Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Remote Opportunity)

Veterans EZ Info Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 132,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k with Employer Match

PTO + Federal Holidays

Corporate Laptop

Training Opportunities

Remote Opportunity

Job summary

Veterans EZ Info Inc is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer for a 100% remote role supporting a large federal healthcare modernization project. You will lead security engineering, architecture, ATO activities, continuous monitoring, and Zero Trust compliance across Census Bureau environments.

The candidate must reside in the continental US and travel to the Washington, DC area for onsite meetings as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field with 10+ years in security engineering leadership.
• Current CISSP certification.
• 5+ years in Agile/DevSecOps and cloud projects.
• Deep knowledge of ATOs, SSPs, Zero Trust and continuous monitoring.
• Hands-on testing: app security, PKI, encryption, incident response.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead security architecture and engineering standards across enterprise environments.
• Provide technical leadership to ISSO and ISSE teams for security activities.
• Lead risk assessments, control assessments, and vulnerability management.
• Oversee ATO/SSP activities, ensuring Zero Trust and continuous monitoring compliance.
• Design and guide static and dynamic security testing and remediation.
• Communicate risks and remediation plans to Government and stakeholders.
• Support team objectives and project success as needed.

Skills

Security leadership

ISSO leadership

Cloud security

DevSecOps

Risk management

Communications

Pen testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PKI

NIST RMF

NIST SP 800-53

FISMA

Zero Trust

Job description

We are currently looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer for a 100% remote position supporting a large federal government healthcare modernization project. This hands-on technical leadership position will oversee security engineering, security architecture, Authorization to Operate activities, continuous monitoring, and Zero Trust compliance across complex U.S. Census Bureau environments. This position is contingent upon contract award.

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will operate within Agile, DevSecOps, cloud, development, testing, integration, and production environments while providing technical direction to Information Systems Security Officers and Information Systems Security Engineers. The selected candidate must be available to travel to the Washington, DC metropolitan area as needed to support onsite meetings, program activities, and customer requirements.

The candidate must reside within the continental US.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead security architecture, engineering standards, procedures, technologies, security requirements, and verification practices across complex enterprise environments.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight to ISSO and ISSE teams supporting security engineering, compliance, continuous monitoring, and remediation activities.
• Lead risk assessments, security-control assessments, security strategy, service design, vulnerability management, and broader cybersecurity program activities.
• Oversee ATO and System Security Plan activities while ensuring compliance with Zero Trust, continuous-monitoring, and federal security requirements.
• Design and guide static and dynamic application security testing, penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, and remediation in collaboration with development teams.
• Communicate security requirements, risks, vulnerabilities, compliance challenges, and actionable remediation recommendations to Government and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and ensure the success of the project.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Assurance, Cybersecurity, or a related field, with at least 10 years of relevant experience, including five years leading large security-engineering, ISSO, or ISSE teams; additional relevant experience may substitute for a degree.
• Current Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification.
• At least five years of security-engineering experience supporting Agile, Scrum or SAFe, DevSecOps, and cloud-based projects.
• Extensive knowledge of ATOs, System Security Plans, Zero Trust, continuous monitoring, security-control assessment, risk management, and federal security policy.
• Hands-on experience with application security testing, penetration testing, encryption, communication protocols, access control, PKI, incident response, and defense-in-depth architectures.
• Strong communication, leadership, mentoring, customer-engagement, collaboration, analytical, and remediation-planning skills.

Additional Qualifications

• Information Systems Security Engineering Professional certification.
• Experience supporting U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, or comparable civilian federal information systems.
• Experience applying NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, and federal Zero Trust requirements within cloud and DevSecOps environments.

Security Clearance Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• All selected candidates must complete a background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government/Public Trust clearance, including required fingerprinting, when required for the position.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k with Employer Match
• PTO + Federal Holidays
• Corporate Laptop
• Training Opportunities
• Remote Opportunity

Compensation: The salary for this position is $155,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus of up to 5%.

VetsEZ is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

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