Cyber Command Cloud Security Engineer

Title: Cyber Command Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform organization wide cybersecurity cloud security risk analysis and articulate identified risks within the agency.
• Create, socialize and obtain approval for cybersecurity strategy and plans to address generic and specific cybersecurity risks to the agency.
• Create and follow a process to track progress against engagements with the agency.
• Create reporting matrix for identified assessment risk to collect communication flow information, and build high level and low-level documents.
• Work on CASB and Cloud DLP, interact with vendor support teams, and drive the deployment to resolution.
• Translate compliance requirements into specific security controls and present compensating security controls.
• Report to upper management on current cybersecurity posture and progress on mitigating identified risks.
• Create metrics to measure cybersecurity controls efficacy.
• Monitor and respond to risk identified to aid the agency on resolution.
• Review and optimize existing cybersecurity controls.
• Ensure the organization compliance with cybersecurity best practices, policies and standards.
• Enforce Cloud security standards.
• Analyze vulnerabilities and work with the various teams to ensure timely remediation and validation.
• Instruct and guide other teams to craft "secure by default" infrastructure; they may also investigate, build, and recommend innovative technologies or other methods that will improve the security of cloud-based and on-premises environments.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Systems or equivalent work experience.
• At least 12 years of experience in information security.
• At least 8 years in IT infrastructure management, application architecture, risk management, data architecture, middleware technology, and IT operations and project management.
• At least 8 years of experience with networking, load-balancing, DNS, TLS/SSL digital certificates, SAML and Single Sign-on technologies, Kerberos, MFA technologies, and Identity management.
• At least 4 years of experience working in cloud environment (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
• At least 4 years of experience working in securing Internet-facing applications, utilizing Microsoft Entra AD, Microsoft Defender for Office, Skyhigh CASB and Cloud, SSE solutions.
• At least 4 years of experience working with tools and techniques for collecting and processing Telemetry and Security Event Data.
• At least 4 years of experience architecting, deploying, and managing cloud security and/or EDR technology.
• Experience using scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
• At least 4 years of experience with Windows, Linux, or MacOS administration.
• Experience working with vulnerability management and scanning tools.
• Experience working with application scanning tools.
• Strong documentation skills and attention to detail.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience deploying PAM solutions in a large, distributed environment or a service provider environment.
• Experience in implementing and operating Data Loss Prevention Systems.
• Experience of information security principles and practices, especially the implementation of practical technical controls to support organization policy.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols, firewalls, and cybersecurity protection concepts, including software development lifecycle, and compensating controls.
• Strong understanding of CIS controls.
• Experience with Syslog-NG, LogScale (Humio) or similar SIEM/log aggregation systems.
• Experience with SSO and IAM products and services such as Entra ID.
• Experience with NetSkope, Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access or similar cloud proxies.
• Familiarity with ZTNA/SSE products.
• Familiarity with CASB/SASE products.
• Experience with Cloud-based EDR/XDR tools.
• Experience working with vulnerability management and scanning tools.
• Experience working with application scanning tools.
• Knowledge of endpoint security management, configuration policies, and procedures.
• Experience with asset management and on-prem/cloud-based vulnerability management tools.
• Highly flexible/willing to learn new technologies.
• Highly organized with excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.