Cloud Security Engineer

GDIT is hiring a Cloud Security Engineer to provide technical leadership in cloud security architecture, monitoring, and incident response for multi-CSP environments supporting the Veteran Affairs (VA). You will implement security baselines, enforce policy as code, and support compliance with FedRAMP High, NIST 80053, and VA 6500 requirements.

Cloud Security Architecture,NIST 800-53,Security Technologies

Certifications:

Experience:

6 + years of related experience, * Drive incident response coordination with VA CSOC, US-CERT, and federal law enforcement, providing forensics and post-incident analysis within 5 days

• Lead IAM integrations (SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, SailPoint, Okta), RBAC design, MFA enforcement, and quarterly access reviews

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Citizenship : US Citizen or Green Card Holder

• Clearance : Ability to obtain a Public Trust

• Education : Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, or related

• Experience :

—- 6+ years of cybersecurity experience

—- 3+ years supporting FedRAMP High (or equivalent) environments

• Certifications (one of each) :

—- CISSP or CCSP

—- One CSP-specific cloud security certification (AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, etc.)

• Technical Skills:

—- Experience with federal SOC operations and cloud incident response

—- Understanding of Zero Trust architectures

—- Experience with automated compliance scanning and SOAR tooling

—- Experience with FedRAMP compliance and ATO maintenance.

—- Experience with vulnerability management, incident response coordination, and forensic support.

• Skills & Abilities :

—- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

—- High attention to detail

—- Effective communicator across technical and leadership teams

The likely salary range for this position is $122,400 - $165,600. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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