Information System Security Engineer

Job ID: 2613896

Location: San Diego, CA, US

Date Posted: 2026-06-23

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cyber Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking an Information System Security Engineer to provide cybersecurity leadership and governance across DoD IL5 and IL6 cloud platforms, ensuring secure design, continuous monitoring, and compliance across multiple cloud brokers. This role oversees RMF lifecycle execution, ATO sustainment, and security engineering alignment for cloud based development and production environments-while partnering closely with engineering, operations, and mission stakeholders to maintain a resilient, audit-ready security posture.

In this role, you'll contribute to Naval Operational Architecture (NOA), working alongside engineers and operators to deliver resilient, forward-leaning solutions in support of national defense.

Job Duties:

• Lead RMF lifecycle execution for IL5/IL6 cloud systems, including control inheritance, evidence generation, and continuous monitoring.
• Manage ATO packages, ensuring timely renewals, POA&M tracking, and alignment with DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Oversee cloud security posture across AWS GovCloud (primary) and Azure (future), ensuring compliance with DoD and organizational standards.
• Coordinate with cloud brokers to validate boundary protections, shared responsibility models, and service configurations.
• Provide ISSM oversight for engineering teams, including secure architecture reviews and change-control participation.
• Support containerized architectures including EKS, Kubernetes, and microservices security controls.
• Guide implementation of IaC security for Terraform/CloudFormation-based deployments.
• Ensure compliance of Red Hat Linux systems, including STIG application and patch governance.
• Advise on network security fundamentals including VPC design, routing, segmentation, and boundary defense.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• IAT II certification required (e.g., Security+ CE).
• 9 years of cybersecurity experience supporting DoD or federal systems.
• Hands-on RMF and ATO experience for IL5/IL6 or similar classified environments.
• Prior ISSE or ISSM experience supporting cloud or hybrid architectures.
• AWS GovCloud experience with security services, boundary controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Familiarity with Azure security (preferred, not required).
• Proficiency with Linux security, especially Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience with container security including EKS and Kubernetes.
• Active SECRET clearance required with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI; TS/SCI strongly preferred.

Desired Skills:

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• CISSP or CySA+ certification.
• IaC tooling experience (Terraform, CloudFormation) with secure automation pipelines.
• Cloud-native security tooling such as GuardDuty, Inspector, Security Hub, or Azure Defender.
• Network architecture understanding including cross-domain solutions and enclave segmentation.
• Strong documentation skills for audits, assessments, and engineering artifacts.
• Experience with SSO/IdP integrations (Azure AD, Okta, Ping).
• Knowledge of container orchestration and secure CI/CD pipeline.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .