Senior Cloud Security Engineer

At ARA, we strive to hire valuable colleagues with not only the right skills but also demonstrate our core values of passion, freedom, service, and growth. As a cloud security engineer on our team, you are the backbone of our strategic initiatives and will be responsible for developing technology critical to the success of our projects as well as national security.

You will be working on a team that is developing a suite of web/cloud-based software tools--ranging from web applications to back-end systems--that support America's military wargaming and training missions. You will work with a multi-disciplinary collaborative team of cloud engineers, software engineers, and security specialists to design and implement multiple secure cloud-based software development and production environments. You will be part of our employee-owned international research and engineering company. ARA is recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences, and you will be on this team.

• Perform oversight of the development, implementation, and evaluation of information system security program policy
• Lead the Authority To Operate (ATO) Risk Management Framework (RMF) process for multiple systems both unclassified and classified
• Manage onboarding/offboarding of users to the cloud environment (DD2875)
• Lead Incident Response team acting on system audit alerts in a timely manner
• Perform recurring reviews of required audit and scanning tool results
• Lead the patch management of cloud assets
• Develop and maintain a Risk Management Framework (RMF) System Security Plan (SSP) and additional Body of Evidence (BoE) documents
• Understanding of Cloud Security Best practices and ability to demonstrate capabilities during Assessment
• Ability to track and update annual requirements to remain compliant with existing Risk Management Framework (RMF) Body of Evidence (BoE)
• You will be working closely with a collaborative team so your team-player personality and excellent written/oral communication skills will be essential

Senior Cloud Security Engineer Required Experience & Skills:

• An active Top Secret Clearance
• BS in Information Systems Security or a related field or 7-9 years of relevant experience, OR Masters and 5-7 years of experience
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 Certified
• DoD 8570 IAM Level 2 Certified
• Experience with eMASS for developing and maintaining RMF SSP and Body of Evidence (BoE) documents
• Work with HBSS and ACAS and are capable of operating these applications within a deployed environment

Preferred Experience & Skills as a Senior Cloud Security Engineer:

Above all, we value passion, a desire to learn, and teamwork. We are confident that if you possess the right attitude, work ethic, and skill set you could succeed in the role. In addition to the experience and skills above, if you have any of the following you will be able to accelerate your effectiveness and impact.

• AWS Certifications
• ACAS & HBSS Certified
• Linux Certification (RHCSA, LFCA, Linux+)
• Experience Microsoft Active Directory administration
• Willingness to expand into other technical skills

Who is ARA?

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 1,700 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software, and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norms. The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice in what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women's Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.

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