Cyber Security Engineer - Cloud Security & Patch Management Lead

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer (Cloud Patching Team Lead) to lead our patching team supporting modernization and migration efforts for the DHS Data Center and Cloud Optimization (DCCO) program. This position supports a complex government multi cloud environment with more than 70 customer tenants and growing, helping to strengthen cybersecurity, system modernization, and operational resiliency across enterprise environments.

The applicant must have multi-platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) patching experience and extensive cloud knowledge and experience with integration, system analysis or programming experience, including developing cloud systems requirements and design specifications. A passion for performance, strong desire for quality conformance, and attention to detail are prerequisites for this position.

The Patching Team Lead will collaborate closely with our customers, internal teams, and ISSOs/ISSMs to ensure that security best practices are integrated into the build and maintenance processes.

Location: Remote (but must reside and perform all work within the United States)

Work hours: This position requires working online from 8:00 AM Eastern to 5:00 PM Eastern

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of Cloud Security Engineers, providing guidance and support in their day-to-day tasks and professional development
• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of security measures across AWS and Azure cloud environments, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and best practices
• Manage the security patching process, ensuring all cloud resources are up to date and vulnerabilities are addressed in a timely manner
• Enforce STIG compliance, ensuring that systems meet the required security configurations
• Coordinate and execute security remediation activities, working to resolve identified security issues and mitigate risks across the cloud environment
• Serve as primary point of contact for cloud security incidents, leading the team in incident response and resolution
• Collaborate with other IT and development teams to intergrade security best practices to enhance security posture of our close infrastructure

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience or a Masters degree and 10 years of experience or an Associates degree and 14 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 16 years of experince.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a DHS Public Trust
• 8+ years of experience in cloud security engineering within a cloud environment
• 8+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools such as terraform and Ansible
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, GitLab)
• In-depth understanding of security practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and network security
• Expertise with STIGs and their application in securing systems
• Expertise in OS and application patching for Windows and Linux-based systems
• Proficiency in using Nessus for vulnerability scanning and remediation
• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting federal government contracting environments, with direct experience supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or a DHS component highly preferred.
• Familiarity with mission critical federal IT operations, government customer engagement, compliance driven environments, and enterprise modernization initiatives is strongly desired.

Details

Target Salary Range: $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity.

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