Security Engineer - Cloud Focused

Position Title: Security Engineer - Cloud Focused
Position Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Location: Chantilly, VA
Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Waypoint's client is seeking an experienced Security Engineer with a focus on Cloud Security to support cybersecurity engineering, cloud security architecture, and infrastructure protection initiatives for mission-critical systems within the Intelligence Community. This position will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure cloud environments while ensuring cybersecurity requirements and compliance controls are integrated throughout cloud migration, system design, development, and deployment activities.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation in cybersecurity, cloud security engineering, and infrastructure security, with demonstrated experience supporting cloud architectures and implementing security controls across platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform). This individual must be capable of working independently, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and effectively communicating technical findings, security risks, and recommendations to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Apply cloud security engineering principles and best practices throughout the system design, development, migration, integration, and deployment lifecycle.
• Support the design, evaluation, implementation, and maintenance of secure cloud architectures and infrastructure solutions.
• Assess cloud environments, applications, and infrastructure to identify potential security vulnerabilities, configuration weaknesses, and compliance risks.
• Develop and implement cloud security controls to protect enterprise systems, applications, networks, and sensitive information.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, systems engineers, infrastructure teams, software developers, and cybersecurity professionals to integrate security requirements into cloud-based solutions.
• Support secure cloud migration initiatives by evaluating existing environments, identifying security risks, and recommending appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Apply security engineering principles and compliance controls to ensure cloud architectures and deployments align with organizational security policies, standards, and mission requirements.
• Evaluate cloud security configurations, access controls, network security measures, and infrastructure protections to strengthen overall security posture.
• Provide technical expertise and recommendations regarding cloud defense strategies, security architecture improvements, and risk mitigation.
• Support cybersecurity assessments, security requirements analysis, and the implementation of security controls across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Identify emerging cloud security risks and recommend engineering solutions to address vulnerabilities and improve infrastructure resilience.
• Work independently to manage assigned responsibilities, resolve technical challenges, and support cybersecurity objectives with minimal oversight.
• Prepare and deliver cloud security assessments, technical findings, risk evaluations, and security recommendations to leadership and other stakeholders as needed.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure cloud security considerations are incorporated into technical and operational decisions.

Required

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• IAM Level III certification in accordance with applicable DoD cybersecurity workforce requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution, preferably in a STEM discipline such as Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in cybersecurity, cloud security engineering, infrastructure security, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud architectures, cloud security design, and cloud defense within environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience applying cloud security engineering principles and compliance controls during system migration, architecture design, development, and deployment.
• Strong understanding of cloud security concepts, infrastructure protection, security controls, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Ability to evaluate cloud architectures and technical security requirements and provide practical engineering recommendations.
• Experience identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and potential risks within cloud-based environments.
• Understanding of cloud identity and access management, network security, data protection, and secure infrastructure configurations.
• Experience collaborating with technical teams to integrate cybersecurity requirements into cloud engineering and infrastructure initiatives.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated professional capable of working independently and managing responsibilities with minimal supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and provide technical briefings, cloud security assessments, and recommendations to technical teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership as needed.