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# Lead Cloud Security Engineer (CISSP)

- **Company:** Software Guidance & Assistance Inc
- **Location:** Vienna, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/2_163287686

## About the Role

* Strong AWS and Azure security experience
 * 8+ years of security experience
 * 2+ years in a Lead role (ideally current)
 * CISSP - non negotiable
 * Cloud Architect certification in AWS or Azure

## Description

* Cloud security reviews and assessments
 * Identify and remediate security/non-compliance issues
 * Implement preventative security controls
 * Drive security issues from a configuration/admin perspective
 * Cloud networking changes and security remediation
 * Larger security projects, including:
 + AWS GuardDuty
 + Azure networking/security
 * Work autonomously and drive issues to resolution
 * Ensure that security risks are comprehensively and effectively managed though leading the application of established and ad hoc processes and techniques to identify, validate, and prioritize.
 * Lead the identification of security requirement deficiencies, eliciting of security requirements, and the architecture and design of security controls.
 * Develop and implement strategies to promote consistent use of security controls across the enterprise.
 * Lead the operation and monitoring of security controls.
 * Establish, implement, and promote security control operation and monitoring strategies.
 * Ensure that controls are operating effectively; resolve operating discrepancies.
 * Review, triage, and prioritize control output.
 * Take appropriate action to resolve security discrepancies.
 * Lead the identification, evaluation, and recommendation of new security technologies, techniques, and tools.
 * Lead team in defining, reviewing, and promoting information security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
 * Lead and champion efforts to enforce and monitor compliance with internal and external regulations, policies, and standards.
 * Establish and promote strategies to ensure that compliance is effectively monitored and enforced.
 * Direct internal process improvement initiatives.
 * Provide feedback on processes by offering suggestions.
 * Mentor junior staff.
 * Participate in external process improvement committees as a Quality Assurance representative.
 * Provide backup coverage for next level management, as appropriate.
 * Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls.
 * Ensure all work products meets/exceeds the firm standards. Demonstration of the firm's values. Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of the firm's mission of investor protection and market integrity.