4 days ago
Base Salary
$135k - $216k/yr
Responsibilities
- Plan, design, implement, harden, and manage secure cloud environments.
- Assess and implement cybersecurity controls across cloud infrastructure, applications, networks, storage, identity services, and data-management components.
- Ensure cloud deployments comply with Department of War requirements, RMF controls, STIGs, and security best practices.
- Support ATO and Continuous ATO activities, including security documentation and evidence maintenance.
- Configure and maintain vulnerability-scanning, assessment, remediation-tracking, and continuous-monitoring tools.
- Integrate cybersecurity tooling into CI/CD pipelines and support secure AWS cloud migrations.
- Implement and maintain cloud logging, monitoring, alerting, observability, and security-information capabilities.
- Secure cloud networking, storage, Kubernetes environments, containers, and infrastructure-as-code deployments.
- Support IAM, least-privilege access, authentication, authorization, and privileged-access security controls.
- Apply risk-analysis methods to determine the scope, severity, and treatment of cybersecurity risks.
Requirements
- Proficiency with cybersecurity principles and technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and SIEM platforms.
- Knowledge of RMF, STIGs, ATO and Continuous ATO processes, related documentation, and risk-scoping practices.
- Experience with AWS and Azure cloud platforms and AWS cloud migrations.
- Knowledge of cloud networking, storage, architecture, data controls, monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
- Experience with Git, GitLab CI, cybersecurity tooling integration, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, container security, and Helm.
- Basic Linux administration and programming or scripting experience with Java, Python, and C#.
- Understanding of Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure and configuration as code.
- Experience with Azure Entra ID, AWS IAM, and Keycloak.
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Current CompTIA Security+ certification is required.
- Minimum experience is 10 years with an AS/AA, 8 years with a BS/BA, 6 years with an MS/MA, or 3 years with a PhD; four additional years of experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree.
- Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CCSP, CompTIA SecurityX/CASP+, CISSP, CISSP-ISSEP, AZ-500, CISSP-ISSAP, and AZ-900.
About Peraton
Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.