Cloud Cybersecurity Practitioner, Mid

Job Description

Cloud Cybersecurity Practitioner, Mid

The Challenge:

Warnings about cyber threats are everywhere and the constantly evolving nature of these threats can make understanding them seem overwhelming to government agencies. In all of this “cyber noise”, how can these organizations understand their risks and how to mitigate them? The answer is you – build your knowledge as an information security risk specialist who can help break down complex threats into manageable plans of action. As an information security risk specialist on our team, you’ll assist military leaders with discovering their cyber risks, understanding applicable policies, and developing a mitigation plan. You’ll gather technical, environmental, and personnel details from SMEs, to help with assessment of the entire threat landscape. You’ll learn how to guide your client through a plan of action with presentations, whitepapers, and milestones and help to translate security concepts so they can make the best decisions to secure their mission critical systems. This is your opportunity to build experience in a strategic information security role while developing skills in cloud computing technologies. Join us as we protect our nation’s cyber infrastructure.

You’ll advise and assist with component organizations to comply with security guidance in their cloud application environments, including ensuring compliance with all Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Ports and Protocols guidance. You’ll analyze the design and building of, test, and deploy technical solutions and processes to improve the efficiency and security of client cloud migrations and ensure compliance with necessary laws, regulations, and industry standards. You’ll select and operate security and compliance tools, comprehend information security principles as they apply to Cloud-hosted applications, provide industry knowledge of DevSecOps trends and tools, and use technical expertise to implement technical solutions in either AWS or Azure cloud environments.

You Have:

-Experience with the development of Risk Management artifacts

-Knowledge of tools for vulnerability assessments and compliance reporting using eMASS, Xacta, ACAS, Continuous Monitoring and Risk Scoring (CMRS), Host-based Security System (HBSS), STIGs, or SRGs

-Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and how security controls are applied to those cloud-based technologies

-Knowledge of Information Assurance and Cybersecurity policies, procedures, and practices, including the RMF and NIST SP 800-53

-Secret clearance

-BA or BS degree

-DoD 8140 IAT II or IAM II Certification

​ Nice If You Have:

-Experience with cloud applications in a DevOps or DevSecOps environment

-Experience in supporting accreditation of systems with containerized workloads and orchestration using Docker, OpenShift, or upstream Kubernetes

-Knowledge of using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to deploy workloads and services

-Knowledge of Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

-Ability to plan the testing and evaluation of moderately complex operating systems, including Windows and Linux, Database Systems, including MS SQL and Impala, web applications, and networking hardware

-TS/SCI clearance preferred

-CEH, CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, AWS, or Azure Certification preferred

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

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