CareerPlan

Cloud Security Engineer Mid

Leesburg, VAFull-time$94k2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorshipCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Architect, deploy, and sustain secure baselines and configurations for cloud, hybrid-cloud, and on-premise environments while building continuous monitoring capabilities.

Role type

Mid-level Cloud Security Engineer (IC)

Builds

Secure cloud/hybrid-cloud/on-premise applications and systems

Domain

US Federal Government Cloud Security

Required skills

Cloud security engineering, secure baseline development, continuous monitoring, cost optimization, incident reporting, audit support, access management, change-impact analysis, root-cause analysis

Preferred skills

AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

Technologies

AWS, hybrid-cloud platforms, monitoring tool suites

Responsibilities

Architect and engineer secure resilient cost-effective cloud/hybrid-cloud/on-premise applications and systems; Develop and maintain secure baselines for all CSD cloud and on-premise systems; Create and maintain SOPs policies architectural diagrams code documentation security baselines and system controls documentation; Ensure comprehensive log collection/aggregation for monitoring analysis and compliance; Develop and maintain continuous monitoring capability covering system availability performance security reporting and response; Monitor cloud expenditures and provide leadership with cost-optimization recommendations; Conduct market research on new security solutions to prevent obsolescence; Support audits of applications systems and services; Manage access requests change-impact analysis and root-cause analysis for the hybrid-cloud environment

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC