Senior AWS Cloud Security Engineer — On-Site, TS/SCI

Aeitsinc; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with employer contribution

Five weeks of annual leave

11 Federal holidays

Education/training allowance up to $5,

Job summary

AEITS, a GTSC company, seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Systems Security Engineer to join our on-site team in Annapolis Junction, MD. You will lead security engineering across AWS infrastructure, SOC operations, and incident response, ensuring compliance with Top Secret SCI clearance requirements.

This role focuses on designing and stitching together security sensor platforms (EDR/XDR/NDR), kernel integrity monitoring, threat detection, and secure network segmentation with NSX-T.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 20+ years in cloud operations/security or HS plus 25 years of experience.
• Recent AWS cloud experience in national security (IC) environments required.
• Active Top Secret SCI clearance with polygraph preferred for access.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, integrate and manage security sensor platforms (EDR/XDR/NDR).
• Write detection endpoint and network signatures and develop dashboards in SIEMs.
• Lead SOC analysts to monitor threats and develop reports.
• Implement security validation platforms and kernel integrity monitoring on endpoints.
• Develop data pipelines and microsegmentation rules (NSX-T) for secure enterprise communications.

Skills

AWS security

SOC monitoring

EDR/XDR/NDR

SIEM dashboards

NSX-T microsegmentation

Kernel integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree + 20 years cloud security

High school + 25 years experience

Tools

Tenable Security Center

VMware NSX-T

Red Hat / Ubuntu

Job description

AEITS, a GTSC company, seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Systems Security Engineer to join our on-site team in Annapolis Junction, MD. You will lead security engineering across AWS infrastructure, SOC operations, and incident response, ensuring compliance with Top Secret SCI clearance requirements.

This role focuses on designing and stitching together security sensor platforms (EDR/XDR/NDR), kernel integrity monitoring, threat detection, and secure network segmentation with NSX-T.