Cloud Solutions Architect - SME

Overview

Byte Systems, a subsidiary of VTG, is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to join our DevSecOps team in Herndon. The ISSE will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure systems comply with security policies, standards, and best practices. The position requires hands-on experience implementing security compliance, cloud automation, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) and DevSecOps best practices to enhance the security, scalability, and efficiency of mission-critical applications.

What will you do?

• Demonstrated experience with knowledge of security constraints and required protections for enclave accreditation in an AWS cloud in the Sponsor's environment.
• Transitioning an on-premises enclave solution to a virtual private cloud (VPC).
• Make application software and operating system configuration changes necessary to resolve trouble tickets or to comply with Sponsor requirements and IT best practices.
• Evaluating and mitigating software security vulnerabilities.
• Continuous monitoring from a security perspective.
• Obtaining Certification and Accreditation within the Sponsor's environment.
• Executing O&M tasks as necessary to support the Sponsor's software and hardware infrastructure.
• Understanding and implementing Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) with AWS.
• Managing Windows services and devices. This experience should be related to managing a Windows based enterprise, such as maintaining Server ISOs and related AMls, COTS updates, managing domain forests and group policy objects, user role-based authentication in active directory.
• Managing LDAP authentication with COTS applications, load balancing and gateway services related to remote desktop service deployments.
• Troubleshoot errors utilizing Event Viewer and Splunk logging.

Do you have what it takes?

• TS/SCI with Polygraph Required
• Demonstrated experience including knowledge of Best Practices for implementing the security services provided by Amazon AWS (such as Identity Management, Secure Tokens, Cloud Watch and Cloud Monitoring).
• Demonstrated experience with knowledge of security constraints and required protections for enclave accreditation in an AWS cloud.
• Demonstrated experience making virtual machine configuration changes necessary to resolve trouble tickets or to comply with security requirements and IT best practices.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last two (2) years, setting up and maintaining an AWS- cloud based VPC.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and maintaining Windows environments in AWS.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, managing MS Product Suite.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, managing MS SQL.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, managing MS Server 2012/2016/2019/2022.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, deploying and managing log aggregation systems, such as Splunk
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, maintaining system accreditation.
• Certification(s): AWS Cloud Solutions Architect - Professional.

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated experience with knowledge of security constraints and required protections for enclave accreditation in an AWS cloud in the Sponsor's environment.
• Demonstrated experience transitioning an on-premises enclave solution to a virtual private cloud (VPC).
• Demonstrated experience making application software and operating system configuration changes necessary to resolve trouble tickets or to comply with Sponsor requirements and IT best practices.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and mitigating software security vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous monitoring from a security perspective.
• Demonstrated experience obtaining Certification and Accreditation within the Sponsor's environment.
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's unique IT infrastructure and ongoing projects.
• Demonstrated experience executing O&M tasks as necessary to support the Sponsor's software and hardware infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience understanding and implementing Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) with AWS.
• Demonstrated experiencing managing Windows services and devices. This experience should be related to managing a Windows based enterprise, such as maintaining Server ISOs and related AMls, COTS updates, managing domain forests and group policy objects, user role-based authentication in active directory.
• Demonstrated experience managing LDAP authentication with COTS applications, load balancing and gateway services related to remote desktop service deployments.
• Demonstrated experience with troubleshooting errors utilizing Event Viewer and Splunk logging.