AWS Cloud Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: Herndon, VA or Washington, DC (on-site)
Clearance: Active TS/SCI Type: Full-time
Overview
A federal program needs a cybersecurity engineer to protect the cloud infrastructure behind high-impact technology. The role spans cloud security operations and compliance engineering, turning complex requirements into working protections inside highly restricted environments.
What You Will Do

• Work with application and infrastructure teams to close findings and strengthen incident readiness.
• Run vulnerability scanning, access control, and secure artifact repositories.
• Put security controls in place, document remediation, and support assessment and authorization (A&A) work.
• Build and tune centralized logging, monitoring, alerting, and dashboards with AWS-native and compatible tooling.

What You Bring

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, with 3+ years securing AWS.
• Hands-on security logging, vulnerability remediation, and control implementation.
• Formal A&A experience in classified or regulated environments.
• Comfort working in highly controlled settings.

Nice to Have

• NIST 800-53, STIG hardening, and POA&M remediation.
• Security automation, SIEM tools, OpenSearch, or Nexus Repository.
• AWS Professional or Specialty certification. Security+ or CISSP.

Additional Requirements

• Current, active TS/SCI. You must also qualify for SCI indoctrination and any program-level access approvals the customer requires.
• U.S. citizenship is required under the terms of the government contract.
• You must live within a reasonable daily commute of the secure site in Herndon, VA or Washington, DC.
• Full-time and fully on-site in an accredited secure facility, with occasional visits to approved customer sites. Remote work is not an option.