Cloud Security Engineer
GuidePoint Security3 months ago
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and support documentation, validation, assessment, and accreditation processes for IT systems.
- Define desired security states and risk thresholds and assess actual environments for compliance.
- Advise organizational leaders on converting strategic objectives into security doctrine and procedures.
- Evaluate applications, software, and utility programs for software assurance best-practice compliance.
- Research environments and recommend tools and capabilities across on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid resources.
- Implement cloud security architectures, tools, and processes developed for customer environments.
- Collaborate with intelligence-community clients to ensure security standards and requirements are met.
Requirements
- TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a counter-intelligence polygraph.
- Five or more years of experience building and administering cloud environments using cloud-native functionality and commercial, government, and open-source tools.
- Experience developing and evaluating system security plans, contingency plans, security procedures, and continuity of operations plans.
- Experience with security architecture evaluations, guidance development, troubleshooting, and the Risk Management Framework.
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code concepts such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
- Associate’s degree with five or more years, bachelor’s degree with three or more years, or master’s degree with one or more years supporting IT projects and activities.
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III certification, such as SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP, within 30 days of starting.
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 CSSP-IS certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND, within 30 days of starting.
- Preferred: experience with the software development life cycle and cloud technologies.
- Preferred: strong team leadership, client relationship, interpersonal, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
Benefits
- Primarily remote for U.S.-based employees, with some travel and possible on-site work for federal positions.
- Medical insurance options including PPO and HDHP with HSA plans.
- Dental insurance with employer-paid premiums for employees and partial family coverage.
- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off program.
- Mobile phone and home internet allowance.
- Retirement plan eligibility after two months at open enrollment.
- Pet benefit option.
About GuidePoint Security
GuidePoint Security provides cybersecurity consulting, managed services, and value-added reselling/integration of security products for enterprises and U.S. public-sector agencies. Its teams deliver assessments, penetration testing, cloud and application security, identity and access management, endpoint and network protection, and governance services. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the privately held company serves Fortune 500 organizations and cabinet-level federal agencies.