Remote Security Engineering Lead: FedRAMP & Zero Trust

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Security Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise security capabilities across complex federal environments.

The ideal candidate has FedRAMP High experience and Zero Trust expertise, translating requirements into scalable controls across hybrid/multi-cloud environments. This remote position requires 8am–5pm EST availability and is contingent on contract award.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Experience supporting ATO efforts within FedRAMP High or federal environments.
• Experience designing, implementing security controls in FedRAMP High or similar environments.
• Strong knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 and federal security requirements.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust across large federal environments.
• Cloud security architecture, IAM, network security, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, monitoring.
• Ability to translate security requirements into scalable technical controls.
• Experience with government cloud environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government).
• Certifications listed: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, CAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of security engineers, setting technical direction.
• Apply federal security requirements including NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP baselines.
• Collaborate with cloud platform, infrastructure, and compliance teams to implement security controls.
• Lead security engineering activities supporting ATO and continuous monitoring.
• Support continuous monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and evidence collection.
• Identify security gaps and develop remediation strategies for authorization.
• Lead Zero Trust deployment across large-scale federal environments.

Skills

Certifications

FedRAMP knowledge

NIST SP 800-53

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Associate's Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Azure Government

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Security Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise security capabilities across complex federal environments.

The ideal candidate has FedRAMP High experience and Zero Trust expertise, translating requirements into scalable controls across hybrid/multi-cloud environments. This remote position requires 8am–5pm EST availability and is contingent on contract award.