Senior Security Engineer: Cloud & DevSecOps Leader

iWorks Corporation; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability benefits

401(k) plan

Paid Sick Time, Vacation Time, and Holiday Time

Bonus eligible based on performance

Annual raises based on performance

Job summary

iWorks Corporation is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to support the Decennial Transformation and Application Modernization initiative for the U.S. Census Bureau. This role involves providing technical and management leadership in enterprise security initiatives, ensuring secure modernization of applications and data systems.

With a focus on securing DevSecOps pipelines, the ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cybersecurity and technical leadership. The position offers a remote/hybrid working option with a salary range of $135K – $170K depending on skills and qualifications.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity and/or security engineering roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and management leadership across major security and modernization initiatives.
• Define and execute project goals aligned with federal cloud modernization efforts.
• Direct security engineering activities across application development and operations.
• Ensure delivery of secure systems through DevSecOps practices.

Skills

Expert-level cybersecurity domain knowledge

Strong technical leadership in application security and enterprise security architecture

Deep experience integrating security into DevSecOps environments

Experience overseeing enterprise-scale security governance, risk, and compliance efforts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps)

Zero Trust Architecture frameworks

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) tools

Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST/DAST) tools

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)

Microservices architectures

APIs and API security frameworks

Serverless and containerized architectures (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)

Enterprise Architecture tools

Cybersecurity Assessment and Management platforms

Job description

iWorks Corporation is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to support the Decennial Transformation and Application Modernization initiative for the U.S. Census Bureau. This role involves providing technical and management leadership in enterprise security initiatives, ensuring secure modernization of applications and data systems.

With a focus on securing DevSecOps pipelines, the ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cybersecurity and technical leadership. The position offers a remote/hybrid working option with a salary range of $135K – $170K depending on skills and qualifications.