS, Azure and hybrid clouds.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and cybersecurity teams to implement security baselines, monitor security findings, and develop automated remediation using Terraform, Lambda, and Python to maintain resilient, compliant IT systems.