Senior Cloud Security Engineer — GovCloud & DoD

Apex Technology, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake

Company-paid healthcare

PTO 15–20 days + holidays

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Office lunch

Job summary

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure cloud environments supporting U.S. government missions.

You’ll work across AWS GovCloud, Azure, and hybrid clouds to ensure NIST, FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL-4/5 compliance, while enabling secure DevSecOps practices. The role emphasizes hands-on cloud security tooling, vulnerability assessments, incident response, and close collaboration with DevSecOps and infrastructure teams in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Computer Science, or related field (or 5+ years equivalent experience).
• 5-9+ years in cloud security engineering, with hands-on work in AWS GovCloud, Azure, Google GCP, or multi-cloud environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills; ability to work in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure cloud architectures across AWS GovCloud, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Maintain compliance with NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, RMF, DoD IL-4/IL-5, and RMF requirements.
• Configure IAM/RBAC, JIT access, Key Vaults, and Zero Trust across cloud environments.
• Deploy cloud security tools (Defender for Cloud, Azure Sentinel, CSPM tools, Elastic SIEM) for threat detection and response.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and security reviews against STIGs/CIS/NIST controls.
• Develop SSPs, SARs, POAMs, and risk/compliance reporting for cloud operations.

Skills

Cloud security

IAM/RBAC

NIST/FedRAMP

SIEM tooling

CI/CD security

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree or 5+ years experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Sentinel

Nessus

Burp Suite

Elastic SIEM

Job description

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure cloud environments supporting U.S. government missions.

You’ll work across AWS GovCloud, Azure, and hybrid clouds to ensure NIST, FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL-4/5 compliance, while enabling secure DevSecOps practices. The role emphasizes hands-on cloud security tooling, vulnerability assessments, incident response, and close collaboration with DevSecOps and infrastructure teams in a fast-paced