Cybersecurity Engineer

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Description

This role is responsible for securing and maintaining AWS GovCloud infrastructure in support of continuous authorization (cATO) within classified environments. The position combines hands-on cloud security engineering including boundary protection, vulnerability management, STIG/SRG assessments, patching, and POA&M tracking with NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP compliance evidence production and continuous monitoring. The engineer will triage security findings, review infrastructure-as-code changes for security impacts, coordinate incident response across cross-contractor teams, and build strong client relationships through clear, consistent communication.

Requirements

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Client Relationship:

· Build a great relationship with the client · Understand our clients: drivers, needs, and pains · Work with internal and external leadership and engineering teams to formulate the best and consistent client communication

Technical Responsibilities:

· Operate and maintain cloud boundary protection capabilities, including perimeter controls, segmentation, security logging, and monitoring · Perform infrastructure vulnerability assessments, configuration reviews, hardening, patching, and remediation validation against applicable STIG, SRG, and cATO requirements · Maintain infrastructure POA&Ms and track critical and high findings through remediation or approved disposition within BESPIN Security’s cATO timelines · Produce and maintain infrastructure authorization evidence, including boundary diagrams and dataflows, inventories, implemented and inherited controls, STIG/SRG/SCAP results, patch records, and continuous monitoring records · Keep evidence current before each boundary change and consolidate infrastructure evidence quarterly ahead of the companion contractor’s BOE delivery · Review security impacts of landing-zone, identity and access, network, and infrastructure-as-code changes; coordinate security requirements at cross-domain interfaces · Implement and document security controls aligned with NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP compliance requirements, supporting continuous authorization activities across cloud environments

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

· Ability to quickly secure Secret security clearance · Experience working in classified environments and handling classified information in accordance with applicable security requirements · Bachelor’s degree · Applying secure coding practices and documentation standards · Collaborating with cross-functional teams and other vendors to define, design, and deploy features · Demonstrated experience securing AWS cloud infrastructure, including identity and access, networking, segmentation, logging, monitoring, and boundary protection · Hands-on experience with infrastructure vulnerability management, patching, STIG/SRG assessments, SCAP results, and POA&M tracking · Experience with security incident triage and coordination across infrastructure, application, and Government security teams · Ability to review infrastructure-as-code and configuration changes for security impacts · Demonstrated proficiency with AWS GovCloud environments and AWS-native security services · Ability to troubleshoot and debug applications to ensure optimal performance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

· Knowledge of DoD policies, regulations, procedures, and processes · Experience in the technology industry or related field · Experience with professional services or consulting · Direct experience with AWS GovCloud, JOSCE/JWCC environments, eMASS, and cross-domain interfaces would also be valuable · Experience with GitLab, including security pipeline configuration and management, multi-repository pipeline jobs, and CVE analysis and allow-list maintenance · Experience supporting RMF/cATO processes and preparing infrastructure control and configuration evidence, including familiarity with NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP compliance frameworks · Ability to distinguish inherited controls from contractor-implemented controls and maintain evidence as infrastructure changes

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

· Continuous mental and/or visual attention required · Requires the ability to remain stationary for long periods of time · Regularly communicates to various people · Large amount of reading and analysis is required · Requires the ability to focus for an extended period of time · Requires the ability to travel · Requires the ability to work both remotely and at clients’ offices