Cloud Security Engineer

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About Peraton
Peraton is a next‑generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and non‑traditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.

The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces.

A Cloud Security Engineer will assist in the planning, building, and management of cybersecurity for a federal customer’s Cloud Environment. The role requires a technical understanding and includes addressing the cybersecurity of cloud deployments by ensuring design, configuration, implementation, data controls, monitoring, logging, networking, and general architecture are compliant with DoD regulations. The engineer will configure and build tooling to scan and remediate vulnerabilities with production deployments and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include applying proper cybersecurity controls and working with architecture teams to ensure cloud environments are properly hardened and secured.

Required:

• Proficiency in cybersecurity principles and technologies (firewalls, IDS, SIEMs).
• Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Knowledge of the Authorization to Operations (ATO) process and Continuous ATO along with required documentation.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of cloud networking, storage, and architecture.
• Experience with cloud observability toolsets.
• Experience with AWS cloud migration.
• Understanding of version control systems (Git).
• Experience configuring continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) cybersecurity tools.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes environments and container security.
• Basic understanding of Linux administration and programming (Java, Python, C#).
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code tools (Ansible/Terraform).
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions (Azure Entra , AWS IAM, Keycloak).
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience, or Master's Degree and 6+ years of experience, or 3+ years with PhD. Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Software Engineering.
• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant experience is required and one of the following active certifications: GMON, CASP+, CCSP, CISSO, Cloud+, CSSLP, FITSP-D, GCSA, GSEC, CCNP Enterprise, CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, GCIA, GDSA, or GICSP.
• Required
  
  Certifications:
  • Active IAT Level II (Security+) Certification

Target Salary Range: $112,000 – $179,000. Salary is determined by various factors including scope and responsibilities, experience, education, skills, as well as geographic location and business considerations. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long‑term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (vacation) and company paid holidays.

Full listing available at  Application period is approximately 30 days from posting date, subject to change.

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