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# Application Engineer 4

- **Company:** Flash Technology Group
- **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $179,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Network Architecture, Cloud Services, Zero Trust Network Access, Virtualization Technology, Google Cloud, Opsworks
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9052073/application-engineer-4

## About the Role

*Customer facing skills to drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management and risk mitigation
*Experience with cloud computing and virtualization platforms
.*Ability to quickly learn and shift in step with the latest cloud-computing, networking, and infrastructure management technologies.
*Excellent communication, writing, problem solving, and architectural whiteboarding skills
*Strong knowledge of application system and network architectures and associated security principles including protection of data at rest, in transit, and in process.
*Knowledge of security and compliance requirements for cloud-based solutions.

Desired:
*A commercial Cloud Certification at the Associate level, a specialty, or higher; AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud are preferred
*Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework/Zero-Trust Implementation
*Experience with security-focused AWS concepts and services including IAM (Identity Access Management), SCPs (Security Control Policies), AWS Key Management Service, AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and Inspector

Salary varies based on Years of experience: $179,000-$200,000
A variety of factors can impact the final salary offered, including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant work experience, specialized skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

## Description

*Develop detailed guidance for cloud workloads that ensure compliance with Government security and regulatory requirements such as NIST SP 800-53 security controls.
*Collaborate with cloud-focused teams across various organizations to design, test, and implement cloud workload security configurations and solutions.
*Facilitate the creation of procedures and cybersecurity guidance for migrations from legacy cloud environments or hardware environments into AWS
*Evaluate and research cloud services and make recommendations for security configurations of those services to ensure data is appropriately protected.
*Evaluate and research cloud security technologies and make recommendations for their use.


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