Remote FedRAMP & DoD Security Engineer

SMX; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 103,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

SMX seeks a Cyber Security Engineer to provide security engineering, compliance, and risk management for cloud systems aligned with NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, and DoD IL4–6. The role supports authorization, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring while advancing automation to streamline evidence collection and reporting.

Remote, US-based team. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in federal cloud security, hands-on IAM, encryption, logging, and security monitoring across AWS/Azure/hybrid

Qualifications

• Five or more years of cybersecurity experience with federal cloud security functions.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher clearance.
• Experience with FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD security requirements.
• Experience developing and maintaining authorization artifacts (SSP, POA&M, SAR).
• Hands-on with IAM, encryption, logging, and security monitoring in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and maintain authorization documentation and artifacts.
• Support system authorization and reauthorization across FedRAMP/RMF.
• Leverage GRC platforms, APIs, and automation to streamline compliance workflows.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering and DevOps to implement controls.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to address findings and support authorization outcomes.

Skills

cybersecurity engineering

federal security reqs

authorization strategies

audit readiness

RMF

GRC platforms

APIs & scripting

automation

AWS/Azure/hybrid

security monitoring

stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s degree

equivalent experience

Tools

eMASS

Paramify

Nessus/Tenable

Splunk

Prisma Cloud

Job description

SMX seeks a Cyber Security Engineer to provide security engineering, compliance, and risk management for cloud systems aligned with NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, and DoD IL4–6. The role supports authorization, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring while advancing automation to streamline evidence collection and reporting.

Remote, US-based team. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in federal cloud security, hands-on IAM, encryption, logging, and security monitoring across AWS/Azure/hybrid