Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SMX is hiring a Cyber Security Engineer to provide security engineering, compliance, and risk management support for cloud-based systems aligned with federal and DoD security requirements. The role supports authorization, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring, while improving compliance workflows through GRC platforms, APIs, scripts, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity engineering and compliance support for FedRAMP and DoD-authorized cloud environments, including IL4–6
• Advise partners and customers on federal and DoD security requirements, authorization strategies, control implementation, and audit readiness
• Develop, review, and maintain authorization documentation, including SSPs, SAPs, SARs, POA&Ms, FedRAMP appendices, policies, and supporting evidence
• Support system authorization and reauthorization activities across FedRAMP/RMF, including gap assessments, control validation, evidence development, and remediation planning
• Leverage GRC platforms, APIs, scripts, and automation to streamline compliance workflows, evidence collection, documentation updates, control testing, and reporting
• Develop repeatable and auditable processes that reduce manual compliance effort and improve the accuracy and consistency of authorization artifacts
• Collaborate with cloud engineering and DevOps teams to design, implement, and validate security controls across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments
• Review system changes and significant change requests to assess security impact, identify documentation updates, and maintain authorization boundaries
• Coordinate with system owners, engineers, 3PAOs, Authorizing Officials, and government stakeholders to address findings and support authorization outcomes
• Support continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, POA&M updates, remediation tracking, and recurring compliance deliverables
• Evaluate security tooling and data sources to identify opportunities for automated control validation and compliance reporting
• Track evolving federal cybersecurity requirements and translate them into practical technical and operational actions

Skills

• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills with a focus on secure and compliant outcomes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to advise partners, customers, engineers, and government stakeholders
• Ability to translate federal security requirements into practical technical controls and operational processes
• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Five or more years of cybersecurity experience, including at least three years supporting federal cloud security engineering, information assurance, RMF, or ISSO functions
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, FedRAMP Moderate and High, DoD IL4–6 overlays, RMF, and related federal compliance frameworks
• Experience developing and maintaining SSPs, POA&Ms, SARs, policies, control evidence, and other authorization artifacts
• Experience supporting authorization planning, gap assessments, audit readiness, control implementation, and remediation activities
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments, including IAM, encryption, logging, configuration management, and security monitoring
• Experience using GRC platforms, APIs, scripting, or automation to improve compliance and security workflows
• Familiarity with tools such as eMASS, Paramify, Nessus/Tenable, Splunk, Prisma Cloud, or comparable solutions
• CISSP, CGRC/CAP, CISM, Security+, or similar cybersecurity certificate
• Experience supporting FedRAMP, DoD, DISA, or federal agency ATO activities
• Experience developing automation with Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, infrastructure-as-code, or cloud-native services
• Experience integrating vulnerability, configuration, and cloud-security data into GRC (Paramify) and POA&M workflows
• Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines, automated security testing, policy-as-code, and continuous control validation
• Knowledge of FISMA, the Privacy Act, and agency-specific security requirements

Benefits

• Remote position supporting a Herndon, VA based team
• Health insurance
• Paid leave
• Retirement
• Learning & development opportunities

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