Security Infrastructure Support AWS Infrastructure and Cloud Security Support SME

Type Of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cloud Security, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), Security Operations

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

Us Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Information Security Analyst Sr Principal

GDIT is seeking a Security Infrastructure Support AWS Infrastructure and Cloud Security Support SME to join our enterprise cyber program and support a federal customer in the DC metropolitan area. This hybrid position requires periodic onsite support and customer meetings.

The successful candidate shall be capable of providing technical cloud security subject matter expertise to meet current and future security design and architecture requirements for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS implementations. The candidate shall have experience with designing and implementing security measure to protect data as it moves from on-premises data center servers to cloud storage systems.  The candidate shall have experience with network security and security compliance.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Recommend cloud security controls, cloud-based processes and tools, and cloud security task automation
• Act as subject matter expert regarding cloud security and associated tools
• Analyze existing customer capabilities and design cloud-based solutions utilizing industry and DoD best cybersecurity practices
• Translate high level product development strategies into cybersecurity specifications and work with other engineering disciplines to develop lower level detailed cybersecurity requirements
• Ensure designed and standardized cloud-based systems architectures across multiple networks are compliant with applicable cybersecurity regulatory requirements and best practices
• Architect, deploy, and manage AWS services, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and Security Hub.
• Integrate AWS GovCloud or FedRAMP environments with on-premises security tools such as Splunk, Cribl, and Archer.
• Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines, using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, integrating security scanning into build and release pipelines.
• Optimize AWS services cost, including budgeting, billing analysis, reserved instances, and rightsizing strategies.
• Manage security operations in a cloud context, including continuous monitoring, log ingestion pipelines, and compliance reporting.
• Ensure adherence to federal compliance frameworks such as FISMA, NIST 800-53, and M-21-31.
• Lead and communicate effectively with Federal COR and stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across multiple teams, including Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, and Application teams.
• Develop professional technical, logical, architecture designs, diagrams, SOPs, and compliance documentation.

What You'll Need to Succeed

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and security operations.
• 5+ years of direct experience architecting, deploying, and managing AWS services.
• 3+ years specific experience  hands-on cloud security
• Demonstrated expertise in hybrid cloud/on-premises architecture and integration of AWS GovCloud or FedRAMP environments with on-premises security tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Proven track record implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Experience in cost optimization of AWS services.
• Hands-on experience managing security operations in a cloud context.
• Strong understanding of federal compliance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of, and experience with, RMF
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, OpenStack and Google cloud
• Familiarity with IPS/IDS, TCP/IP networking and security monitoring
• Excellent technical documentation and reporting skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Able to work individually and as part of a team
• Strong leadership, communication, and ability to report to Federal COR and stakeholders.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing technical designs, diagrams, SOPs, and compliance documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional preferred).
• At least one security-related certification (CISSP, CISM, AWS Security Specialty).

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Preferred certifications for one or more of the following cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure Security Engineer, Google Cloud Security Engineer, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Security, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Security Expert.
• Experience with other cloud service providers (CSPs).
• Additional relevant security certifications.

Gdit Is Your Place:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional scientific growth opportunities, including journal subscriptions, conference attendance, and supporting publication journey
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

Join GDIT and bring your expertise to support our enterprise cyber program, enabling you to make a significant impact on the security and efficiency of our federal customer's cloud infrastructure.

The likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA MD Bethesda

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards At Gdit:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at

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