Security Engineering Lead

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $112k - $179k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Peraton

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

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Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Peraton is a mission-focused enterprise that supports national security initiatives through advanced IT and cyber services. They provide capabilities in areas such as cyber defense, cloud operations, engineering, and intelligence. With a commitment to solving complex challenges, Peraton integrates data-driven technologies to ensure mission success for their military and government clients.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership for the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise security capabilities across complex federal environments • Lead security architecture and engineering initiatives protecting cloud infrastructure, applications, networks, identities, and sensitive data • Translate security requirements into scalable technical controls • Integrate security capabilities across hybrid and multi-cloud environments • Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, compliance, and operations teams • Lead and mentor a team of security engineers, set technical direction, and review designs and implementations • Apply NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP baselines, and agency-specific policies and standards • Implement security controls for identity, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, configuration management, and incident response • Lead security engineering activities supporting ATO authorization and maintenance, including control implementation, authorization package development, risk remediation, and continuous monitoring • Support security monitoring, security assessments, vulnerability remediation, and evidence collection • Identify security gaps, evaluate technical risks, and develop remediation strategies • Lead engineering and implementation of Zero Trust capabilities across large-scale federal enterprise environments • Apply Zero Trust principles across identity, devices, networks, applications, workloads, and data • Assess emerging AI-enabled security capabilities and support secure adoption of AI-enabled technologies

🎯 Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen • Ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance • Bachelor’s Degree and 12 years of experience, Master’s Degree and 10 years of experience, Associate’s Degree and 14 years of experience, or High School Diploma or equivalent and 16 years of experience • One or more relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, or CAP • Proven experience supporting ATO efforts within FedRAMP High or other federal environments • Experience designing, implementing, or engineering security controls in FedRAMP High or comparably stringent federal cloud environments • Strong understanding of NIST SP 800-53, federal security requirements, cloud security controls, and continuous monitoring practices • Experience implementing or engineering Zero Trust capabilities across large, complex enterprise or federal environments • Experience with cloud security architecture, identity and access management, network security, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and security monitoring • Ability to translate security frameworks and architectural requirements into practical technical implementations • Experience with AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, or other government cloud environments • Preferred: Direct experience supporting FedRAMP High authorization, continuous monitoring, or security control assessment activities for federal cloud services • Preferred: Experience implementing federal Zero Trust architectures aligned with applicable federal guidance and agency roadmaps • Preferred: Active Secret clearance • Preferred: AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification • Experience assessing emerging AI-enabled security capabilities for effectiveness, scalability, data protection, and operational risk • Experience supporting secure adoption of AI-enabled technologies through access controls, monitoring, data governance, and risk management practices

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Health savings account • Short-term disability • Long-term disability • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Parental leave • 401(k) • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation • Company-paid holidays • Potential overtime • Shift differential • Discretionary bonus

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