Mid Security Information Assurance Engineer

The Opportunity

Serve as a security engineer embedded with an Agile program delivering GEOINT capabilities to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Work on-site at a Government facility, side by side with mission stakeholders and system owners. Engineer security into modern, cloud-native systems rather than bolting it on after the fact. Play a direct role in achieving and maintaining system authorizations for mission-critical capabilities. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across applications, platforms, and infrastructure in accordance with RMF and NGA standards.
• Integrate security tooling and automated compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Perform system hardening, vulnerability assessment, and remediation across development and production environments.
• Support security assessment and authorization activities in coordination with Government ISSMs and assessors.
• Analyze findings, develop mitigation strategies, and maintain POA&Ms through closure.
• Advise development teams on secure design, secure coding, and security architecture decisions.
• Document security engineering artifacts supporting ATO and continuous monitoring.

Required Qualifications

• TS/SCI Security Clearance with ability to obtain Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline (equivalent experience accepted).
• 4+ years of security engineering or information assurance experience.
• Experience implementing NIST RMF controls on DoD or IC systems.
• Hands-on experience with STIG hardening, ACAS/Nessus, and security remediation.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE or equivalent).
• Ability to work on-site at a Government facility.

Desired Skills

• Experience securing Kubernetes, containers, or cloud environments (AWS/C2S).
• Experience integrating security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Prior experience supporting NGA or the Intelligence Community.