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Cybersecurity​/Compliance Engineer

Job in Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22021, USA
Listing for: Peraton
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-12
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, Security Management & Operations
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 112000 - 179000 USD Yearly USD 112000.00 179000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Responsibilities

We are seeking Cybersecurity / Compliance Engineers to implement and sustain security controls, authorization evidence, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, software-security requirements, and common-control responsibilities across enterprise environments.

These engineers will work closely with platform, cloud, Dev Sec Ops , IAM, observability, and application teams to ensure security requirements are incorporated into engineering and operational processes. The role combines technical security engineering with Risk Management Framework (RMF), authorization, compliance, and continuous-monitoring activities.

Responsibilities Risk Management & Authorization
  • Support RMF, security assessment, authorization, and continuous-monitoring activities for enterprise services and environments.

  • Maintain security evidence, control implementation information, Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) inputs, and authorization documentation.

  • Assess and document security impacts associated with platform, infrastructure, application, and commercial or government-off-the-shelf software changes.

  • Support common-control and inherited-control documentation and implementation activities where applicable.

  • Coordinate with security, engineering, and operational stakeholders to address control gaps and authorization requirements.

Technical Security Engineering
  • Define and review security requirements for cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD, identity, network, and application services
    .

  • Integrate security validation and evidence collection into engineering and software-delivery workflows.

  • Support vulnerability scanning, vulnerability triage, remediation tracking, and risk-acceptance processes.

  • Support implementation of Zero Trust, RBAC/ABAC, encryption, secrets management, logging, and workload-security requirements.

  • Evaluate technical implementations against established security requirements and identify potential risks or control deficiencies.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to develop practical approaches for implementing and sustaining security controls.

Software & Supply-Chain Security
  • Support security reviews of COTS, GOTS, FOSS, software artifacts, containers, and third-party dependencies
    .

  • Coordinate security evidence and documentation requirements associated with software and infrastructure changes.

  • Support software supply-chain security, artifact integrity, provenance, and dependency-management practices.

  • Partner with Dev Sec Ops  and engineering teams to integrate security controls into development and delivery processes.

  • Identify security risks associated with software components and recommend appropriate mitigation or remediation actions.

Continuous Monitoring & Compliance
  • Support continuous security monitoring and assessment activities.

  • Track security findings, vulnerabilities, control deficiencies, and remediation activities.

  • Maintain accurate security documentation, evidence repositories, and compliance records.

  • Support audits, assessments, inspections, and other security compliance activities.

  • Monitor changes to enterprise systems and evaluate potential impacts to existing security controls and authorization requirements.

Location:

This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph
    .

  • Approximately 6-10 years of experience in cybersecurity, Information Systems Security Engineering (ISSE), RMF, security compliance, or security engineering.

  • 6 years of experience with a BS/BA, 9 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience supporting RMF, security authorization, and continuous-monitoring activities
    .

  • Experience implementing, assessing, or documenting technical security controls.

  • Working knowledge of cloud security, Dev Sec Ops , identity and access management, network security, and vulnerability management concepts.

  • Experience developing authorization packages, security evidence, assessment documentation, or continuous-monitoring artifacts.

  • Strong technical writing, documentation, and communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with one or more of the following:

  • Continuous authorization or cATO practices.

  • Cloud security services, including AWS security services
    .

  • Kubernetes security
    .

  • Software supply-chain security.

  • Security automation and automated evidence collection.

  • Security compliance within classified or highly regulated environments
    .

  • Service Now or comparable security/RMF workflow platforms.

  • Experience supporting large-scale enterprise security…

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