Remote Cloud Security Engineer — AWS & Hybrid Infra

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT); United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, operate, and continually improve security across AWS and on‑prem environments supporting critical workloads.

The ideal candidate will be hands‑on with AWS security, Palo Alto firewalls, and IaC, able to define security patterns, configure infrastructure, and automate security operations while aligning with NIST/FISMA/FedRAMP guidance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on cloud security engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, managing, and troubleshooting AWS security services.
• Experience securing hybrid on‑premises/AWS environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, scripting and security automation.
• Strong understanding of networking and security fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, VPNs, TLS/PKI, IAM, Zero Trust, and threat detection/prevention.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls for AWS multi-account and hybrid‑cloud environments.
• Deploy and manage AWS security capabilities, including Network Firewall, WAF, Shield, Security Groups/NACLs, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, IAM/Identity Center, KMS, VPC, and Transit Gateway controls.
• Design secure connectivity, segmentation, and security boundaries between AWS and on‑premises environments.
• Develop secure, resilient architectures spanning AWS and on‑premises infrastructure using defense‑in‑depth and Zero Trust principles.
• Modernize environment to leverage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Automate security operations, compliance reporting, configuration management, and policy enforcement using APIs, scripting, DevSecOps tooling, and AI‑assisted engineering tools.
• Support security controls and evidence mapping aligned with frameworks such as NIST 800-53/800-171, FedRAMP, and FISMA.
• Evaluate existing security architectures and identify improvements in security, resiliency, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Skills

AWS Security

AWS Network Firewall

AWS WAF

Network Security

Security Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

Prisma Cloud

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, operate, and continually improve security across AWS and on‑prem environments supporting critical workloads.

The ideal candidate will be hands‑on with AWS security, Palo Alto firewalls, and IaC, able to define security patterns, configure infrastructure, and automate security operations while aligning with NIST/FISMA/FedRAMP guidance.