Cloud Security Engineer

Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. An employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government, we’re passionate about creating solutions that are impactful, practical, scalable, and most importantly, that meet our clients’ ever-changing needs. At Steampunk, we believe in disrupting the status quo and setting the pace in the ecosystem of government contractors, while repurposing tried-and-true methodologies. We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement the most secure cloud-based solutions for the customer including components for zero-trust architectures, identity and access management policy, and data privacy.
• Understand the needs of stakeholders and optimize solutions that marry security with usability.
• Monitor cloud environments for suspicious activities with cloud native monitoring or SIEM solutions and investigate security incidents where appropriate.
• Examine infrastructure as code written by others and analyzing risk.
• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats through risk assessment, threat modeling, and compliance with industry standards (e.g. NIST, ISO 27011, HIPAA, FISMA, etc.).
• Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop updates and fixes.
• Automate security processes such as vulnerability management and patch management.
• Work with software developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure that development follows established security processes and works as intended.
• Support enterprise cloud security through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing.
• Ensure effective design and implementation of data protection and encryption mechanisms for data at rest and in transit.
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members.
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided.
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in an IT field OR Bachelor's degree in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
• 5+ years of total experience
• 3 years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
• 3 years of experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 3 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 3 years of experience with systems development in an Agile environment
• 3 years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 3 years of experience conducting monitoring, risk assessment, threat modeling, and security testing in cloud environments
• 3 years of experience documenting POAMs, SSPs, and A&A support documentation
• Must have and maintain an active cloud or security related certification

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, performing a gap analysis, and producing artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

Preferred Certifications

• AWS Certified Security Specialty
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $155,000.

Benefits

Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.