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Cloud Security Engineer
Job in
McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Listed on 2026-10-18
Listing for:
Steampunk, Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-18
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, IT Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will work within our growing Dev Sec Ops practice delivering features to support developing, testing, and monitoring secure cloud architectures for cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with experience with cloud platform services , cybersecurity and Dev Ops practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation.
Contributions Responsibilities Include- Identify and implement the most secure cloud-based solutions for the customer including components for zero-trust architectures, identity and access management policy, and data privacy.
- Understand the needs of stakeholders and optimize solutions that marry security with usability.
- Monitor cloud environments for suspicious activities with cloud native monitoring or SIEM solutions and investigate security incidents where appropriate.
- Examine infrastructure as code written by others and analyzing risk.
- Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats through risk assessment, threat modeling, and compliance with industry standards ( e.g. NIST, ISO 27011, HIPPA, FISMA, etc.).
- Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop updates and 'fixes'.
- Automate security processes such as vulnerability management and patch management.
- Work with software developers and Dev Sec Ops engineers to ensure that development follows established security processes and works as intended.
- Support enterprise cloud security throughinfrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing.
- Ensure effective design and implementation of data protection and encryption mechanisms for data at rest and in transit.
- Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations.
- Identify , analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
- Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members.
- Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided.
- Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
- Bachelor's degree in an IT field OR Bachelor's degree in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
- 5+ years of total experience
- 3 years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
- 3 years of experience with one or more clouds ( i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- 3 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as Git Hub, Git Lab, Bitbucket
- 3 years of experience with systems development in an Agile environment
- 3 years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
- 3 years of experience providing conducting monitoring, risk assessment, threat modeling and security testing in cloud environments
- 3 years of experience documenting POAMs, SSPs, and A&A support documentation
- Must have and maintain an active cloud or security related certification
- Certifications:
- AWS Certified Security Specialty
- AWS Certified Solution S olution Architect Associate
- Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
- Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
- Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, Power Shell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
- Experience with automation tools,…
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