DoD Cloud Security Engineer – CVA & Compliance Expert

Cybersecurity Jobs; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Solutions & Management Corporation seeks a Cybersecurity Cloud SME to lead DoD-aligned security for cloud-hosted IT systems in Richmond, VA. You will provide engineering guidance, improve security posture, and support assessments including CVAs, onsite and DoD compliance.

This role requires 5+ years' experience with OCI, AWS, Azure or GCP, and a minimum Secret clearance. The position offers a USD 108,000–128,000 per year salary and is onsite in Richmond.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cloud security architecture to design and implement cloud-hosted IT systems in accordance with DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Ability to review cloud security policies, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to strengthen security controls and overall cloud security posture.
• Knowledge of cloud security threats, vulnerabilities, and emerging technologies to support secure deployment and operation of cloud-hosted systems and applications.
• Ability to assess and support security capabilities for protecting, detecting, monitoring, and responding to threats affecting cloud-hosted systems and data.
• Skill in providing cybersecurity guidance across the system deployment lifecycle to ensure compliance with DoD security standards, policies, and requirements.
• Ability to support and advise assessment teams in conducting CVAs for cloud-hosted environments to identify weaknesses and recommend corrective actions.
• Two (2) years of experience achieving ATOs in a cloud environment (OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Five (5) years of achieving ATOs for compartment DoD IT systems.
• Cloud Security Certification (OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Ensure the architecture and design of cloud-hosted IT systems meet DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Review cloud security policies, identify improvement areas, and recommend updates to strengthen security and support protection, detection, monitoring, and response capabilities for systems and data.
• Apply current cloud security engineering practices and account for emerging threats to support secure deployment of programs and applications.
• Provide cybersecurity guidance throughout the deployment process to maintain compliance with DoD standards and requirements.
• Advise assessment teams on how to conduct Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessments (CVAs) for cloud-hosted environments.

Skills

Cloud security

Policy review

Threat knowledge

Security guidance

CVAs guidance

ATO experience

Cloud certs

Multi-cloud

DoD compliance

Job description

Enterprise Solutions & Management Corporation seeks a Cybersecurity Cloud SME to lead DoD-aligned security for cloud-hosted IT systems in Richmond, VA. You will provide engineering guidance, improve security posture, and support assessments including CVAs, onsite and DoD compliance.

This role requires 5+ years' experience with OCI, AWS, Azure or GCP, and a minimum Secret clearance. The position offers a USD 108,000–128,000 per year salary and is onsite in Richmond.