Security Engineering Lead

About AIS

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What We’re Looking For

At AIS, we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Responsibilities

• Integrate Zero Trust (ZT) best practices and compliance measures across Contracting Officer (CO) operations.
• Develop and maintain Security and Compliance Playbook modules.
• Oversee enterprise-level security tasks to ensure adherence to RMF and NIST standards.
• Maintain comprehensive security requirements documentation for all projects.
• Perform complex evaluations of existing security procedures, processes, techniques, and models to identify gaps and implement improvements.

Core Knowledge & Skills

• Design: Secure architectures, leverages advanced threat detection, leads incident response, and implements security automation.
• Work & Complexity: Manages complex incidents, conducts threat analysis, leads audits, and implements process improvements.
• Quality & Independence: Delivers high-quality reports, aligns practices with industry standards, and operates with high autonomy.
• Teamwork & Communication: Leads team projects, collaborates cross-functionally, mentors juniors, and resolves conflicts.
• Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic consulting, leads improvement initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships.

Requirements

• Education: BA/BS degree in a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, compliance, and risk management.
• Certifications: Agile Scrum certification required; PMP preferred.
• Clearance: Active Top Secret Clearance is mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of ZT architecture, RMF, and NIST compliance frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing security playbooks and compliance documentation.
• Familiarity with DoD cybersecurity requirements and enterprise security operations.
• Ability to manage security tasks and compliance in a remote environment.

Pay

The targeted base salary range for this role is $101,000–$152,000 per year. The final offer will be based on skillset, experience, education, certifications, and location.