Senior Cloud Security Engineer

UNAVAILABLE; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company in Washington DC is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to join our DevSecOps practice, delivering secure cloud architectures for migration, optimization and deployment. The ideal candidate will have 5–8 years of experience in cloud platforms, cybersecurity, and DevOps practices, including infrastructure as code and automation.

Responsibilities include identifying secure cloud solutions, monitoring for incidents, threat modeling, risk assessment, and automation of security

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance.
• BS degree in IT or related field; 2 years IT exp.
• 5 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
• 5 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 5 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 5 Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment
• 5 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 5 Years of Experience providing conducting monitoring, risk assessment, threat modeling and security testing in cloud environments
• 5 Years of Experience documenting POAMs, SSPs, and A&A support documentation
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement secure cloud-based solutions including components for zero-trust architectures, IAM policy, and data privacy
• Understanding stakeholder needs and optimizing security with usability
• Monitor cloud environments for suspicious activities with cloud-native monitoring or SIEM solutions and investigate incidents
• Examining infrastructure as code written by others and analyzing risk
• Ensure systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats through risk assessment, threat modeling and compliance with standards (NIST, ISO 27011, HIPAA, FISMA)
• Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop updates and fixes
• Automate security processes such as vulnerability management and patch management
• Collaborate with developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure security processes are followed
• Support enterprise cloud security through infrastructure as code activities and large-scale deployments
• Ensure data protection/encryption for data at rest and in transit
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce options and recommendations
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide continuous improvement recommendations
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to team members

Skills

Communication

Scripting

Agile

Security

Threat modeling

Education

BS degree in IT or related field; 2 years IT exp

AWS Certified Security Specialty

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate

CISSP

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Pivotal

Chef

Concourse

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Groovy

Ruby

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support developing, testing, and monitoring secure cloud architectures for cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with 5-8 years experience with cloud platform services, cybersecurity and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement the most secure cloud-based solutions for the customer including components for zero-trust architectures, identity and access management policy, and data privacy

• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and optimizing solutions that marry security with usability

• Monitor cloud environments for suspicious activities with cloud native monitoring or SIEM solutions and investigate security incidents where appropriate

• Examining infrastructure as code written by others and analyzing risk

• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats through risk assessment, threat modeling, and compliance with industry standards (e.g. NIST, ISO 27011, HIPPA, FISMA, etc.)

• Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing updates and 'fixes'

• Automate security processes such as vulnerability management and patch management

• Working with software developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure that development follows established security processes and works as intended

• Supportenterprise cloud security throughinfrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing

• Ensure effective design and implementation of data protection and encryption mechanisms for data at rest and in transit

• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues

• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided

• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience

• 5 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions

• 5 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• 5 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

• 5 Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment

• 5 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration

• 5 Years of Experience providing conducting monitoring, risk assessment, threat modeling and security testing in cloud environments

• 5 Years of Experience documenting POAMs, SSPs, and A&A support documentation

Preferred:

• Certifications:

• AWS Certified Security Specialty

• AWS Certified Solution Solution Architect Associate

• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills

• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred

• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby

• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible