Federal Security Engineer - IAM, Cloud & Compliance

CMT Services, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CMT Services, Inc. in Washington, DC, is seeking a Security Engineer to implement security controls, manage identities, and detect threats within federal environments.

The position anchors security into applications and cloud infrastructure, supporting ATO/ATU processes and secure integrations, with a focus on Databricks Lakehouse architectures. This role demands collaboration with cross-functional teams in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years implementing security controls, IAM, and threat detection in federal environments.
• Define security boundaries, IAM, RBAC, data protection, and secure integration patterns for the Databricks Lakehouse; support USDA security activities.
• Ensuring federal compliance and embedding security into applications and cloud infrastructure.
• Supporting security authorization of federal information systems.

Responsibilities

• Security architecture, IAM, compliance, ATO/ATU support, secure integrations, data protection.
• Enterprise & Data Architecture: architecture blueprints, data inventories, governance standards, decommissioning strategy, FinOps, architecture reviews.
• Systems Integration Engineering: APIs, integrations, interface design, ICDs, ETL/ELT pipelines, interface remediation, integration testing
• Databricks Lakehouse Support: Lakehouse architecture, security design, common data model, migration framework, reporting and analytics

Skills

Security engineering

Identity and access management

Threat detection

Federal compliance

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Cybersecurity/CS

Job description

CMT Services, Inc. in Washington, DC, is seeking a Security Engineer to implement security controls, manage identities, and detect threats within federal environments.

The position anchors security into applications and cloud infrastructure, supporting ATO/ATU processes and secure integrations, with a focus on Databricks Lakehouse architectures. This role demands collaboration with cross-functional teams in a hybrid work setting.