Remote Senior Cyber Systems Engineer - Cloud & DevSecOps

Ramsec LLC; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) account

Bonus tied to billable hours

Job summary

Ramsec LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join its cybersecurity consulting practice. This client-facing, individual contributor role focuses on delivering architecture, cloud, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity solutions to DoW and the Defense Industrial Base. You will balance client needs with delivery timelines, cost, and risk while improving security, performance, and deployment velocity.

This role requires U.S. citizenship and an active SECRET clearance.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10 years of systems engineering, DevOps, or related engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or Azure; federal/government cloud environments a plus.
• Experience with Terraform and at least one scripting language (e.g., Python).
• Systems engineering across Linux and Windows environments; Kubernetes knowledge.
• Security-focused mindset and DevSecOps practices.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active SECRET clearance; no exceptions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support end-to-end technical solutions across a mix of commercial, government, and custom-built systems
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using an automation-first, infrastructure-as-code approach
• Participate in architecture reviews and design sessions, vetting and de-risking technical decisions
• Support security control implementation, testing, and documentation as systems move through the ATO process
• Implement and monitor logging, metrics, and tracing to maintain observability against SLAs
• Develop tools and scripts that streamline deployment, troubleshooting, and issue resolution
• Partner with application teams to support secure deployment pipelines, environment provisioning, and troubleshooting across the infra-to-app boundary
• Support vulnerability management and remediation efforts including POA&M tracking
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on systems and security best practices
• Document architecture decisions and system changes for handoff and knowledge transfer
• Assess third-party integrations and dependencies for risk in system design
• Stay current on cloud, systems, and security trends

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps

Automation/IaC

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Python

Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Ramsec LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join its cybersecurity consulting practice. This client-facing, individual contributor role focuses on delivering architecture, cloud, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity solutions to DoW and the Defense Industrial Base. You will balance client needs with delivery timelines, cost, and risk while improving security, performance, and deployment velocity.

This role requires U.S. citizenship and an active SECRET clearance.