Info Assurance Engineer I — Space Compliance Specialist

InvestedintheMission; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity

Free meals

Job summary

Vast is seeking an Information Assurance Specialist II in Long Beach to advance the organization’s security compliance program. You will report to the Information Security Manager and help deploy policies aligned with NIST SP 800-171r2, 800-53r5, and CMMC 2.0 across corporate and mission environments.

Responsibilities include building automated policy checks, evidence collection, and audit prep; integrating security tooling with ticketing via APIs; and leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis

Qualifications

• 2+ years in the Defense Industrial Base or broader commercial space industry.
• Proficient in NIST 800-171/800-53 and CSF frameworks.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience monitoring controls and conducting remediations.
• Experience supporting certification, gap, self-assessments, and audits.
• Proficient with security tooling and API integrations.
• Experience integrating tools via APIs, webhooks, or automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with workflow automation/orchestration tools (e.g., n8n, Tines, SOAR).

Responsibilities

• Maintain compliance docs across NIST 800-171r2, NIST SP 800-53r5, CMMC 2.0, ITAR/EAR.
• Design and maintain automated policy checks and evidence collection.
• Build integrations between security tooling and compliance/ticketing via APIs.
• Leverage AI/ML to accelerate security analysis and gap identification.
• Create dashboards and automated reporting for compliance posture.
• Support change management, risk assessments, and security assessments.
• Monitor security systems for compliance drift.
• Partner with Security Engineering to automate controls.
• Provide security training as required.

Skills

NIST 800-171/800-53

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Security tooling (SIEM/EDR/IDS)

APIs & automation

Workflow automation (SOAR/Tines/n8n)

AI/LLM in security

GRC/compliance monitoring

Education

DoD 8140 IAM Level II

Tools

EDR

SIEM

Vulnerability scanners

APIs & scripting

Terraform

Ansible

n8n

Tines

Job description

Vast is seeking an Information Assurance Specialist II in Long Beach to advance the organization’s security compliance program. You will report to the Information Security Manager and help deploy policies aligned with NIST SP 800-171r2, 800-53r5, and CMMC 2.0 across corporate and mission environments.

Responsibilities include building automated policy checks, evidence collection, and audit prep; integrating security tooling with ticketing via APIs; and leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis