Senior Cloud Security Engineer — GovCloud & DoD Expert

Cantos Ventures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity and ownership in Apex

Health, dental, vision insurance 100%

Generous PTO 15–20 days

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Job summary

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

The role focuses on protecting classified data across AWS GovCloud, Azure, and hybrid setups while meeting NIST, FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL standards. The ideal candidate has 5–9+ years of hands-on cloud security experience and will lead IoC analysis, threat intel collaboration, and security automation to support secure migrations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of relevant experience
• 5–9+ years of cloud security engineering experience
• Hands-on work in multi-cloud environments including AWS/Azure/GCP

Responsibilities

• Design secure cloud architectures across AWS GovCloud, Azure, and Google Cloud
• Maintain compliance with NIST, FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL requirements
• Implement and manage IAM/RBAC, encryption, and Zero Trust across clouds
• Collaborate with DevSecOps to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines
• Develop and maintain SSP/SAR/POAM and risk reports
• Monitor for incidents and coordinate response across cloud environments

Skills

Cloud security engineering

Security governance

CI/CD security

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/related field

5+ years cloud security engineering experience

Tools

Terraform

Python scripting

Azure Sentinel

NIST/FedRAMP RMF knowledge

Job description

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

The role focuses on protecting classified data across AWS GovCloud, Azure, and hybrid setups while meeting NIST, FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL standards. The ideal candidate has 5–9+ years of hands-on cloud security experience and will lead IoC analysis, threat intel collaboration, and security automation to support secure migrations and