Cybersecurity Engineer

Cybersecurity Jobs; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

SHR Consulting Group, LLC seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to deliver hands-on security engineering and operational security support for enterprise applications and cloud environments.

Responsibilities include securing applications and infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), implementing technical security controls, and supporting security authorization, assessment, and continuous monitoring within an Agile/SAFe framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or information systems security experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity engineering support across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Support security for applications and infrastructure hosted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Implement and maintain technical security controls aligned to organizational and federal requirements.
• Support security authorization, assessment, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Identify, analyze, track, prioritize, and support remediation of vulnerabilities across applications, infrastructure, cloud, and configurations.
• Review security scan results, coordinate remediation with engineering and development teams, and validate corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain security artifacts and supporting documentation for vulnerabilities and remediation activities.
• Integrate automated security testing and security controls into DevSecOps and CI/CD processes.
• Support incident response activities including investigation, containment, remediation, and root cause analysis.
• Support security logging, monitoring, alerting, and audit capabilities.
• Develop and maintain security documentation and evidence for assessments, audits, releases, and change-control activities.
• Protect PII, sensitive information, and system data from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or loss.
• Participate in Agile/SAFe planning, sprint activities, technical working sessions, and security reviews.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Cloud security

Vulnerability management

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

NIST SP 800-53

FISMA

RMF

Job description

SHR Consulting Group, LLC seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to deliver hands‑on security engineering and operational security support for enterprise applications and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity engineering support across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Support security for applications and infrastructure hosted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Implement and maintain technical security controls aligned to organizational and federal security requirements.
• Support security authorization, assessment, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Identify, analyze, track, prioritize, and support remediation of application, infrastructure, cloud, and configuration vulnerabilities.
• Review security scan results, assess findings, coordinate remediation with engineering and development teams, and validate corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain security artifacts and supporting documentation for vulnerabilities and remediation activities.
• Integrate automated security testing and security controls into DevSecOps and CI/CD processes.
• Support incident response activities including investigation, containment, remediation, and root cause analysis.
• Support security logging, monitoring, alerting, and audit capabilities.
• Develop and maintain security documentation and evidence for security assessments, audits, releases, and change‑control activities.
• Protect PII, sensitive information, and system data from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or loss.
• Participate in Agile/SAFe planning, sprint activities, technical working sessions, and security reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or information systems security experience.
• Experience securing cloud‑hosted applications and infrastructure, preferably in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with NIST SP 800‑53, FISMA, RMF, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and security control implementation.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning, security monitoring/logging, incident response, and DevSecOps security practices.
• Experience supporting security assessments and remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Security+, CISSP, CCSP, Google Cloud security certification, or equivalent certification preferred.
• CompTIA Security+ (required) or equivalent industry‑recognized security certification.

Technologies

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• DevSecOps
• CI/CD
• Agile
• SAFe
• NIST SP 800‑53
• FISMA
• RMF
• PII

Certifications

• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent industry‑recognized security certification (Required)
• CISSP; CCSP; Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer; CompTIA CySA+; GIAC certifications (Preferred)

Why Join SHR Consulting Group

• Contribute to impactful government initiatives that enhance national security and public welfare.
• Collaborative, flexible, and forward‑thinking work environment.
• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities.

Location: Ft Meade, MD (Hybrid)
Compensation: USD 130,000 - 150,000 per yearly
Experience: 5 years minimum