Security Engineer

What You Will Do

Guidehouse is seeking a Security Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will ensure advanced AI-driven platforms meet stringent federal security and compliance requirements, including FedRAMP High, RMF, and NIST standards. Acting as a key liaison between engineering teams and security stakeholders, you will drive risk identification and remediation, support accreditation activities, and deliver secure, resilient solutions that enable trusted decision-making in support of national security objectives.

• Serves as a core security engineer ensuring the adjudication AI platform meets applicable federal requirements including FedRAMP High, RMF, NIST 800-53, CJIS, and FBI ATO standards.
• Collaborates with cloud, Dev Ops, backend, and AI/ML teams to embed secure architecture patterns, validate control implementation, and maintain continuous monitoring readiness across all platform components.
• Develops RMF documentation, supports POA&M management, conducts vulnerability assessments, ensures secure baseline configurations, and supports accreditation activities.
• Acts as the liaison between engineering teams and ISSO/security stakeholders, ensuring risks are identified, tracked, and remediated efficiently.

Job Family IT Cyber Security

Travel Required Up to 10%

Clearance Required Ability to Obtain Public Trust

• Bachelor’s degree or additional four years of experience in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience, including 3+ years supporting RMF, FedRAMP, CJIS, or ATO systems.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls, FedRAMP High requirements, AWS Gov Cloud security patterns, IAM, encryption (KMS/TLS), logging pipelines, and vulnerability scanning tools.
• Experience writing ATO documentation, control statements, risk assessments, and boundary artifacts.
• Strong communication skills supporting collaboration with engineers and mission stakeholders.
• Must be US Citizen.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

• CISSP, CCSP, Security+, or AWS Security Specialty certifications.
• Experience securing AI/ML platforms, LLM inference pipelines, retrieval systems, or sensitive-data workloads.
• Familiarity with adjudication, continuous vetting, or personnel security workflows.
• Experience with zero-trust architectures, air-gapped deployments, or SCIF-compatible systems.

The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and  protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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