Compliance Engineer III

Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA or Washington, DC

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

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We are seeking an experienced Compliance Engineer to lead the design and implementation of secure, compliant architectures within highly regulated cloud environments. This role requires deep expertise in STIG development and vulnerability remediation, alongside a strong foundation in Dev Ops and Sec Ops practices, particularly within the AWS and Azure Government platform.

The ideal candidate brings at least 5 years of experience in security engineering, with a track record of communicating and marketing compliance work to the people who have to live with it. You will work cross-functionally to align cloud infrastructure and training with frameworks such as RMF (DoD IL5 and IL6), and CMMC. This is a hands‑on technical role that treats GRC as a product: you will build the controls, then package, promote, and prove them across the Enterprise through training, video, live demonstration, and customer‑facing evidence.

• Implement, andmaintainsecure, audit-ready systems and services inAWS andAzure
  
  Government environments.
• Develop andmaintaincustom STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides) for cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, and IaaS/PaaS configurations and customer-deployed applications.

• Embed compliance and security training across the enterprise through video and hands on training.
• Automate Scoring and tracking of training requirements for readiness assessments and audits.
• Partner withcybersecurity operations teams to support incident response, log review, and system hardening efforts.

• Assist in the technical remediation of vulnerabilitiesidentifiedthrough internal scans, third‑party testing, or external audits.
• Work with engineering and Dev Ops teams to drive secure patch management, system baseline enforcement, and automated vulnerability response workflows.
• Maintain and operationalize vulnerability metrics dashboards aligned with continuous monitoring plans (Con Mon).

• Able to support and manage detailed system documentation including SSPs, network diagrams, control implementations, and POA&Ms.
• Serve as a technical pointof contact during audits and assessments, capable ofdemonstratingcompliance posture through hands‑on walkthroughs and evidence collection.
• Collaborate with
  
  DevOps, Cybersecurityteams to translate security requirements into enforceable technical controls and testable artifacts.

• Partner with product, engineering, and compliance teams to implement secure system boundaries and customer segmentation strategies for multi‑tenant environments.
• Provide technical mentorship and occasional leadership to junior compliance engineers or project contributors.
• Track emerging requirements and proactively update system configurations to meet evolving DoD IL5, IL6, and CMMC mandates.

• Productize the GRC function: package controls, training, and inherited compliance into clearly defined service offerings the Enterprise can understand, adopt, and buy into.
• Build the messaging and positioning for GRC internally,…