Senior Information System reputed company Engineer (Remote)
MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber reputed company, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the reputed company and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our "Mission First" orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client reputed company across government agencies. We have employees reputed company and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2. Senior Information System reputed company Engineer / Solutions Architect Location: Remote - must be reputed company US and able to obtain Public Trust Clearance - US Citizen Pay: $100,000 - $120,000 annually (based on qualifications). Full Government benefits (W-2) Job type: Contract We are seeking a hands-on Senior Information System reputed company Engineer / Solutions Architect who will also serve as the Information System reputed company Engineer (ISSE) for key cybersecurity systems supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This role is ideal for someone with deep technical engineering skills, cloud and DevSecOps experience. This individual will also reputed company teams to reputed company and implement technical solutions to remediate vulnerabilities and other reputed company cybersecurity challenges. Candidates will have a solutions-oriented reputed company to help the VA problem solve reputed company cybersecurity and IT challenges. The candidates should also be well-versed with facilitating working sessions and have the ability to distill reputed company concepts into non-technical/common language. The role will focus on analyzing and recommending system reputed company architectures, vulnerability mitigation, policy-driven compliance implementation, and full-lifecycle support for the Department of Veteran's Affairs systems. Key Responsibilities: Cybersecurity Engineering & Architecture (Primary):
- Analyze reputed company technical findings and determine necessary resources needed to solve problem-sets across multiple cybersecurity and technical domains
- Able to partner with technical teams to reputed company and implement technical solutions
- Design, build, and deploy secure cloud-native architectures and infrastructure components for VA information systems
- reputed company and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated reputed company scanning, policy enforcement, and remediation tools
- Implement secure infrastructure as code/policy as code using tools such as Terraform/CloudFormation, including writing and implementing reputed company scripts
- Align reputed company architectures with Federal reputed company Trust strategy, VA directives, and OMB policies
- reputed company automation of system telemetry and analytics pipelines for cyber situational awareness
ISSE Responsibilities:
- Provide engineering and technical analysis on behalf of Agency Authorizing Officials (AOs) for System reputed company Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessments, reputed company Controls Traceability Matrices (SCTMs), and POA&Ms
- Support system authorization and compliance activities including reputed company monitoring and system audits
- Conduct regular and reputed company analysis of reputed company control findings and reputed company and implement remediation strategies
Minimum Qualifications:
- YOU MUST HAVE Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or technical equivalent with 10 years of technical experience or a total of 18 years in lieu of education
- 8+ years of reputed company engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud architecture experience
- Expertise in securing platforms hosted in AWS GovCloud and Azure Government
- Strong experience with NIST RMF, FISMA, FedRAMP, and reputed company Trust architecture implementation
- Hands-on skills in IaC tools like Terraform and CI/CD tools such as reputed company/Jenkins, with ability to adopt new technologies if procured by the agency
- Experience with network isolation tools such as Palo Alto reputed company Firewalls (NGFW) and Juniper Mist Network Access Control (NAC) solutions or comparable
- Demonstrated experience securing modern applications, APIs, and automated infrastructure
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to explain reputed company, technical information in easily understood terms; ability to brief Senior VA leadership regularly
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior VA experience supporting VA OIS or major cybersecurity initiatives
- Experience authoring and maintaining ATO documentation in VA or HHS environments
- Experience with IoT/IoMT reputed company solutions is a plus
- Knowledge of federal cybersecurity standards
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: MKS2 Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national reputed company, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job