Security Engineer

Required Qualifications:

• Active U.S. Government TS/SCI security clearance; CI or Full Scope Polygraph may be required based on the engagement.
• 5+ years of experience with large-scale systems architecture, distributed systems, and infrastructure deployment.
• Strong experience with Linux/OS administration, networking, IAM, and Kubernetes.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, network security, and security protocols.
• 5+ years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages.
• Experience securing environments across Google Cloud Platform, AWS, and/or Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar Infrastructure as Code/automation tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Ability to travel up to 25% domestically. Client will pay the travel expenses.

Preferred Skills

• Security architecture, assessments, design reviews, and threat modeling.
• Cloud-native and open-source security technologies.
• CI/CD and GitOps-based automated deployment models.
• Incident response and security engineering.
• Compliance frameworks including NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, ISO, and similar standards.
• Strong stakeholder communication and ability to influence security architecture and risk decisions.