Federal Security Engineering Lead — Zero Trust & FedRAMP

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Security Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for security design, implementation, and evolution across federal cloud environments. You will drive security architecture initiatives that protect cloud infrastructure, applications, networks, identities, and data while ensuring regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in FedRAMP High environments and implementing Zero Trust at enterprise scale.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required with ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Experience in FedRAMP High environments or similar federal cloud security programs.
• Strong knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 and federal security requirements.
• Experience designing or engineering security controls in cloud environments.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust across large federal enterprises.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security architecture, IAM, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture and engineering initiatives for federal environments.
• Design, implement, and evolve enterprise security capabilities across cloud infra, apps, networks, identities, and data.
• Support ATO activities including authorization packages, risk remediation, and continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with architecture, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, compliance, and operations teams.
• Assess AI-enabled security capabilities and ensure proper access controls and data governance.

Skills

CISSP

CISM

CASP

CCISO

Security+

CAP

Zero Trust

NIST SP 800-53

FedRAMP High

Cloud security

Identity & access management

AI in cybersecurity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Associates degree

High School Diploma

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Security Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for security design, implementation, and evolution across federal cloud environments. You will drive security architecture initiatives that protect cloud infrastructure, applications, networks, identities, and data while ensuring regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in FedRAMP High environments and implementing Zero Trust at enterprise scale.