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Job Title: Cybersecurity Cloud Engineer
Pay Type: SALARIED EXEMPT
Location: Hybrid, Washington, DC (Must Work East Coast Hours)
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship (Required)
Summary of Position Role/Responsibilities
The Cybersecurity Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure cloud environments across Quzara’s federal and commercial platforms. This role emphasizes deploying and managing cloud-native security controls, integrating cloud telemetry with security operations tools, and ensuring ongoing compliance with federal standards such as NIST, FedRAMP, and agency-specific policies. The position supports secure architectures in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments, requiring hands-on expertise in cloud security services, strong knowledge of security operations integration, and the ability to drive both engineering and compliance initiatives.
Essential Functions of the Job
- Implement and support secure cloud architectures aligned with NIST, FedRAMP, and agency-specific security policies.
- Support the design and maintenance of cloud security reference architectures across platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure.
- Configure and maintain cloud-native security services and controls, including identity, logging, monitoring, and threat protection capabilities.
- Integrate cloud telemetry and logging data into SIEM and Security Operations (SecOps) platforms to support monitoring and detection activities.
- Support cloud security incident detection, investigation, and remediation in coordination with SOC and incident response teams.
- Assist in the enforcement of continuous compliance requirements, including validation of control implementation and support for audit readiness.
- Produce and maintain cloud security documentation, including system diagrams, architecture artifacts, and control narratives.
- Collaborate with engineering, DevSecOps, and compliance teams to ensure alignment between cloud implementations and security requirements.
Marginal Functions of the Job
- Other duties as assigned
Normal Work Schedule:
This full-time role runs Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM–5:30 PM and requires flexibility to work remotely or on-site (if applicable per client RTO policies). On occasion additional hours may be necessary.
Education, Training, and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience supporting cloud security engineering or cloud infrastructure in regulated environments.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
- Familiarity with federal cybersecurity frameworks including NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP.
- Experience configuring cloud-native security tools (e.g., identity and access controls, logging, monitoring, and threat protection services).
- Experience integrating cloud environments with SIEM or SecOps platforms.
- Ability to produce technical documentation, diagrams, and security artifacts.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to support incident response and remediation efforts.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and eligible to support federal contracting environments.
Preferred Certifications
- Cloud and security certifications such as:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- CompTIA Security
- Additional certifications related to cloud security or compliance frameworks are also a plus.
EEO Statement
The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran's status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws.