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Location: Fairfax, VA, Virginia, United States

Requisition Number:27365

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type:

Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range:$-$

Security Clearance:

TS/SCI

Level of

Experience:

Mid

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5

ISR systems.

HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5

ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

HII - Mission Technologies is currently seeking an Intermediate-level Cloud Security Engineer to work out of Fairfax, VA in support of the DoD/DoW Advana War Data Platform designed to aggregate operational, intelligence, logistics, and sensor data from multiple domains, enable Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) by providing a common data fabric, and support AI/ML applications for predictive analytics, targeting, and mission planning.

This position is contingent on contract award

• Conducts patch management operations across Advana cloud enclaves by operating vulnerability scanning workflows, identifying required updates, tracking patch applicability, and automating deployment actions aligned with Department of Defense patching directives supporting Joint Staff elements and mission-owner communities.
• Validates patch implementation in controlled environments by executing test sequences, reviewing system behavior, and confirming compliance with configuration baselines across virtual machines, containerized services, Infrastructure as Code modules, and platform services.
• Operates cloud logging and monitoring mechanisms using Cloud Watch, Guard Duty, Splunk, Elastic clusters, and integrated SIEM pipelines to detect configuration drift, unauthorized change activity, and misconfigurations affecting Advana readiness.
• Supports deployment and evaluation of incident response procedures by executing data collection steps, performing event correlation, documenting operational impact, and generating incident response metrics such as mean time to detect, mean time to respond, containment intervals, and recovery validation results.
• Contributes to incident triage by analyzing indicators of compromise, correlating system logs, validating remediation actions, and preparing status reporting for senior operational leaders.
• Participates in lessons learned reviews by identifying root causes, proposing corrective actions, and incorporating process improvements into standardized runbooks, intelligence feeds, and automated control mechanisms.
• Strengthens defensive posture across NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and JWICS environments by maintaining operational continuity, supporting cyber readiness objectives, and contributing to mission‑aligned cloud security modernization efforts.

• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field;…