Cloud Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: Sterling, VA

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI CI Poly - Required

Job Type: Full-Time

Target Salary Range: $145,000 - 170,000 (depending on education level, years of experience, certifications, and other position-specific requirements)

About the Role

The Amatriot Group is seeking a Cloud Cybersecurity Engineer to join an Intel project based in Sterling, VA. Cloud security engineers are an integral part of the development team and are expected to be flexible and adaptive to supporting the needs of the program. Responsibilities include serving as an information security specialist, reviewing all software, hardware, and infrastructure changes on the contracts, following the risk management framework process to support system accreditation, continuous monitoring, security mitigation, maintaining security documentation, and other tasks as necessary. Additionally, the candidate will be integral to the development of new cyber monitoring, cyber hardening, and cyber response plans for a large program with multiple applications. The right candidate will understand software development, system administration, networking, and security and be able to take a holistic systems-level approach to influence how applications are built to meet higher-level security requirements associated with a system that bridges security domains. The candidate will also help software engineers understand zero trust architecture for a multireleasability domain.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a cybersecurity subject matter expert across system-level architecture and operational environments.
• Perform hands-on Linux administration tasks including:
  • Navigating the command line and executing audit and log analysis.
  • Running vulnerability scans and supporting OS hardening.
  • Supporting system patching and configuration management efforts.
• Generate certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation and artifacts (e.g., System Security Plans, Network Interface Planning Documents) for import/upload to the SNOW tool.
• Conduct network troubleshooting to identify, diagnose, and mitigate potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
• Provide cloud-focused security support, including:
  • Managing AWS security group rule changes, IAM roles and policies, and VPC/network requests.
  • Ensuring proper logging, monitoring, and access controls across AWS environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to create, maintain, and monitor data connections, NPE security certificates, and firewall connection requests.
• Continually implement and improve DevSecOps processes maintained in Linux/Cloud-based development environments.
• Coordinate with appropriate Security Control Assessors (SCAs) early in the engineering design phase for ongoing coordination, understanding of security controls, and security tradeoffs.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant technical field (Information Systems, Systems Engineering, IT, Computer Science, etc.). Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience

• 5+ years of combined experience in:
  • Linux System Administration
  • Cybersecurity engineering or information assurance
  • Cloud-based environments, preferably AWS
• 7+ years of relevant experience if lacking a relevant degree.

Skills

• Understanding of engineering in software development within operational environments.
• Experience with vulnerability assessment tools, audit log assessment, and system hardening practices.

Certifications

• IAT Level II compliant certification required prior to starting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting Intel Community Application Development contracts.