Cloud Security Engineer

GuidePoint Security
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Team leadership","Client relationship skills","Interpersonal skills","Verbal communication","Written communication"]

Evaluate and support security documentation, validation, assessment, and accreditation to ensure IT systems meet Information Assurance (IA) and security requirements. Define desired states and risk thresholds, analyze compliance, and advise on codifying objectives into doctrine and procedures. Recommend and implement cloud security architectures, tools, and processes across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments while working with federal/IC clients and security frameworks such as RMF.

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GuidePoint Security
GuidePoint Security
2 months ago

Cloud Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Evaluate and support security documentation, validation, assessment, and accreditation to ensure IT systems meet Information Assurance (IA) and security requirements. Define desired states and risk thresholds, analyze compliance, and advise on codifying objectives into doctrine and procedures. Recommend and implement cloud security architectures, tools, and processes across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments while working with federal/IC clients and security frameworks such as RMF.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Evaluate and support documentation, validation, assessment, and accreditation for IT systems to meet IA and security requirements.
  • •Define desired state and risk thresholds and analyze current state information to assess compliance.
  • •Advise on codifying strategic objectives into doctrine and procedures to meet defined security objectives.
  • •Evaluate applications/software/utility programs to determine whether software assurance best practices are followed.
  • •Recommend and implement cloud security architectures, tools, and processes across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceDentalPaid LeaveRetirementPhone AllowanceInternet Allowance

Key Requirements

  • •Must have a TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a counter-intelligence polygraph.
  • •5+ years building and administering cloud environments using cloud-native functionality and COTs/GOTS/open-source tools.
  • •Develop and evaluate security documentation (system security plans, contingency plans, security procedures, and continuity of operations plans).
  • •Conduct security architecture evaluations, guidance development, and troubleshooting; experience with the Risk Management Framework (RMF).
  • •Knowledge of infrastructure as code concepts such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep, and ability to obtain DoD 8570 IAT Level III and CSSP-IS-related certifications within 30 days of start.
Experience:5+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Team leadershipClient relationship skillsInterpersonal skillsVerbal communicationWritten communication
Certifications:TS/SCISecurityX (formerly CASP+)CCNP SecurityCISACISSPGCEDGCIHCCSPCEHCySA+GICSPSSCPCHFICFRCloud+CNDDoD 8570 IAT Level IIICSSP-IS
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TerraformCloudFormationBicepRMFAgileAI toolsCloud-native

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TS/SCICounter-intelligence polygraph

Company Brief

GuidePoint Security
Provides cybersecurity consulting, managed security services, incident response, cloud and network security, and compliance solutions to enterprises and government organizations, helping clients identify, mitigate, and respond to cyber threats across complex environments.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Herndon, United States
Founded: 2010
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