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From the employer's careers site First seen 1 Nov 2026

Cloud Cyber Security Engineer

Leidos Bethesda, MD senior full-time

Salary

$131,300 - $237,350 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Cloud Cyber Security Engineer to play a critical role in the accreditation of a state-of-the-art technology stack under the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). As a Cloud Cyber Security Engineer, you will provide technical security expertise in securing, hardening, and maintaining compliance of cloud-based software platforms and infrastructure across multiple secure networks.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Validate and verify system security requirements and establish system security designs for large-scale systems
  • Recommend and develop technical solutions, products, and standards based on current and desired system security architecture
  • Collaborate with compliance personnel, software engineers, system engineers, system architects, and Government counterparts to perform systems and cyber security engineering tasks
  • Participate in Program Increment Planning and related agile team activities
  • Work closely with System Engineering, Test Engineering, and Integration teams to ensure that the hardware and software architecture and implementation meet security requirements
  • Evaluate the impact of new development on the operational security posture of the system
  • Serve as a subject matter expert in security architecture
  • Continuously improve engineering processes, documentation standards, implementation playbooks, migration runbooks, technical standards, and execution models
  • Design security architectures and solutions spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI
  • Architect integrations between native security services and enterprise security platforms
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes and container security architectures
  • Design, engineer, and implement enterprise network security architecture
  • Evaluate the current network security architecture, identify gaps and improvement opportunities, and develop practical engineering plans
  • Provide specifications for network security architecture, evaluate and recommend emerging security technologies, and perform needs assessments
  • Tune and optimize security controls to reduce false positives, close coverage gaps, and improve detection and enforcement

Requirements:

  • Active or current Top Secret/SCI and the ability to obtain Polygraph
  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering or related field with a minimum of 12 years of experience as an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) or System Engineer
  • At least one IAT and one IAT Level II or higher certification
  • Solid understanding of security practices and policies and hands-on vulnerability testing experience
  • Experience applying Risk Management Framework
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with common security tools
  • Extensive experience designing enterprise security solutions and translating security requirements into implementable technical architectures
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes and container security architectures
  • Experience designing solutions involving SIEM, vulnerability management, identity security, network security, secrets management, container scanning, and data protection technologies

Nice to Have:

  • Active TS/SCI with polygraph
  • Experience with Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) and cloud-based enterprise services, preferably AWS
  • Five (5) years of experience with Defense in Depth Principals/technology
  • DoD 8570 compliance with IASAE Level 2 or 3
  • Experience installing, configuring, testing, deploying, operating, and maintaining enterprise network based scanning and reporting tools
  • Extensive experience hardening modern operating systems
  • Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) Certification
  • Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Commercial Cloud Services
  • Defense in Depth
  • DoD 8570
  • IASAE Level 2 or 3
  • Trellix/ESS
  • SteelCloud ConfigOS
  • STIG Manager
  • Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
  • Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

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