Senior Cloud Security Engineer: Automation & Controls

BuddoBot Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Cloud Automation & Security Controls to join a collaborative team in Washington DC Metro area. Onsite at customer locations, you will assess cloud security architectures, validate controls, and drive automated monitoring and remediation efforts.

You will work with Terraform/OpenTofu and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker), applying NIST/CNSS frameworks while communicating complex concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant Cybersecurity experience focusing on cybersecurity control assessment or implementation, penetration testing, or quality assurance testing.
• Active IAT Level 2 certification (i.e., Security+ CE, CySA+, CND, CCNA Security)
• Demonstrated experience conducting technical evaluations of information systems design, containerized applications, and cloud architecture.
• Ability to communicate on technical subjects using clear, concise, non-technical language to include strong written communications, ability to provide written feedback on documents, and ability to prepare briefings.

Responsibilities

• Develop recommendations to remediate cybersecurity program deficiencies and improve client cybersecurity processes, technologies, and configurations.
• Conduct technical evaluations of information systems design, containerized applications, and cloud architecture, ensuring security and operational requirements align with NIST and CNSS controls.
• Validate the efficacy of information system cybersecurity policies and procedures.
• Develop automated methods to monitor and measure risk and security compliance efforts.
• Utilize automated cloud security posture assessment tools to continuously monitor the AWS environment for configuration drift, ensuring strict adherence to the Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to ingest infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) and system documentation to rapidly identify cybersecurity and compliance gaps.
• Draft and brief statements of preliminary or residual cybersecurity risks for system operation.
• Assess the design and effectiveness of existing security controls and work with solution and product development teams to identify, define, and document additional controls based on solution-specific or product-specific requirements.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field

IAT Level 2 certification (Security+ CE, CySA+, CND, CCNA Security)

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Dark Wolf seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Cloud Automation & Security Controls to join a collaborative team in Washington DC Metro area. Onsite at customer locations, you will assess cloud security architectures, validate controls, and drive automated monitoring and remediation efforts.

You will work with Terraform/OpenTofu and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker), applying NIST/CNSS frameworks while communicating complex concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.