Remote Senior Cloud Security Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and operate security across AWS and on-premises data centers. The role emphasizes hands-on work with AWS security services, IaC, and security automation.

This remote position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and to perform onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility as part of the security clearance process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on cloud security engineering experience.
• 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 (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, IAM, Zero Trust).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls for AWS multi-account and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Deploy and manage AWS security capabilities (Network Firewall, WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, IAM, KMS, VPC).
• Design secure connectivity between AWS and on‑premises environments.
• Develop secure architectures using defense-in-depth and Zero Trust principles.
• Automate security operations, compliance reporting, configuration management, and policy enforcement.
• Provide on‑call support and incident response as needed.

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and operate security across AWS and on-premises data centers. The role emphasizes hands-on work with AWS security services, IaC, and security automation.

This remote position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and to perform onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility as part of the security clearance process.