Cloud Information Assurance Specialist

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Everyone is trying to “harness the cloud,” but not everyone knows how to secure it. As a cloud security architect, you know how to assess and implement requirements that ensure the safety of information systems and protect them against intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. What if you could use your advanced cloud security skills to improve warfighter systems? We need you to guide the development of cloud-based security architectures for some of the Air Force's most critical systems.

As a cloud security architect on our team, you’ll design and implement a secure cloud-based, mission-critical system. You’ll recommend tools and capabilities based on your research of the current environment and knowledge of various on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid resources to address risk management framework ( RMF ) . Your technical expertise will be vital as you work with the Air Force to ensure standards are met with information assurance and security requirements.

This is an opportunity to use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to secure your customer’s environment. You’ll continue to strengthen your skills in cloud-based security while mentoring tomorrow’s cloud security experts.

Help us transform and secure warfighter systems with cloud technology.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

4+ years of experience in cybersecurity or information assurance

4+ years of experience with maintaining the security posture of a cloud environment

Experience with evaluating and recommending cloud services, tools, and technologies to improve efficiency and enhance system capabilities to government organizations

Ability to c ond uct architecture design, system or network analysis, vulnerability and risk assessments, and security assessment of hardware and sof tware

Ability to deploy, configure, and maintain a government-approved security suite of cybersecurity tools and methods

Bachelor's degree in a CS, IT, or Cybersecurity field

Intermediate-level Cloud Computing Certification such as Certified Cloud Security Professional ( CCSP ) , Certified AWS Solutions Architect, or Dev Ops Engineer Certification

Nice If You Have:

Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker

Experience writing in IaC tools such as AWS Cloud Formation or Terraform, to streamline deployments, provisioning, and configuration management

Experience with NIST standards

Experience with CI / CD

Experience with Agile or Scrum frameworks and practices

Knowledge of Confluence, Jira, and Micro sof t Office Suite

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ;
Secret clearance is required.

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