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MKS2 Technologies · 1 month ago

Senior Information System Security Engineer (Remote)

United States

Contract

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$100K/yr - $120K/yr

10+ years exp

MKS2 Technologies, LLC is an award-winning high growth small business that creates innovative technology solutions in Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering, and IT Support Services. They are seeking a hands-on Senior Information System Security Engineer / Solutions Architect to lead teams in developing and implementing technical solutions for cybersecurity systems supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologySoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Analyze complex technical findings and determine necessary resources needed to solve problem-sets across multiple cybersecurity and technical domains

Able to partner with technical teams to develop and implement technical solutions

Design, build, and deploy secure cloud-native architectures and infrastructure components for VA information systems

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning, policy enforcement, and remediation tools

Implement secure infrastructure as code/policy as code using tools such as Terraform/CloudFormation, including writing and implementing PaC scripts

Align security architectures with Federal Zero Trust strategy, VA directives, and OMB policies

Enable automation of system telemetry and analytics pipelines for cyber situational awareness

Provide engineering and technical analysis on behalf of Agency Authorizing Officials (AOs) for System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessments, Security Controls Traceability Matrices (SCTMs), and POA&Ms

Support system authorization and compliance activities including continuous monitoring and system audits

Conduct regular and ad-hoc analysis of security control findings and develop and implement remediation strategies

Qualification

Cloud architectureDevSecOpsSecurity engineeringNIST RMFAWS GovCloudAzure GovernmentInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD toolsCommunicationProblem-solving mindset

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or technical equivalent with 10 years of technical experience or a total of 18 years in lieu of education

8+ years of security engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud architecture experience

Expertise in securing platforms hosted in AWS GovCloud and Azure Government

Strong experience with NIST RMF, FISMA, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust architecture implementation

Hands-on skills in IaC tools like Terraform and CI/CD tools such as GitLab/Jenkins, with ability to adopt new technologies if procured by the agency

Experience with network isolation tools such as Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW) and Juniper Mist Network Access Control (NAC) solutions or comparable

Demonstrated experience securing modern applications, APIs, and automated infrastructure

Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to explain complex, technical information in easily understood terms; ability to brief Senior VA leadership regularly

U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance