Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – Remote/DC, FedRAMP & Compliance

Eliassen Group; United States; Remote; USD 117,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to strengthen and scale cybersecurity practices across a growing software organization supporting mission-critical environments. You will lead vulnerability management, compliance initiatives, and secure software development practices in a collaborative team.

Applicants must be a US citizen with an active Secret clearance and be willing to work W2 with potential contract-to-hire to full-time conversion.

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of software engineering, infrastructure, or technology experience.
• Hands-on experience investigating vulnerabilities and implementing solutions.
• Strong understanding of federal cybersecurity frameworks and compliance requirements.
• Experience with environments governed by FedRAMP, NIST, FISMA, STIGs, RMF, ATOs, or related standards.
• Experience collaborating with development teams to improve security posture.
• Ability to communicate with engineers, executives, and government customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity initiatives across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Identify, analyze, and remediate application and infrastructure vulnerabilities.
• Partner with software engineers to integrate security throughout the development lifecycle.
• Support compliance efforts related to federal security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in security assessments, audits, and risk management activities.
• Help improve security processes, release management controls, and operational procedures.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and recommend preventative measures.
• Serve as a technical resource during customer discussions and security reviews.
• Contribute to incident response, vulnerability management, and security monitoring activities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and leadership teams.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Cloud security

Security operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Security incident response

Tools

AWS GovCloud

FedRAMP

NIST

FISMA

RMF

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to strengthen and scale cybersecurity practices across a growing software organization supporting mission-critical environments. You will lead vulnerability management, compliance initiatives, and secure software development practices in a collaborative team.

Applicants must be a US citizen with an active Secret clearance and be willing to work W2 with potential contract-to-hire to full-time conversion.