Cloud Security Engineer
Tyto Athene, LLC3 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$140k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Perform cloud threat hunting and identify embedded threats.
- Review and analyze cloud logs for relevance and context.
- Lead cloud incident response activities and develop cloud incident response playbooks.
- Work with stakeholders to ensure visibility into cloud workloads.
- Onboard cloud logs to the SIEM and ensure appropriate events are logged.
- Develop and implement monitoring use cases for automated cloud-threat detection.
- Tune security tools to maximize blocking while minimizing false positives.
- Develop KPIs and metrics for monitoring the health of the cloud security function.
- Enable participation in USG threat-information-sharing initiatives.
- Assist with deployment, configuration, and maintenance of cloud-based SOC tools and technologies.
- Research technologies and lead proof-of-concept efforts.
Requirements
- Eight years of cybersecurity experience, including at least six years as a Cloud Security Engineer in an enterprise SOC environment.
- Demonstrated cloud threat-hunting experience across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments, including O365, SIEM, EDR, and other cloud applications.
- Experience leading incident response activities involving cloud-based tools and systems.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and Google cloud providers, with a focus on AWS.
- Bachelor’s degree or additional relevant experience.
- Understanding of cybersecurity policies and mandates including EO 14028, M-21-31, and NSM-8.
- Advanced cloud security certifications are strongly preferred, such as AWS Security Specialty.
- CISSP, GCIH, and similar certifications are a plus.
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.
- Ability to work core business hours and occasional or limited on-call hours.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to nontechnical audiences.
Benefits
- Hybrid/telework arrangement with at least part-time work at the client site in Washington, DC.
- Health, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) match.
- Paid time off.
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Referral bonuses.
- Professional development reimbursement.
- Parental leave.
About Tyto Athene, LLC
Tyto Athene, LLC provides IT services and systems integration for U.S. defense and national security customers, delivering network modernization, unified communications, hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT. The privately held company, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, designs, deploys, and manages mission-critical infrastructure including command centers, mobility, wireless, and physical security systems. Its work is primarily delivered under government contracts for design-build projects, managed services, and lifecycle support across CONUS and OCONUS locations.