Cloud Engineer (Customer Facing)

Cloud Engineer (Customer Facing)

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ShorePoint is a cybersecurity services firm with a focus on high-profile, high-threat private and public-sector customers who demand experience and proven security models to protect their data. We are seeking a

Cloud Engineer

(

Customer Facing) who have experience

desiging and implementing cybersecurity services in a cloud environment within the federal market. This is a unique opportunity to shape the growth, development and culture of an exciting and emerging company in the cybersecurity market. This position is a key contributor to a dynamic, agile team and part of a larger development effort for a multi-year, well-funded government cybersecurity program.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Able to create and deliver presentations and demonstrations to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Apply data-driven monitoring, detection, and response capabilities (endpoint detection & response, IDS/IPS, etc)
• Be familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies and best practices in order to engage with leadership and government clientele on project development
• Have extensive experience with monitoring tools such as Elasticsearch / Elastic Stack (ELK), ECE, Splunk, CloudWatch, etc. in order to engage with project monitoring and incident response activities
• Has a thorough understanding of data transit between APIs (data ingest, indice frameworks), data normalization and cleansing concepts, and the networking and software implications
• Experience in ephemeral software concepts and tooling, including but not limited to: docker, ECS/EKS, and Fargate
• Be able to leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform, Chef, etc. to structurally automate build requisite infrastructure
• Leverage scripting languages such as Bash, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, JSON, YAML, etc. to interface a variety of tooling together into a comprehensive package wherever applicable
• Be able to leverage Docker toolset to design, implement and deliver containerized services, troubleshoot failure modes and resolve system/architectural issues
• Have familiarity with implementing STiGs and other security requirement guides to harden both Windows and Linux operating systems
• Be able to create and maintain custom Amazon AMIs that incorporate DoD STIG requirements
• Experience configuring and deployment Virtual Desktop Infrastructure within hybrid environments
• Integrate multiple software products across cloud and hybrid environments
• Closely coordinate and communicate with team as well as sponsors for effort
• Ability to brief and engage directly with sponsors and their supporting staff regarding technical support work and architecture design of cloud environments

Required Skills

• Experience with information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices (NIST Special Publications: Risk, Security, and Privacy as a basis) in cloud environments including network firewalls, access control lists, encryption, auditing and monitoring, and compliance scanning
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, the MITRE ATT&CK framework and other security frameworks is beneficial

Education Requirement

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, or similar preferred

Years of Experience Requirement

• 3 years of SIEM architecture and design experience (Splunk/Elastic Stack/Dynatrace/etc.)
• 5 years of experience in AWS, supporting cloud native and linux-based applications and environments
• 5 years of cloud-native networking, with a focus on high availability, scalability, and elasticity
• 7 years of management and administration in enterprise cloud and hybrid environments

Location

• Fairfax, VA

Security Clearance

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance