FedRAMP Cloud Security Engineer

SpaceX Super Intelligence; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXSI in Austin, TX is hiring a Government Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain robust security controls across federal environments, including hybrid and multi-cloud setups. You will partner with engineering, DevOps, and compliance teams to embed security throughout the development lifecycle.

You will lead FedRAMP High/DoD IL5/IL6 compliance efforts, deploy SIEM/EDR tooling, enforce Zero Trust, and ensure encryption and access control best practices across Linux,

Qualifications

• Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in cloud security, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, or infrastructure engineering with a security focus.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage security architecture for federal deployments and DoD environments.
• Implement and operate security tooling (SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanners, policy-as-code).
• Build secure containerized, Kubernetes-managed environments with Zero Trust principles.
• Harden Linux hosts, Kubernetes clusters, and databases with strong access controls.
• Design and enforce identity and access management (SSO, MFA, RBAC, just-in-time access).
• Secure networks with firewalls, VPN/IPsec, DNS, load balancers, proxies, and VLANs.
• Protect data encryption at rest and in transit; manage keys.
• Harden systems and run vulnerability/compliance scans; maintain DISA/STIGs.
• Perform detection, threat hunting, incident response, and root-cause analysis; manage IR plan.
• Maintain continuous monitoring, vulnerability reporting, and POA&M remediation.
• Support ATO packages and assessor evidence requests; ensure change controls.
• Partner with DevSecOps to review IaC, container images, and deployments.

Skills

Active security clearance

Cloud security

DevSecOps

Threat hunting

Incident response

Zero Trust

Security architecture

Compliance (FedRAMP, NIST, CMMC)

Scripting/automation (PowerShell, CLI)

Tools

Azure security services (Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, Azure Policy, Key Vault)

On-prem Linux, Kubernetes, network infra

Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper security

Encryption, PKI, TLS

Job description

SpaceXSI in Austin, TX is hiring a Government Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain robust security controls across federal environments, including hybrid and multi-cloud setups. You will partner with engineering, DevOps, and compliance teams to embed security throughout the development lifecycle.

You will lead FedRAMP High/DoD IL5/IL6 compliance efforts, deploy SIEM/EDR tooling, enforce Zero Trust, and ensure encryption and access control best practices across Linux,