DoD Cloud Security Engineer — RMF, CI/CD, AWS/Azure

VulnU; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Job summary

Peraton in Linthicum, MD is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to secure cloud deployments for a DoD customer. You will apply RMF, STIGs, and continuous ATO practices, design hardened cloud architectures, and integrate security tooling into CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes threat analysis, forensics support, and secure cloud operations. The ideal candidate has extensive cloud security experience, strong knowledge of IAM, Kubernetes, and monitoring, and a TS/SCI clearance; remote work is

Qualifications

• Experience planning, building, hardening, and managing secure cloud environments.
• Ability to assess and implement cybersecurity controls across cloud infrastructure, apps, networks, and data-management components.
• Experience with RMF, STIGs, ATO/Continuous ATO processes, and security documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support secure cloud migrations in AWS and Azure.
• Configure and maintain vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, and monitoring tools.
• Integrate cybersecurity tooling into CI/CD pipelines used by development teams.
• Assist in maintaining logging, monitoring, and alerting for cloud environments.

Skills

Cloud security

RMF & STIGs

AWS & Azure

CI/CD security

Kubernetes security

IAM & least privilege

Vulnerability management

Linux scripting

Git & CI tools

Education

10+ years IT security experience

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

AWS, Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform/Ansible

GitLab CI

Job description

Peraton in Linthicum, MD is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to secure cloud deployments for a DoD customer. You will apply RMF, STIGs, and continuous ATO practices, design hardened cloud architectures, and integrate security tooling into CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes threat analysis, forensics support, and secure cloud operations. The ideal candidate has extensive cloud security experience, strong knowledge of IAM, Kubernetes, and monitoring, and a TS/SCI clearance; remote work is