Senior Cloud Security Specialist (AWS)

System One; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Specialist to join the Security Engineering team at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC. This role focuses on strategy, design, deployment, and maintenance of cloud and hybrid security solutions, with requirement to obtain Public Trust clearance.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of AWS security experience, strong IaC and DevSecOps skills, and federal cybersecurity knowledge including NIST frameworks and security best

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years hands-on AWS security experience.
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty strongly preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or Associate.
• Experience implementing secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures following security best practices.
• Federal cybersecurity requirements knowledge including NIST CSF, OMB M-22-09, NIST SP 800-53.
• Ability to independently resolve complex security challenges.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular security reviews of cloud infrastructure deployed by engineering teams.
• Evaluate infrastructure-as-code against security standards.
• Review and validate compliance with security policies and best practices.
• Assess adherence to AWS Well-Architected Framework security pillar.
• Identify and document security misconfigurations and non-compliant controls.
• Develop and maintain security posture dashboards.
• Create or update security configuration guides and playbooks.
• Offer technical consultation to engineering teams on secure implementation.
• Implement AWS security controls and services to ensure proper security hardening.

Skills

AWS security

DevSecOps

IAM

IaC

Security engineering

Cloud security

NIST CSF

Job description

Senior Cloud Security Specialist

Washington, DC – 100% Onsite

Per Federal contract U.S. citizenship is required

Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance

W2 or C2C

Application Deadline: Sept 15th

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Security Specialist to support the Security Engineering team within the IT division at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. This team is responsible for the strategy, design, deployment, and maintenance of effective security solutions in cloud, local, and hybrid environments.

REQUIREMENTS:

The candidate shall also demonstrate the knowledge and experience below:

• Required Experience:
  • Minimum 5 years hands-on AWS security experience
• Personnel Qualifications
  • AWS Certified Security - Specialty (strongly preferred)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or Associate
• Demonstrated experience implementing secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures following industry best security practices and security frameworks.
• Demonstrated federal experience and comprehensive knowledge in adopting and implementing federal cybersecurity requirements, including but not limited to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, OMB Memorandum M-22-09, NIST SP 800-53
• Possess deep analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting experience, to
• independently resolve complex security challenges.
• Proven ability to provide technical security consultation and advisory services with a proactive approach to identifying potential issues, raising questions, and engaging in open dialogue with team members and stakeholders to ensure security objectives are met.
• Strong understanding of security concepts and technologies related to Identity and Access Management (IAM), security engineering, network security design, security operations, security architecture, general engineering processes, cloud security, data loss protection, zero trust, DevSecOps and vulnerability management.
• Technical skills in AWS cloud security, security engineering, DevSecOps, scripting, and Infrastructure-as-code (IaC)
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• Strong attention to detail

The Consultant shall deliver, but not limited to, the following:

• Conduct regular security reviews of cloud infrastructure deployed by engineering teams
• Evaluate infrastructure-as-code against security standards
• Review and validate compliance with security policies and best practices
• Assess adherence to AWS Well-Architected Framework security pillar
• Identify and document security misconfigurations and non-compliant controls
• Develop and maintain security posture dashboards
• Create or update security configuration guides and playbooks
• Offer technical consultation to engineering teams on secure implementation
• Implement AWS security controls and services to ensure proper security hardening and other security engineering tasks.
• Develop and update AWS security configuration standards
• Conduct security training sessions for engineering teams
• Present findings and recommendations in team meetings
• Identify opportunities to automate security assessments
• Recommend security tooling improvements