Application Engineer-TS​/SCI Poly

Job Title

Application Engineer-TS/SCI with Poly

Job Category:
Information Technology

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

None

Type of Travel:
None

CACI is seeking a highly motivated Application Engineer to join our team in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The Application Engineer will evaluate and research cloud security technologies and make recommendations for their use. This TTO works within the Risk Management Authorization organization to facilitate user support and project migration into the AWS cloud environment, to ensure security and compliance consistency across Cloud Service Providers, and to establish procedures to maintain security configurations and controls over time.

• Develop detailed guidance for cloud workloads that ensure compliance with Government security and regulatory requirements such as NIST SP 800-53 security controls
• Collaborate with cloud-focused teams across various organizations to design, test, and implement cloud workload security configurations and solutions.
• Facilitate the creation of procedures and cybersecurity guidance for migrations from legacy cloud environments or hardware environments into AWS
• Evaluate and research cloud services and make recommendations for security configurations of those services to ensure data is appropriately protected.
• Evaluate and research cloud security technologies and make recommendations for their use.

• TS/SCI with Poly clearance
• Customer facing skills to drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management and risk mitigation
• Experience with cloud computing and virtualization platforms. Specifically, AWS experience is strongly preferred.
• Ability to quickly learn and shift in step with the latest cloud-computing, networking, and infrastructure management technologies.
• Excellent communication, writing, problem solving, and architectural whiteboarding skills
• Strong knowledge of application system and network architectures and associated security principles including protection of data at rest, in transit, and in process.
• Knowledge of security and compliance requirements for cloud-based solutions.

• 12 years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED
• 10 years minimum experience and an Associate’s Degree
• 8 years minimum experience and a Bachelor’s Degree
• 6 years minimum experience and a Master’s Degree
• 4 years minimum experience and a Doctorate’s Degree
• All experience and education will be in a technical field directly related to the labor category being proposed and all diplomas, GED certificates, and degrees will be from accredited institutions.

• A commercial Cloud Certification at the Associate level, a specialty, or higher; AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud are preferred
• Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework/Zero-Trust Implementation
• Experience with security-focused AWS concepts and services including IAM (Identity Access Management), SCPs (Security Control Policies), AWS Key Management Service, AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, Guard Duty, and Inspector

$103,800 - $218,100

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.