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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Cloud Automation & Security Controls

Arlington, VA, US • Posted 19 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $155,000.00 - 180,000.00 per year

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Skills

CNSS
Policies and Procedures
Amazon Web Services
Cloud Security
Artificial Intelligence
System Documentation
Regulatory Compliance
Security Controls
Product Development
Computer Science
Cyber Security
Penetration Testing
Quality Assurance
Security+
Customer Engagement
Information Systems
Cloud Architecture
Security Clearance
CISSP
Cisco Certifications
CISA
Terraform
Kubernetes
Docker
DevSecOps
Cloud Computing

Summary

Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Cloud Automation & Security Controls to join a collaborative team to assess and validate cybersecurity configurations and best practices of complex, cloud-based systems. The successful candidate will support both the Dark Wolf team and customer through advanced technical evaluations of cloud cybersecurity architecture best practices, ensuring high engineering standards of security and compliance. This position will be based out of the Washington DC Metro area and is onsite at customer locations. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Develop recommendations to remediate cybersecurity program deficiencies and improve client cybersecurity processes, technologies, and configurations.
Conduct technical evaluations of information systems design, containerized applications, and cloud architecture, ensuring security and operational requirements align with NIST and CNSS controls.
Validate the efficacy of information system cybersecurity policies and procedures.
Develop automated methods to monitor and measure risk and security compliance efforts.
Utilize automated cloud security posture assessment tools to continuously monitor the AWS environment for configuration drift, ensuring strict adherence to the Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide.
Leverage AI-assisted tools to ingest infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) and system documentation to rapidly identify cybersecurity and compliance gaps.
Draft and brief statements of preliminary or residual cybersecurity risks for system operation.
Assess the design and effectiveness of existing security controls and work with solution and product development teams to identify, define, and document additional controls based on solution-specific or product-specific requirements.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
5+ years of relevant Cybersecurity experience focusing on cybersecurity control assessment or implementation, penetration testing, or quality assurance testing.
Active IAT Level 2 certification (i.e., Security+ CE, CySA+, CND, CCNA Security)
Demonstrated experience conducting technical evaluations of information systems design, containerized applications, and cloud architecture.
Ability to communicate on technical subjects using clear, concise, non-technical language to include strong written communications, ability to provide written feedback on documents, and ability to prepare briefings.

ship and an active Top Secret security clearance.

Desired Qualifications

IAT Level 3 or higher certifications (e.g., CISSP, SecurityX, CCNP, CISA).
Experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, or other declarative IaC tools.
Understanding of container security (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) and securing DevSecOps pipelines.
Demonstrated experience giving technical guidance to cloud engineers and system administrators.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be between $155,000.00 - $180,000.00, commensurate on experience and technical skillset. We will consider candidates at a Principal or Senior Principal (or equivalent level).

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 91093350
Position Id: e0c12c5ef097ea17f649aa499f1caefe
Posted 19 hours ago

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