What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Cybersecurity Specialist position at Agelix Consulting LLC?
Cloud Cybersecurity Specialist Senior Washington, D.C. 20224 18 months
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Provide platform-wide security oversight and serve as the primary security liaison with Federal employees and IRS security teams.
- Ensure continuous compliance with IRS/Treasury cybersecurity policies, NIST frameworks, and FedRAMP High requirements.
- Conduct continuous risk assessments and document security findings in Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) processes.
- Manage the POA&M lifecycle: identify, track, remediate, and close security weaknesses within defined timelines.
- Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities across cloud infrastructure, applications, and data layers.
- Design, implement, and validate security controls across AWS and Databricks environments.
- Coordinate Authority to Operate (ATO) activities, including System Security Plans (SSP) and security assessments.
- Conduct security reviews of architecture changes and new service integrations.
- Develop and maintain security documentation including policies, procedures, and incident response plans.
- Support security audits and provide evidence packages for compliance reviews.
- 5 years of experience working within FedRAMP High environments.
- Deep knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, FISMA, and federal cybersecurity frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with POA&M management tools and processes.
- Strong understanding of AWS security services (AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, IAM, KMS).
- Experience with security assessment and authorization (SA&A) processes.
- Familiarity with IRS/Treasury cybersecurity policies is highly preferred.
- Experience with vulnerability scanning tools and remediation processes.
- AWS Certified Security Specialty or equivalent certification preferred.
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent cybersecurity certification highly preferred.
- Knowledge of tax-processing systems or federal financial data environments preferred.