Cyber Security Engineer

🔥 15 hours ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $103.1k - $171.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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SMX is a company that specializes in providing advanced technological solutions for both commercial and government organizations. They focus on cloud services, cybersecurity, data and analytics, digital transformation, and mission operations. SMX is known for its mission-critical capabilities, helping organizations achieve better outcomes through secure, scalable, and compliance-focused platforms. They also lead in providing intelligence optimization, modeling, simulation, and training services. Their recent acquisitions include companies specializing in geospatial analytics and digital transformation.

📋 Description

• Provide cybersecurity engineering and compliance support for FedRAMP and DoD-authorized cloud environments, including IL4–6 • Advise partners and customers on federal and DoD security requirements, authorization strategies, control implementation, and audit readiness • Develop, review, and maintain authorization documentation, including SSPs, SAPs, SARs, POA&Ms, FedRAMP appendices, policies, and supporting evidence • Support system authorization and reauthorization activities across FedRAMP/RMF, including gap assessments, control validation, evidence development, and remediation planning • Leverage GRC platforms, APIs, scripts, and automation to streamline compliance workflows, evidence collection, documentation updates, control testing, and reporting • Develop repeatable and auditable processes that reduce manual compliance effort and improve authorization artifact accuracy and consistency • Collaborate with cloud engineering and DevOps teams to design, implement, and validate security controls across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments • Review system changes and significant change requests to assess security impact, identify documentation updates, and maintain authorization boundaries • Coordinate with system owners, engineers, 3PAOs, Authorizing Officials, and government stakeholders to address findings and support authorization outcomes • Support continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, POA&M updates, remediation tracking, and recurring compliance deliverables • Evaluate security tooling and data sources for automated control validation and compliance reporting • Track evolving federal cybersecurity requirements and translate them into practical technical and operational actions

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. citizenship • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher security clearance • Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience • Five or more years of cybersecurity experience, including at least three years supporting federal cloud security engineering, information assurance, RMF, or ISSO functions • Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, FedRAMP Moderate and High, DoD IL4–6 overlays, RMF, and related federal compliance frameworks • Experience developing and maintaining SSPs, POA&Ms, SARs, policies, control evidence, and other authorization artifacts • Experience supporting authorization planning, gap assessments, audit readiness, control implementation, and remediation activities • Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments, including IAM, encryption, logging, configuration management, and security monitoring • Experience using GRC platforms, APIs, scripting, or automation to improve compliance and security workflows • Familiarity with eMASS, Paramify, Nessus/Tenable, Splunk, Prisma Cloud, or comparable solutions • CISSP, CGRC/CAP, CISM, Security+, or similar cybersecurity certificate • Strong analytical, documentation, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills • Ability to translate federal security requirements into practical technical controls and operational processes • Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification • No employer-sponsored immigration or work-authorization support

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Paid leave • Retirement • Learning and development opportunities • Competitive compensation

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