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The Cyber Security Engineer will provide security engineering, compliance, and risk management support for cloud-based systems aligned with NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, and DoD IL4–6 requirements. The role will advise partners and customers navigating government security requirements while supporting authorization, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring activities. A key focus will be improving compliance efficiency through GRC platforms, APIs, scripts, cloud-native services, and automation for evidence collection, control validation, documentation, reporting, and remediation tracking. This position is remote supporting a Herndon, VA based team. Essential Skills •    Provide cybersecurity engineering and compliance support for FedRAMP and DoD-authorized cloud environments, including IL4–6.  •    Advise partners and customers on federal and DoD security requirements, authorization strategies, control implementation, and audit readiness.  •    Develop, review, and maintain authorization documentation, including SSPs, SAPs, SARs, POA&Ms, FedRAMP appendices, policies, and supporting evidence.  •    Support system authorization and reauthorization activities across FedRAMP/RMF, including gap assessments, control validation, evidence development, and remediation planning.  •    Leverage GRC platforms, APIs, scripts, and automation to streamline compliance workflows, evidence collection, documentation updates, control testing, and reporting.  •    Develop repeatable and auditable processes that reduce manual compliance effort and improve the accuracy and consistency of authorization artifacts.  •    Collaborate with cloud engineering and DevOps teams to design, implement, and validate security controls across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.  •    Review system changes and significant change requests to assess security impact, identify documentation updates, and maintain authorization boundaries.  •    Coordinate with system owners, engineers, 3PAOs, Authorizing Officials, and government stakeholders to address findings and support authorization outcomes.  •    Support continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, POA&M updates, remediation tracking, and recurring compliance deliverables.  •    Evaluate security tooling and data sources to identify opportunities for automated control validation and compliance reporting.  •    Track evolving federal cybersecurity requirements and translate them into practical technical and operational actions. Required Skills & Experience   •    Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills with a focus on secure and compliant outcomes.  •    Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to advise partners, customers, engineers, and government stakeholders.  •    Ability to translate federal security requirements into practical technical controls and operational processes. •    U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher security clearance.  •    Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.  •    Five or more years of cybersecurity experience, including at least three years supporting federal cloud security engineering, information assurance, RMF, or ISSO functions.  •    Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, FedRAMP Moderate and High, DoD IL4–6 overlays, RMF, and related federal compliance frameworks.  •    Experience developing and maintaining SSPs, POA&Ms, SARs, policies, control evidence, and other authorization artifacts.  •    Ex