Mission-Critical Security & Compliance Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Arlington (VA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS seeks a Security and Compliance Engineer to join the Mission Engineering and Integration Team in Arlington, Virginia. You will translate cybersecurity and compliance requirements into practical solutions for data ingest, partner access, and integration across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, including classified systems.

You will coordinate with cross-domain, network, cloud, software, data, and operations teams to ensure authorization readiness and auditability,

Qualifications

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI and SAP eligibility.
Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.
8+ years of related experience in cybersecurity, compliance, or engineering.
RMF/A&A certification or equivalent risk management experience.
Experience with data movement, application onboarding, partner access, or enterprise integration in cloud/on-premises/hybrid, especially in classified settings.
Knowledge of ABAC concepts, identity attributes, least privilege, PKI, and auditing requirements.
Familiarity with cross-domain solution planning, controlled transfer mechanisms, and multilevel security concepts.
Ability to assess security impacts, risks, testing needs, and documentation updates.
Ability to coordinate across software, network, data, operations, security, and government teams.

Responsibilities

Define cybersecurity, compliance, encryption, identity, audit, logging, and monitoring requirements for data ingest and integration.
Drive authorization readiness with classification, releasability, control mapping, and evidence requirements.
Develop security artifacts and readiness packages for authorization.
Assess integration risk across least privilege, ABAC, crypto protections, monitoring, and auditability.
Coordinate secure implementation with cross-domain, cloud, and on-prem teams for CDS and secure-transfer patterns.
Validate security controls during build, testing, production cutover, and sustainment.
Collect and organize vulnerability results, control statements, test results, and readiness artifacts.
Monitor compliance posture for control drift, audit gaps, and mission data-flow risks.
Advise stakeholders on secure integration approaches that preserve mission velocity while meeting gov obligations.