Cyber Security Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Manage the cyber compliance backlog, establish priorities, generate reports, and collaborate with the ISSO and government security stakeholders.

• Oversee ACAS, application, dependency, and container security scans; analyze results and confirm findings.

• Evaluate CVEs and other vulnerabilities, determine relevance and risk, designate remediation owners, monitor deadlines, and validate closure through rescanning or technical evidence.

• Maintain eMASS records, RMF artifacts, control evidence, POA&Ms, and documentation for continuous monitoring to facilitate ATO acquisition and maintenance.

• Coordinate control evidence, inherited controls, assessment responses, and compliance milestones with the ISSO, engineering team, and platform or image proprietors.

• Offer technical advice on secure configurations, patch management, access control, and vulnerability remediation across Linux, container, and AWS platforms.

• Evaluate security implications of releases, communicate residual risks and obstacles, and incorporate cyber requirements into agile planning and execution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance required.

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Minimum of five years in cybersecurity engineering or information assurance.

• Practical experience with eMASS, RMF, NIST SP 800-53, POA&Ms, and ATO support.

• Familiarity with the STIG assessment process and inherited security controls.

• Experience in coordinating vulnerability scanning, CVE remediation, and compliance efforts with an ISSO and technical teams.

• Technical expertise in Linux, AWS security, containers, and vulnerability assessment tools.

• Active cybersecurity certification recognized for the assigned DoD 8140 work role and proficiency level.

• Candidates must fulfill eligibility criteria for a U.S. Government security clearance.

• Only U.S. Citizens are qualified for a security clearance.

• LMI will only consider applicants with existing security clearances or those eligible for obtaining one.

• Preferred: Experience in Army cybersecurity compliance, particularly with IL5/IL6 environments and authorization maintenance.

• Preferred: Proficiency with ACAS/Tenable, application or container scanners, and GitLab/Jira.

• Preferred: Background in supporting agile teams and conveying cyber risks to technical and government stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Occasional travel for technical coordination, security assessments, and program milestones.

• Equal employment opportunity protections.

• Disability assistance during the application process.